Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

File:Kwame nkrumah.jpg, the first President of the Republic of Ghana]]

The Kumasi College of Technology opened officially on 22 January 1952 with 200 teacher training students transferred from Achimota, to form the nucleus of the new college.{{Cite book|last=Woets|first=Rhoda|chapter=Achimota School|title=Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism|year=2016|publisher=Routledge|doi=10.4324/9781135000356-rem751-1|isbn=978-1-135-00035-6}} 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.{{Cite web |title=About us – Brief History |url=https://kbth.gov.gh/brief-history/ |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Government of Ghana |language=en-GB}} The department ran a two-year comprehensive course in Pharmacy leading to the award of the Pharmacy Board Certificate.{{Cite book|last=Garritano|first=Carmela|title=African video movies and global desires : a Ghanaian history|date=2013|publisher=Ohio University Press|isbn=978-0-89680-484-5|oclc=824733582}} A Department of Agriculture was opened in the same year to provide ad hoc courses of varying duration, from a few terms to three years, for the Ministry of Agriculture. A Department of General Studies was instituted to prepare students for the Higher School Certificate Examinations in Science and Arts subjects and to give instruction in subjects as requested by the other departments.{{Cite book|title=A general index of the agricultural reports of the Patent Office, for twenty-five years, from 1837 to 1861; and of the Department of Agriculture, for fifteen years, from 1862 to 1876|date=1879|publisher=Govt. Print. Off.|doi=10.5479/sil.1048544.39088002284578}}

From 1952 to 1955, the [https://coe.knust.edu.gh/ School of Engineering]{{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} College of Engineering, KNUST |url=https://coe.knust.edu.gh/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Knust Ghana}} prepared students for professional qualifications only. In 1955, the school embarked on courses leading to the University of London Bachelor of Engineering External Degree Examinations.{{Cite web|title=KNUST – FIANDAD GHANA LIMITED|url=https://www.fiandadghanalimited.com/knust/|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-30}}

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

As the college expanded, it was decided to make the Kumasi College of Technology a purely science and technology institution.{{Cite web |date=2022-01-22 |title=Kumasi College of Technology, KNUST officially opened in 1952 |url=https://ghanaianmuseum.com/kumasi-college-of-technology-now-kwame-nkrumah-university-of-science-and-technology-was-officially-opened/ |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Ghanaian Museum |language=en-US}} In pursuit of this policy, the Teacher Training College, with the exception of the Art School, was transferred in January 1958, to the Winneba Training College; in 1959 the Commerce Department was transferred to Achimota to form the nucleus of the present School of Administration of the University of Ghana, Legon.{{Cite web |title=Today marks 68 years since KNUST was officially opened {{!}} GhHeadlines Total News Total Information |url=http://www.ghheadlines.com/agency/ghana-web-/20200122/133726508/today-marks-68-years-since-knust-was-officially-opened |date=22 January 2020|access-date=2020-05-30 |website=Ghana Headlines |language=en-US}}

In December 1960, the Government of Ghana appointed a University Commission to advise it on the development of university education, in connection with the proposal to transform the University College of Ghana and the Kumasi College of Technology into an independent University of Ghana.{{Cite journal|last1=Nanyele|first1=Stephen|last2=Kuranchie|first2=Alfred|last3=Owusu-Addo|first3=Augustine|date=2018-10-30|title=Classroom management practices and student disruptive behavior|journal=Integrity Journal of Education and Training|volume=2|issue=2|pages=6–14|doi=10.31248/ijet2018.021|issn=2636-5995|doi-access=free}} Following the report of the commission which came out early 1961, the government decided to establish two independent universities in Kumasi and Legon, Accra.{{Cite journal| last1=Appiah |first1=CA| last2=Samwini |first2=AM| last3=Brown| first3=PK|last4=Hayford|first4=FEA|last5=Asamoah-Boakye|first5=O|date=2020-05-12|title=Proximate composition and serving sizes of selected composite Ghanaian soups|journal=African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development|volume=20|issue=3|pages=15898–15918|doi=10.18697/ajfand.91.18055|issn=1684-5374|doi-access=free|hdl=10394/34922|hdl-access=free}} The Kumasi College of Technology was thus transformed, under the supervision of R. P. Baffour,{{Cite web|title=Ghana Institute Of Architects – Ghana Institute Of Architects|url=https://gia.com.gh/|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-31}} into a full-fledged university, and named Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology by an Act of Parliament on 22 August 1961. The name honours Kwame Nkrumah, the first prime minister and later president of Ghana.

