History of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology is a university in Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana. The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology is the public university established in the country.

History:

Kumasi College of Technology officially set up on 22 January 1952 with 200 teacher training students transferred from Achimota, to form the nucleus of the new college.

In October 1952, the School of Engineering and the Department of Commerce were established and the first students were admitted.


A Pharmacy Department was established in January 1953, with the transfer of the former School of Pharmacy from Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, to the college.

In 1957, the School of Architecture, Town Planning and Building was inaugurated. Its first students were admitted in January 1958, for professional courses.

In December 1960, the Government of Ghana appointed a University Commission to advise it on the development of university education

The name was changed to University of Science and Technology after the Revolution of 24 February 1966.


The University of Science and Technology was officially inaugurated on Wednesday, 20 November 1961.

However, another act of Parliament (Act 559 of 1998) changed the name back to its original version, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi.

University profile:

Type Public

Established 1952

Chancellor King Osei Tutu II (Asantehene)

Vice-Chancellor Professor Kwasi Obiri-Danso

Students 42,590 (2016)

Undergraduates 21,285

Postgraduates 2,306

Location Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana

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