University of Mines and Technology

University of Mines and Technology
Arms of the University of Mines and Technology
Motto	Knowledge, Truth and Excellence[1]
Established	November 2004
Type	Public
Vice-Chancellor	Prof. Jerry Samuel Yaw Kuma
Location	Tarkwa, Western Region, Ghana
Campus	Suburban area
Colours	Black, White, Cardinal, Pigment Green and Gold
Website	umat.edu.gh

The University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) is located at Tarkwa in the Western Region of Ghana. UMaT is one of the public universities in the country.

History

University of Mines and Technology campus

UMaT was first established as the Tarkwa Technical Institute in 1952. In 1961, the university was changed to the Tarkwa School of Mines to help train manpower for the mining industry in Ghana. UMaT became a faculty of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in 1976. On 1 October 2001, UMaT was elevated to university college status and was known as the Western University College of KNUST. UMaT became a fully fledged University in November 2004 by act of Parliament (Act 677).^[2]

Faculties

Faculty of Engineering

The faculty of engineering^[3] has the following departments:

• Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Department of Mathematics
• Department of Computer Science and Engineering
• Department of Safety and Environmental Engineering

Faculty of Mineral Resources Technology

The faculty of mineral resources technology is the only such one in the West Africa sub-region for training high-level personnel in the mineral industry and continues to attract students from countries in the sub-region and across the Africa continent. Its four departments have existed under the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology since 1982.^[4]

• Department of Geological Engineering
• Department of Geomatic Engineering
• Department of Mineral Engineering
• Department of Mining Engineering
• Department of Petroleum Engineering

See also

• List of universities in Ghana

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References

External links

• Official Website
• National Accreditation Board, Ghana

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Coordinates: 5°17′55″N 2°00′02″W / 5.29853°N 2.00046°W / 5.29853; -2.00046