In January 1966, Marr Grounds, an American/Australian artist then living in California, took up an appointment as lecturer in architecture for two years, before moving to the University of Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning in 1968.

The name was changed to University of Science and Technology after the coup 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.{{cite web|url=http://knust.edu.gh/hospital/pages/sections.php?siteid=knust&mid=14&sid=94&id=115|title=Our History|work=Official Website|publisher=Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology|access-date=29 October 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305164113/http://knust.edu.gh/hospital/pages/sections.php?siteid=knust&mid=14&sid=94&id=115|archive-date=5 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}

The Kumasi campus is the main campus of the university. It is about seven square miles in area and about {{convert|8|mi|km|spell=in}} to the east of Kumasi. It houses the Central Administration and other important facilities.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-09 |title=KNUST: Fresh students enjoy stress-free moments on arrival |url=https://www.gbcghanaonline.com/general-news/knust-fresh-students-enjoy-stress-free-moments-on-arrival/2024/|publisher=Ghana Broadcasting Corporation

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The Obuasi campus was officially commissioned on 4 November 2020 despite its inception in the year 2019. It runs 15 undergraduate programmes, which include seven Engineering programmes, four Business Administration programmes, three Allied Health Sciences programmes and one Science programme.{{Cite web |title=KNUST Obuasi campus {{!}} Sustainable Development Report 2019 {{!}} AngloGold Ashanti |url=https://www.aga-reports.com/19/sr/stories/obuasi-knust |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=www.aga-reports.com}}{{Cite web |title=About Obuasi Campus {{!}} Obuasi Campus, KNUST |url=https://obuasicampus.knust.edu.gh/about-us/about-obuasi-campus |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=obuasicampus.knust.edu.gh}}

File:KNUST main entrance with Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park.jpg of the Republic of Ghana and the founder of the university with five smaller figures in national attire playing drums]]

The principal officers of the university are the chancellor, chairman of the University Council and vice-chancellor. As of 2018, the position of chancellor was held by the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.{{Cite book|chapter=Hindmarsh, Irene|date=2007-12-01|title=Who's Who|publisher=Oxford University Press|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.20250|doi-broken-date=13 November 2024 }}

Governance is carried out by the University Council, primarily through the Academic Board, which is responsible for:{{Cite journal |title=Fig. 2. Sites on which empirical testing was carried out. |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.31857/s0869-78092019268-76-9768 |journal=Dx |doi=10.31857/s0869-78092019268-76-9768}}

• formulating and carrying out the academic policy of the university{{Cite book|last=Hillfirst=Jennifer|title=An inventory optimization model with Markov-modulated commodity prices|date=2004|oclc=841572938}}{{Cite journal|journal=Handbook of Policy Formulation|pages=353–354|doi=10.4337/9781784719326.00030|title=Formulating Policy Solutions|year=2017|doi-broken-date=13 November 2024 |isbn=9781784719326}}
• devising and regulating the courses of instruction and study, and supervising research{{Cite book|last=Avgerinos|first=Yannis V.|date=2003|title=Regulating and Supervising Investment Services in the European Union|doi=10.1057/9780230286870|isbn=978-1-349-51091-7}}
• regulating the conduct of examinations and the award of degrees, diplomas and certificates{{Cite book|last=Pedley|first=F.H.|chapter=University Degrees and Diplomas|date=1964|title=A Parent's Guide to Examinations|pages=123–132|publisher=Elsevier|doi=10.1016/b978-0-08-201473-7.50012-9|isbn=978-0-08-201473-7}}
• advising the University Council on the admission of students and the award of scholarships{{Cite book|last=Simuls|first=Brandy|chapter=Belonging, Impostor Phenomenon, and Advising Students from Underrepresented Backgrounds|title=Roads Less Traveled and Other Perspectives on Nationally Competitive Scholarships|year=2017|pages=121–134|publisher=University of Arkansas Press|doi=10.2307/j.ctt1qv5rbm.15|isbn=978-1-61075-623-5}}
• reporting on such matters as may be referred to it by the University Council{{Cite book|chapter=Wilks, (Margaret) Ann, (born 11 May 1943), Secretary, Financial Reporting Council, and Financial Reporting Review Panel, 1998–2004|date=2007-12-01|title=Who's Who|publisher=Oxford University Press|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.42201}}

