Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Motto Nyansapɔ Wɔsane No Badwemna
Established 1952
Type Public
Chairman Nana Dr. Otuo Siriboe II , (Juabenhene )
Chancellor Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, (Asantehene)
Vice-Chancellor Professor Kwasi Kwafo Adarkwa
Location Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana (06°41′5.67″N, 01°34′13.87″W)
Telephone +233 51 60021
Campus Suburban area
Website www.knust.edu.gh

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology is a technical university located in Kumasi, Ghana. It is the second public university to be established in the country. It was founded as the Kumasi College of Technology in 1952.[1] The nucleus of the college was formed from 200 teacher training students transferred from Achimota in the Greater Accra Region. The college was affiliated to the University of London.[2] In 1961, the college was granted full university status.[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.[1]

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[edit] Organization

The university has six colleges. Each of these colleges has departments grouped into faculties under it.

[edit] College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

[edit] 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

[edit] Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources

  • Department of Agroforestry
  • Department of Freshwater Fisheries and Watershed Management

[edit] 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

[edit] College of Architecture and Planning

[edit] Faculty of Architecture and Building Technology

  • Department of Architecture
  • Department of Building Technology

[edit] Faculty of Planning and Land Economy

  • Department of Land Economy
  • Department of Planning

[edit] Institute of Human Settlements Research

  • Centre for Land Studies
  • Centre for Settlements Studies

[edit] Institute of Science and Technology for Africa

  • Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Centre for Life Sciences
  • Centre for Technology and Environment

[edit] College of Art and Social Sciences

[edit] Faculty of Fine Art

  • Department of Communication Design
  • Department of General Art Studies
  • Department of Painting and Sculpture

[edit] Faculty of Industrial Art

  • Department of Integrated Rural Art/Industry
  • Department of Industrial Art
  • Department of Publishing Studies

[edit] Faculty of Law

  • Department of Commercial Law
  • Department of Private Law
  • Department of Public Law

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Research Centre

  • Centre for Cultural and African Studies


[edit] College of Engineering

[edit] Faculty of Civil and Geomatic Engineering

  • Department of Civil Engineering
  • Department of Geomatic Engineering

[edit] Faculty of Chemical and Materials Engineering

  • Department of Chemical Engineering
  • Department of Materials Engineering

[edit] Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Department of Computer Engineering
  • Department of Electrical Engineering

[edit] Faculty of Mechanical and Agricultural Engineering

  • Department of Agricultural Engineering
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering

[edit] College of Health Sciences

This college has three faculties and one research centre.

[edit] Faculty of Allied Health Sciences

  • Department of Medical Laboratory Technology
  • Department of Nursing
  • Department of Sports and Exercise Science

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Research Centre

  • Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research into Tropical Medicine


[edit] College of Science

[edit] 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

[edit] Faculty of Distance Learning

  • Centre for Distance and Continuing Education
  • Kumasi Virtual Centre for Information Technology

[edit] Faculty of Physical Sciences

  • Department of Chemistry
  • Department of Computer Science
  • Department of Mathematics
  • Department of Physics
  • National Centre for Mathematical Sciences

[edit] Halls of Residence

  • Africa Hall
  • Independence Hall
  • Queen's Hall
  • Republic Hall
  • Unity Hall
  • University Hall(Katanga)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, KUMASI. Universities. Universities of Ghana Overseas Office. Retrieved on 2007-03-11.
  2. ^ Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology:History. Official Website. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Retrieved on 2007-03-11.
  3. ^ G. F. Daniel (17 April, 1998). THE UNIVERSITIES IN GHANA. Development of University Education in Ghana. University of Ghana. Retrieved on 2007-03-10.

[edit] See also

List of universities in Ghana

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