Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College

The Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC) is one of the foundation colleges of the National Defence University (NDU), Ghana, a specialised degree-awarding institution that coordinates tertiary education in the Ghana Armed Forces. It operates in Accra and runs postgraduate staff and defence education for military officers and other security-sector personnel.

The college offers the Post-Graduate Diploma in Defence and Security Studies (PGDDSS), the Masters in Defence and International Politics (MDIP), the Masters in Security Studies (MSS) and a PhD in Defence and International Politics. Certificates for programmes authorised by the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) and run at GAFCSC are awarded in the name of the National Defence University.

GAFCSC is one of the colleges registered under NDU, alongside the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), the National College of Defence Studies (NCDS), the Ghana Military Academy (GMA), the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), the Ghana Armed Forces College of Nursing and Midwifery (GAFCONM) and the School of Anaesthesia (SOA). The colleges operate autonomously in their core areas, while NDU exercises academic control and supervision over all the programmes they offer.

GAFCSC was granted institutional accreditation by GTEC in 2010 and programme accreditation in 2014. NDU itself received its Presidential Charter on 19 December 2024 under Section 29 of the Education Regulatory Bodies Act, 2020 (Act 1023), authorising it to award its own diplomas and degrees.