Students through the KNUST Students' Representative Council (KNUST SRC) participate in the administration of the university through their representatives serving on the University Council, Academic Board, the Welfare Services Board, Faculty and Departmental Boards, Residence Committee, Library Committee and on the Hall Councils.{{cite web |url=http://src.knust.edu.gh/ |title=KNUST Students' Representative Council |access-date=29 October 2009 |work=Official Website |publisher=Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827124806/http://src.knust.edu.gh/ |archive-date=27 August 2009 |df=dmy-all }}{{Cite web|title=New members joining 'old' KNUST Council to be sworn in today|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/new-members-of-knust-council-to-be-sworn-in-today.html|access-date=2021-07-27|website=Graphic Online|language=en-gb}}

The council operates with a budget that is primarily dispensed to student organizations, but it also funds social events and student initiatives. As the sole representative student government, the KNUST SRC provides student services like most student unions and also performs advocacy on behalf of the student body.{{Cite web|date=2018-08-20|title=KNUST SRC petitions Akufo-Addo over conversion of halls|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/KNUST-SRC-petitions-Akufo-Addo-over-conversion-of-halls-678047|access-date=2021-07-27|website=GhanaWeb|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2018-08-20|title=KNUST SRC petitions President over hall conversion|url=https://adrdaily.com/knust-src-petitions-president-over-hall-conversion/|access-date=2021-07-27|website=ADRDAILY.com|language=en-US}}

File:College of Engineering, KNUST Auditorium.JPG, KNUST auditorium]]

KNUST has, since January 2005, transformed from its previous centralized system of administration into a decentralized collegiate university. Under this system, the faculties have been condensed into six colleges.{{Cite book|title=System of Ghosts|pages=33|publisher=University of Iowa Press|doi=10.2307/j.ctt20q1s9h.20|isbn=978-1-60938-402-9|year=2016|chapter=Michigan Central Station Has Been Closed Since 1988}}

The university had been administered on the faculty-based system. This led to administrative difficulties as new faculties and institutes were created to meet the ever-growing academic pursuits of students. To solve this problem, a collegiate system was officially adopted on 29 November 2004. On 5 April 2005, the pioneering provosts were inducted and invested into office at the Great Hall of the KNUST.{{Cite book|last=Jeansonne|first=Glen|chapter=What if There Had Been No Slavery?|date=2015-02-24|title=What if the American Political System Were Different?|pages=165–190|publisher=Routledge|doi=10.4324/9781315698212-7|isbn=978-1-315-69821-2}}

The colleges are semi-autonomous, which means that they are given the power to largely run on their own without much dependence on the central administration for financial support. A college registrar, finance officer and librarian assist the provosts. Under them are the faculties, centres and institutes, headed by deans and directors. As heads of the colleges, the provosts provide academic and administrative leadership for the colleges and oversee their overall running.{{Citation |title = The Vice-Chancellor's Report |publisher=University Press - KNUST |location=Kumasi |date=June 2009 }}.

