Kohat University of Science and Technology

Kohat University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan
Motto "..."
Established 2001
Type Public
Chancellor Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
Students 6090
Undergraduates 4098
Postgraduates 937
Doctoral students 55
Location Kohat, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Campus Multi-campus, urban
Affiliations Pakistan Engineering Council, Higher Education Commission
Website KUST Official Website

Kohat University of Science and Technology' (or KUST) is a public sector university established in 2001 at Kohat District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan by the governor, Lt. Gen. Syed Iftikhar Hussan Shah. It had four institutes - Institute of Information Technology, Institute of Management Sciences, Institute of Education and Research and Department of Microbiology. These offered two-year and four-year Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) degrees and two-year Master degrees fields, in 2004. Later on the university was expanded by establishing departments in Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology( Dr. Farzana Perveen has established department of Zoology KUST from the beginning and brings it up), and Microbiology. These departments offer BS (Hons.), M. Sc., M. Phil. and Ph.D. degree programmes.

The first Vice Chancellor of the university was Prof. Dr. Sher Ali Shah Shinwari (Late).

The university is ranked No. 22 in the General category of HEC rankings. [1]

List of Vice Chancellors from the date of establishment:

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Address

Kohat University of Science and Technology,
Off Jarma, Bannu Road,
District Kohat, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
Pakistan

See also

KUST Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS)

References

  1. ^ - Ranking of Higher Education Commission (HEC) Recognized Universities in Pakistan

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