Garden City University (GCU) is a private university located in Kenyase, a suburb of Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The University was established in 2001 as College of Information Technology and Management Systems (CITMAS) by Mr. Albert Acquah, an indigene of the Kenyase town. The institution was granted accreditation as a tertiary education provider in 2005 and renamed Garden City University College (GCUC). In July 2024, it was granted a Presidential Charter by the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), making it an autonomous university with the authority to award its own degrees.