Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
| Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology | |
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| motto | "Nyansapo wosane no Badwenmme" (Eng. The knot of wisdom is opened by the clever child) |
| founding | January 22, 1952 as Kumasi College of Technology, August 22, 1961 university status |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Kumasi |
| country | Ghana |
| Vice Chancellor | Willam Otoo Ellis |
| Students | approx. 42,000 (2014) |
| Networks | IAU |
| Website | www.knust.edu.gh |
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The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology ( KNUST for short ; German Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology ) is the second university in the country after the University of Ghana . It was named after the first President of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah .
history
The founding history of KNUST began with the founding of the Kumasi College of Technology on January 22nd, 1952. On this date, 200 student teachers were transferred from Achimota to the new university. KNUST was officially granted university status by administrative act on August 22, 1961. In October 1952, the Faculty of Engineering (School of Engineering) and the Department of Commerce were opened in the KNUST and the first students were accepted. In 1955, the Faculty of Engineering at KNUST entered into a collaboration agreement with the University of London that for the first time enabled students to take the Bachelor of Engineering through an external exam at the University of London.
The Department of Pharmacy was opened in January 1953 when KNUST took over the former School of Pharmacy at the Korle-Bu Hospital in Accra. The Department of Agriculture was also opened in 1953 and a variety of courses were organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture. A Department of General Studies has also been set up to support the other departments and to take exams in science and art.
As early as 1957, the growing university was expanded to include a department for architecture, urban planning and buildings. As the number of students increased, it was decided to specialize in the subjects of natural sciences and technology. As a result of this decision, the Teacher Training College with the art school was outsourced in January 1958 and included in the Winneba Training College in Winneba . In 1959 the trade department was relocated to Achimota. This later became the current department for administrative sciences at the University of Ghana in Legon, a suburb of Accra.
In December 1960, President Nkrumah set up a University Commission to discuss a recommendation for the development of higher education in Ghana. The question remained whether the University College of Ghana and the Kumasi College of Technology should be merged into the independent University of Ghana . According to the report of the commission in early 1961, the government decided against the solution of a large university and founded the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi by law of August 22, 1961 , alongside the University of Ghana in Legon .
After the military coup against Nkrumah on February 24, 1966, KNUST was renamed the University of Science and Technology . It was not until 1998 that the university was renamed back to its original name, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology .
Faculties
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The Faculty of Agriculture consists of the Animal Science, Crop Science, Soil, Horticultural, Agricultural, and Farm Management departments. Various research stations are also located here, such as the University Research Station in Awomasi-Kumasi and the cattle project in Boadi (Boadi Cattle Project) in Boadi-Kumasi.
The Faculty of Engineering consists of the Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronics, Chemical Engineering, Mechanics, Agricultural Engineering, and Georetic Engineering departments.
The Arts Faculty is divided into the departments of Art Education, Design and General Art Studies, Industrial Art, Printing, Integrated Urban Art and Industry, Painting and Sculpture.
The Faculty of Pharmacy is divided into the departments of Pharmacology, Pharmaceuticals, Biological Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology.
The Institute for Renewable Natural Resources consists of the Fresh Water, Fisheries, Water Conservation Management, Forest Sciences and Technology, Silviculture and Forest Management, Agroforestry, and Game Protection and Game Management departments. The Center for Biodiversing Utilization and Development is also affiliated here.
The natural science faculty comprises the departments for physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, computer science, biochemistry and ophthalmology (optometry) as well as the Institute of Mining and Mineral Engineering.
The Faculty of Mining in Kumasi includes the departments of Geology, Mineralogy and Metallurgy as well as Materials Science and Technology. The International Center for Materials Science and Technology is also integrated. The Tarkwa Mining Faculty is divided into the departments of Applied Engineering, Mining Engineering, Geology and Survey and Mineralogy.
The Faculty of Social Sciences is divided into the departments of Languages, General and African Studies, Economics and Industrial Management, Environment and Development Studies, Architecture, Planning, Building Technology, Housing and Planning Development, Land Management and Development and Real Estate Management. The Land Resource Center and the Center for Population, Gender and Development are also represented here.
The Medical Faculty is divided into the departments of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Anatomy, Behavioral Biology, Child Health, General Health, Ear, Nose and Throat, Microbiology, Molecular Medicine, Pathology, Physiology, Radiology, Surgery, and Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine. Furthermore, the Center for Collaborative Research into Tropical Medicine in Kumasi is integrated here.
