The new Registrar of the University for Development Studies, Alhaji Nurudeen Issah Abubakar, assumed office on Wednesday, September 1, 2021. This followed the official handing over by former Registrar, Yapei Wura, Dr. A. B. T. Zakariah. Alhaji Nurideen Issah Abubakar before his appointment, served as Deputy Registrar, Academic and Students’ Affairs.
The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Sciences (FOAFCS), located at the Nyankpala Campus, is the premier faculty of the University for Development Studies (UDS), having begun in 1993 as the Faculty of Agriculture.