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| Motto: | Nyansapɔ Wɔsane No Badwemna |
| Established: | 1952 |
| Type: | Public |
| Chairman: | Nana Dr. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point A public university is a University that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government as opposed to private universities. Otuo Siriboe II , (Juabenhene ) |
| Chancellor: | Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, (Asantehene) |
| Vice-Chancellor: | Professor Kwasi Kwafo Adarkwa |
| Location: | Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana ( ) |
| Campus: | Suburban area |
| Website: | www.knust.edu.gh |
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology is a technical university located in Kumasi, Ghana. A Chancellor is the head of a University. Other titles are sometimes used such as President or Rector. King Otumfuo Osei Tutu, is the 16th Asantehene, King of the Ashanti. Rulers of the Akan state of Asanteman (Empire of Ashanti Territory comprised part of present-day southern Ghana and portions of present-day eastern A Vice-Chancellor (commonly called the VC) of a University in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, New Zealand, Kumasi is a City in southern central Ghana. It is located near the Lake Bosomtwe, in the Rain Forest Region about 250 km (by road Sources GhanaDistrictscom 19 New Districts Created, GhanaWeb November 20, 2003. The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast to the west Burkina Faso to the north Togo to the South San Jose (cropjpg||thumb|A suburban development in San Jose California. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects Kumasi is a City in southern central Ghana. It is located near the Lake Bosomtwe, in the Rain Forest Region about 250 km (by road The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast to the west Burkina Faso to the north Togo to the It is the second public university to be established in the country. A public university is a University that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government as opposed to private universities. It was founded as the Kumasi College of Technology in 1952. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [1] The nucleus of the college was formed from 200 teacher training students transferred from Achimota in the Greater Accra Region. Sources GhanaDistrictscom The Ga district is the capital of Ghana The college was affiliated to the University of London. The University of London is a university based primarily in London, England, UK. [2] In 1961, the college was granted full university status. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [3] The main university campus which is about seven square miles in area, is located about eight miles to the east of Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital. Sources GhanaDistrictscom 19 New Districts Created, GhanaWeb November 20, 2003. [1]
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Organization
The university has six colleges. Each of these colleges has departments grouped into faculties under it.
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Faculty of Agriculture
- Department of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness and Extension
- Department of Animal Science
- Department of Crop Science
- Department of Horticulture
- Department of Soil Science
- Boadi Cattle Project, Boadi-Kumasi
- University Research Station, Awomasi-Kumasi
Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources
- Department of Agroforestry
- Department of Freshwater Fisheries and Watershed Management
Faculty of Forest Resources Technology (Sunyani Campus)
- Department of Agroforestry
- Department of Freshwater Fisheries and Watershed Management
- Department of Silviculture and Forest Management
- Department of Wildlife and Range Managemet
College of Architecture and Planning
Faculty of Architecture and Building Technology
- Department of Architecture
- Department of Building Technology
Faculty of Planning and Land Economy
- Department of Land Economy
- Department of Planning
Institute of Human Settlements Research
- Centre for Land Studies
- Centre for Settlements Studies
Institute of Science and Technology for Africa
- Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
- Centre for Life Sciences
- Centre for Technology and Environment
College of Art and Social Sciences
Faculty of Fine Art
- Department of Communication Design
- Department of General Art Studies
- Department of Painting and Sculpture
Faculty of Industrial Art
- Department of Integrated Rural Art/Industry
- Department of Industrial Art
- Department of Publishing Studies
Faculty of Law
- Department of Commercial Law
- Department of Private Law
- Department of Public Law
Faculty of Social Science
- Department of Economics and Industrial Management
- Department of English
- Department of Geography and Rural Development
- Department of History and Political Studies
- Department of Modern Languages
- Department of Religious Studies
- Department of Sociology and Social Work
KNUST School of Business
- Department of Information Systems and Decision Sciences
- Department of Marketing and Corporate Strategy
- Department of Managerial Sciences
- Department of Services Management
Research Centre
- Centre for Cultural and African Studies
College of Engineering
Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Department of Geodetic Engineering
Faculty of Chemical and Materials Engineering
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Department of Petroleum Engineering
- Department of Material Engineering
Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Department of Computer Engineering
- Department of Electrical Engineering
Faculty of Mechanical and Agricultural Engineering
- Department of Agricultural Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Aerospace Engineering
College of Health Sciences
This college has three faculties and one research centre.
Faculty of Allied Health Sciences
- Department of Medical Laboratory Technology
- Department of Nursing
- Department of Sports and Exercise Science
Faculty of Medicine
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care
- Department of Anatomy
- Department of Behavioural Sciences
- Department of Child Health
- Department of Clinical Microbiology
- Department of Community Health
- Department of E. N. T
- Department of Medicine
- Department of Molecular Medicine
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Department of Pathology
- Department of Physiology
- Department of Radiology
- Department of Surgery
Faculty of Pharmacy
- Department of Clinical and Social Pharmacy
- Department of Herbal Medicine
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
- Department of Pharmaceutics
- Department of Pharmacognosy
- Department of Pharmacology
Research Centre
- Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research into Tropical Medicine
College of Science
Faculty of Biosciences
- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
- Department of Environmental Sciences
- Department of Food Science and Technology
- Department of Optometry and Visual Science
- Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology
Faculty of Distance Learning
- Centre for Distance and Continuing Education
- Kumasi Virtual Centre for Information Technology
Faculty of Physical Sciences
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Computer Science
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Physics
- National Centre for Mathematical Sciences
Halls of Residence
- Africa Hall
- Independence Hall
- Queen's Hall
- Republic Hall
- Unity Hall
- University Hall(Katanga)
See also
External links
- The Official Web Site of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
- Universities of Ghana Overseas Office
- Students Representative Council
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