The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is the foremost Science and Technology University in the country. It has, within the period of its existence, become an important centre for the training of scientists and technologists not only for Ghana but also for African and other countries. The university campus, which is about seven square miles in area, lies to the east of Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital.

By a Government Ordinance of October 6, 1951, the Kumasi College of Technology was established as a public University with the Faculty of Engineering. It began operations on January 22, 1952, with 200 teacher training students who were relocated from Achimota College to form the nucleus of the Kumasi College of Technology. The College expanded enormously in academic disciplines and infrastructure in the years that followed. In addition to the Faculty of Engineering, the Departments of Pharmacy and Agriculture were established in 1953, followed by the Departments of General Studies, Town Planning & Building, and the Faculty of Science.

As the College developed, it was decided that its Science and Technology status be maintained. To this end, the Teacher Training Section, excluding the Art School, was transferred to the Winneba Training College and the Commerce Department to Achimota, in January 1958. In 1961, the Kumasi College of Technology was granted full-fledged university status based on the report of a commission appointed by the government to advise it on the status of the College.

Consequently, the Kumasi College of Technology was converted into an autonomous University by an Act of Parliament on August 22, 1961 and named, The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology was formally inauguratedon Wednesday, November 29, 1961. The University began awarding its own degrees in June, 1964.

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