There are numerous KNUST approved hostels, mostly in close proximity to the main campus. Students of all financial backgrounds have their accommodation needs catered for.{{Cite journal|date=2017-10-17|title=Court rules school must provide student's approved accommodation|journal=Campus Legal Advisor|volume=18|issue=3|pages=9|doi=10.1002/cala.30670|issn=1531-3999}} There are six halls of residence at the Kumasi campus, each administered by a hall council consisting of senior and junior members. There are few hostels on campus like the GUSSS hostels, Brunei, and Tek credit hostel. The executive head is the hall master, who is assisted by a senior tutor. There is a hall bursar and other supporting staff.{{cite web |url=https://www.knust.edu.gh/students/housing/halls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618221801/http://www.knust.edu.gh/students/housing/halls |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 June 2013 |title=Halls of Residence |access-date=29 October 2009 |work=Official Website |publisher=Kwame Nkrumah University of Scienhostel tice and Technology }}

• University Hall (Katanga)
• Unity Hall (Conti)
• Independence Hall{{Cite book|editor1-last=Herz|editor1-first=Manuel|editor2-last=Focketyn|editor2-first=Hans|editor3-last=Schröder|editor3-first=Ingrid|editor4-last=Jamrozik|editor4-first=Julia|others=Baan, Iwan; Webster, Alexia (photographers)|title=African modernism : the architecture of independence: Ghana, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Zambia|date=2015|publisher=Park Books|isbn=978-3-906027-74-6|oclc=925511791}}
• Queens Hall{{Cite book|publisher=Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology|title=Royal periscope|oclc=1125968298}}
• Republic Hall
• Africa Hall{{Cite web|url=https://blog.getrooms.co/blog/knust-halls-and-their-history/|title=KNUST halls and their history|date=2018-10-06|website=GetRooms Blog|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-02}}

About 60% of the student population is non-resident. There are private hostels around the campus and in Kumasi for students who, as a result of the limited facilities/rooms, could not be admitted as resident students.{{cite web |url=https://www.knust.edu.gh/students/housing/housing-tips |title=Hostel Tips for students |access-date=29 October 2009 |work=Official Website |publisher=Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618221644/http://www.knust.edu.gh/students/housing/housing-tips |archive-date=18 June 2013 |df=dmy-all }} Apart from these private-owned hostels, the university management have also made some efforts to solve this accommodation issue. In response to that, some hostels have also been built right on campus. These are:

• The Impact Building: This was funded by the Mastercard foundation and serves as a secretariat for Mastercard scholars on campus. Some of the rooms are occupied by these scholars whereas some of the rooms are used for temporary leasing on a daily basis earning income for its management.
• The GUSSS Hostels: These hostels are popularly referred to as Brunei on campus. They have five buildings in total. These are Old and New Brunei, Complex, Baby Brunei and Hall 7.
• The Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Hostel: Also referred to as SRC Hostel on campus. This was also built through the efforts of the school's SRC.

There are facilities on campus where non-resident students can rest between lectures and study before they leave for their homes and hostels.{{Cite journal|last=Hutton|first=Jim|date=2017-12-18|title=Prepare students before sending them to earthquake-prone study abroad locations|journal=Campus Security Report|volume=14|issue=9|pages=1–6|doi=10.1002/casr.30332|issn=1551-2800}}

In January 2014, the top floor of the Crystal Rose Hostel{{cite web|title=Investigations begin into KNUST hostel fire|url=http://graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/15543-investigations-begin-into-knust-hostel-fire.html|author=Felix A. Baidoo|work=Daily Graphic|access-date=11 January 2014|date=11 January 2014}} caught fire while most students were on vacation. The cause of the fire is still not known.{{cite web|title=Fire engulfs KNUST hostel |url=http://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2014/January-9th/fire-engulfs-knust-hostel.php|publisher=www.myjoyonline.com|access-date=10 January 2014}}

There is a large multinational international community at KNUST as a result of the high standards of education. There is an international student association that sees to the interests of foreign students such as accommodation, orientation and campus tours.{{cite web|url=https://www.knust.edu.gh/students/international|title=International Students - Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology|website=www.knust.edu.gh|access-date=9 April 2018}}

File:Peace Pole, Kumasi, Ghana.jpg was erected on the university campus on 21 September 2006, International Day of Peace. The pole is made of a 105-year-old sapele tree that used to stand in the university's botanical garden. The pole is {{convert|16.7|m|ft|abbr=off}} tall. Indigenous symbols have been carved in bas-relief on it in five languages (Twi—a local language in Ghana, Hindi, Chinese, Swahili, and Arabic). The peace prayer on the pole says: "May peace be upon Earth".]]