Institutes and research centers
The following institutes are available for scientific research, technical exercises, advice and other services:
- Technology Consultancy Center (TCC)
- Bureau of Integrated Rural Development (BIRD)
- Training Network Center (TNC)
- Center for Cultural Studies (CCS)
- Institute for Technical Education (ITE)
- Distance Learning Center (DLC)
The Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research (KCCR) is a cooperation between the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Germany and the Department of Medicine at KNUST in Kumasi.
The Regent University College of Science and Technology is affiliated .
degrees
Degrees can be obtained at KNUST in the following scientific, artistic and technological subjects:
- Art
- Art History (Fine Arts)
- Ceramic art (English ceramics)
- Metal art
- Graphic Design
- Drawing (painting)
- Sculptures
- Fashion (engl. Textiles)
- Art Education
- African Art
- Urban Art and Industry (English Rural Art and Industry)
- Journalism (English Publishing Studies)
- Natural sciences
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Biology (English Biological Sciences)
- Computer Science
- Mathematics
- Biochemistry
- Ophthalmology (engl. Optometry)
- Engineering
- Electrical and Electronic
- Mechanics
- Geodesy (English Geodetic)
- Computer Science
- Telecommunications
- Agricultural Science
- Chemical engineering
- Water and Sanitary
- Mining & Mineral Engineering
- Geological Methods and Metallurgy (Geological Processing & Extractive Metallurgy)
- Mining
- Mineral Technology
- Mining Geology
- Mine Surveying
- Mining Mechanics (English Mine Mechanical)
- Metallurgy
- Mining Electrical (English Mine Electrical)
- Material Science
- Mineral Exploration
- Environmental Resource Management
- Pharmacy
- Pharmacology
- Pharmaceutical Biology (English Pharmacognosy)
- Pharmaceutics
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry
- Clinical Pharmacy
- interdisciplinary herbal medicine (Interdisciplinary)
- (English Social Pharmacy)
- Renewable Natural Resources
- Management of natural resources (English Natural Resources Management)
- Agro forestry
- Forest Science and Technology
- Wildlife & Range Management
- Forestry
- Water Management (English Aquaculture)
- Silviculture & Forest Management
- Human Medicine (English Medical Sciences)
- Human Biology
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Chemical Pathology
- Health Services Planning & Management
- Health Education
- Medical Laboratory Technology
- Clinical Microbiology
- interdisciplinary ophthalmology (Optometry (Interdisciplinary))
- Environmental & Development Studies
- Architecture
- Development Policy and Planning
- Building Technology
- Housing and Planning Studies
- Buildings and Urban Development (English Estate and Urban Development)
- Land Economy
- Real Estate Management
- Social Sciences
- Comparative Literature
- Economics
- Industrial Management
campus
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The university is located on a seven square mile main campus in Kumasi , the capital of the Ashanti region .
Six student residences (English Halls of Residence) have been built on campus . Each of these buildings has a common room for the younger and older students. A canteen, tennis and badminton court are available on campus. The six buildings are named Unity, University (both for male students only), Africa (for female students), Republic, Queen's and Independence (mixed).
A Roman Catholic church, a Protestant church and a university mosque for students were built near the main entrance to the campus in Kumasi. Exhibitions are held in the university's art gallery in the university building, and there is a shop selling works by local artists. The college also has a club for students and their visitors, a botanical garden, a swimming pool and the Great Hall, where representative events are held.
Another university campus is located in Tarkwa near Takoradi in the Western Region . One of the two mining departments is located there, as there are significant mining areas for gold and other raw materials near Tarwka.
Former
- Kofi Annan (1938–2018), UN Secretary General
- Saddique Boniface (* 1960), Ghanaian politician
- Hackman Owusu-Agyeman (* 1941), Ghanaian politician
- Jacob Plange-Rhule (1957-2020), physician
See also
Web links
- Official Homepage KNUST (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ About us: KNUST Motto ( Memento from May 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ A b University History - Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology . Archived from the original on June 4, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
- ↑ a b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KUMASI ACT - 1961 (ACT 80)
- ^ Willam Otoo Ellis: Welcome Message from VC - Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology . In: KNUST . Retrieved January 6, 2015.
- ^ Vice-Chancellor Willam Otoo Ellis: STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY (OCTOBER, 2010 - MAY, 2014) Convocation Address 2014 . In: knust.edu.gh . October 13, 2014. Archived from the original on October 17, 2015. Retrieved on January 6, 2015., pdf
- ^ List of IAU Members. In: iau-aiu.net. International Association of Universities, accessed July 28, 2019 .
Coordinates: 6 ° 40 ′ 48.1 ″ N , 1 ° 33 ′ 45.6 ″ W.