Fordham Institute was established and registered with the Ghana Education Service as a private Educatonal Institutution with the number GAR/ES/90/02, in May 1990 with the aim of giving professional training to numerous secondary school graduates with SHS/ GCE Ordinary/ Advanced Level qualifications. The professions selected for training of these students are:
1. Hotel & Catering Management
2. Travel & Tourism
3. Public Relations
4. Marketing
5. Business Administration
6. International Purchasing & Supply
7. International Trade & Payments
8. Broadcast Journalism
9. Human Resource Development
10. Accounting and Finance