Since the 2010/11 academic year, some of the colleges operate a two-tier system, while others maintain their three-tier system.

• Faculty of Agriculture
• Department of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness and Extension{{Cite journal|last=Scroggs|first=Claud L.|date=December 1975|title=The Relevance of University Research and Extension Activities in Agricultural Economics to Agribusiness Firms|journal=American Journal of Agricultural Economics|volume=57|issue=5|pages=883–888|doi=10.2307/1239098|jstor=1239098|issn=0002-9092}}
• Department of Animal Sciences{{Cite web |date=2022-07-03 |title=Deduako residents, pets benefit from health screening by KNUST Health Sciences Students Association - MyJoyOnline.com |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/deduako-residents-pets-benefit-from-health-screening-by-knust-health-sciences-students-association/ |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=www.myjoyonline.com |language=en-US}}
• Department of Crop and Soil Sciences{{Cite book|last1=Quee|first1=Dan David|last2=Sarkodie-Addo|first2=Joseph|last3=Conteh|first3=Abdul Rahman|last4=Tarawali|first4=Abdul Rahman|title=Assessment of Weed Management Strategies on Growth and Yield of Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) in Ghana.|date=2016-01-21|publisher=Global Society of Scientific Research and Researchers|oclc=942772318}}
• Department of Horticulture{{Cite web |date=2022-06-08 |title=NSA signs MoU with KNUST to aid sports development - MyJoyOnline.com |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/nsa-signs-mou-with-knust-to-aid-sports-development/ |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=MyJoyOnline |language=en-US}}
• Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources
• Department of Agroforestry{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}
• Department of Fisheries and Watershed Management
• Department of Silviculture and Forest Management
• Department of Wildlife and Range Management
• Department of Wood Science and Technology
• Faculty of Forest Resources Technology
• Department of Ecotourism and Forest Recreation
• Department of Land Reclamation and Rehabilitation
• Department of Social Forestry
• Department of Wood Processing and Marketing

• Faculty of Allied Health Sciences
• Department of Medical Diagnostics
• Department of Medical Imaging
• Department of Physiotherapy and Sports Science
• Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• Department of Pharmacology
• Department of Pharmacognosy
• Department of Pharmacy Practice
• Department of Pharmaceutics
• Department of Herbal Medicine
• School of Dentistry
• School of Medical Sciences
• School of Veterinary Medicine
• School of Nursing and Midwifery

• Faculty of Law{{cite web |title=KNUST - Faculty of Law |url=http://law.knust.edu.gh/ |access-date=30 October 2009 |publisher=KNUST Faculty of Law}}
• Faculty of Social Sciences
• Department of Economics
• Department of English
• Department of Geography and Rural Development
• Department of History and Political Studies
• Department of Modern Languages currently called the department of Language and Communication Sciences.
• Department of Religious Studies
• Department of Sociology and Social Work
• School of Business{{Cite web|url=https://knust.edu.gh/academics/colleges|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616041803/http://www.knust.edu.gh/academics/colleges|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-06-16|title=Colleges|publisher=Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology |access-date=14 May 2018 }}
• Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems.
• Department of Marketing and Corporate Strategy
• Department of Human Resource and Organizational Development.
• Department of Accounting and Finance

Colleges under the two-tier system (Provost/Head of Department):

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:The College of Art and Built Environment formerly known as College of Architecture and Planning came into existence in January 2005 as part of the restructuring of the University into a Collegiate System. In the restructuring, the Faculty of Environmental and Development studies (FEDS) and the Institute of Land Management and Development (ILMAD) were merged to form the College. FEDS comprised three teaching departments: Department of Architecture, department of Building Technology and Department of Housing and Planning Research. ILMAD comprised two departments, Department of Land Economy and the Land Resources Centre. The college currently comprises two faculties, ten teaching departments and one research institute:

