Graduate Internship

WACCBIP offers a fulfilling opportunity for self-improvement and for making a difference by contributing to world-class disease research that improves the quality of life for thousands in the West African sub-region and beyond.

Each year, we select highly promising young Ghanaian graduates into a year-long programme designed to equip them with advanced skills in research work and practical experience in administrative support roles.

WACCBIP has been an important launch for my career. With the experience I have gained, I am confident that I can make lasting impacts in any field in my career as an accountant.
Marian Nanor (BSc. Accounting) Graduate Intern 2016/2017
It has been a very enlightening experience. Under very good supervision, my research skills have been honed and invested into well-conducted research, where space and resources have been available to meet need. Clearly, WACCBIP is contributing to the tremendous global advancement.
Georgia Naa K. Ghartey (BSc. Animal Biology) Graduate Intern 2017/2018
Coming from a non-science background, WACCBIP has given me the opportunity to broaden my scope of knowledge through various workshops, conferences and seminars. Through WACCBIP, I have met renowned personalities, local and international, from various academic fields. I admire the work being done to eradicate diseases in Ghana and Africa at large, and I can finally give a meaningful contribution towards it.
Winifred Amakye (BSc. Administration)  Graduate Intern 2017/2018
I look back and actually rejoice concerning the day I was informed about my application being accepted. The past eight months have been incredible; getting to observe, first-hand, the growth and progress of cutting edge science in West Africa. The WACCBIP environment, containing a fine blend of the best Africa has to offer, serves as a large diverse human resource base from which much has been learned, concerning various research experiences, methods, skills and use of equipment.
Ebenezer Nii Adama Aryee  (BSc. Biochemistry) Graduate Intern 2017/2018

The WACCBIP-DELTAS II Graduate Internship Programme, sponsored by the Wellcome Trust, is an extension of the National Service Scheme with the added benefit of thriving within an environment primed to foster direct mentorship and quality professional development. The programme also provides an additional research stipend to support the monthly stipend Graduate Interns receive from the National Service Secretariat based on positive research output.

Interns are selected through a competitive application process and are required to contribute in tangible terms to scientific research during their internship period. Prospective applicants are expected to:

  • have completed undergraduate studies and registered for the National Service Scheme by June of the year of application;
  • have majored in any of the Biological Sciences, Computer Science, Chemistry, Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Accounting, Law, Economics, Political Science, Sociology, Psychology, English Communication, or in Linguistics; and
  • be hard working, highly motivated, and interested in promoting scientific research.

Information on application processes for this year’s intake can be found here

High Schools Engagement Programme

The High Schools Engagement Programme (HSEP), is a West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP) public engagement initiative that targets students in under-resourced high schools in Ghana with annual programmes directed towards providing information on prospective careers in Science and discussing the causes of and preventive measures against endemic infectious diseases.  Using peer-learning strategies, our Graduate Interns encourage collective action against the diseases and work to inspire high school students to consider scientific research as a career, either directly or in support roles.

The programme is designed as a component of the Graduate Internship Programme, as a final project planned, coordinated, and implemented by our Interns under supervsion of the Centre's Communication & Public Engagement Unit. So far, 3 cohorts of Graduate Interns have completed visits to schools in more than 6 Regions across the country.

About WACCBIP

In response to the World Bank’s call for proposals for African Centres of Excellence, the University of Ghana proposed the establishment of the West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP) at Legon.

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