:* Department of Communication Design

:* Department of General Art Studies

:* Department of Painting and Sculpture

:* Department of Integrated Rural Art/Industry

:* Department of Industrial Art

:*Department of Educational Innovations in Science and Technology

:* Department of Publishing Studies

:* Department of Architecture

:* Department of Building Technology

:* Department of Land Economy

:*Department of Planning

:* Centre for Settlements Studies

:* Centre for Land Studies

:* Department of Agricultural Engineering

:* Department of Aerospace Engineering

:* Department of Chemical Engineering

:* Department of Civil Engineering

:* Department of Computer Engineering

:* Department of Electrical Engineering/Electronic Engineering & Telecommunication Engineering

:* Department of Geological Engineering

:* Department of Geodetic Engineering

:* Department of Geomatic Engineering

:* Department of Materials Engineering

:* Department of Mechanical Engineering

:* Department of Petroleum Engineering

Source:{{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} College of Science, KNUST |url=https://cos.knust.edu.gh/ |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=College of Science, KNUST}}

:The following is the list of departments under the college of science, KNUST.

:* Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology

:* Department of Chemistry

:* Department of Computer Science

:* Department of Environmental Science

:* Department of Food Science and Technology

:* Department of Mathematics{{Cite web |title=Home - Department of Mathematics |url=https://math.knust.edu.gh/ |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=Department of Mathematics Knust}}

:* Department of Optometry and Visual Science

:* Department of Physics

:* Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology

:* Department of Statistics and Actuarial Sciences

:* Department of Meteorology and Climate Science

In the year 2005, KNUST adopted Distance Learning as a viable complement to the conventional face-to-face system of education. This decision was made to offer opportunity for people to pursue academic programmes with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, while still on full-time employment.{{cite web |url=http://www.modernghana.com/news/90811/1/knust-inaugurates-faculty-of-distance-learning.html |author=Erastus Asare Donkor|title=KNUST Inaugurates Faculty of Distance Learning|date=24 November 2005|access-date=30 October 2009 |publisher=Modern Ghana, Regional News }}

In October 2007, the Academic Board changed the status of the Faculty of Distance Learning to the Institute of Distance Learning.

The KNUST Library provides information in electronic and print formats to staff and students mainly to support teaching, learning and research in science and technology for national development. It is a depository library for all materials published in Ghana and for international institutions and organisations like the World Bank and other United Nations Agencies.{{cite web |title=KNUST Library |url=http://library.knust.edu.gh/ |access-date=29 October 2009 |publisher=Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology}}

Digital services are available through the Open Educational Resource (OER) as well as the DSpace repository.[http://dspace.knust.edu.gh:8080/jspui/ DSpace repository] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126230911/http://dspace.knust.edu.gh:8080/jspui/ |date=26 November 2011 }}

• The Open educational resources (OER){{cite web |url=http://web.knust.edu.gh/oer/ |title=Open Educational Resources (OER) |access-date=29 October 2009 |work=Official Website |publisher=Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013053620/http://web.knust.edu.gh/oer/ |archive-date=13 October 2009 |df=dmy-all }} component of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology fosters collaboration on curricula, course materials, and content; generates connections between disciplines, teachers, and learners; and inspires use of educational materials in a more effective way.{{cite web |url=http://www.knust.edu.gh/pages/sections.php?siteid=knust&mid=15&sid=86 |title=Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology - Digital Library Services |access-date=29 October 2009 |work=Official Website |publisher=Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012121958/http://www.knust.edu.gh/pages/sections.php?siteid=knust&mid=15&sid=86 |archive-date=12 October 2009 |df=dmy-all }}
• KNUST Online Repository{{cite web |title=Online Repository (KNUST DPSACE) |url=http://dspace.knust.edu.gh/ |access-date=29 October 2009 |publisher=Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology}} is the university's digital repository. Data for the repository is still being added.

• Accra Institute of Technology
• Akim State University College{{Cite web|url=https://www.asuc.edu.gh/|title=Akim State University College | Asuc | Ghana|website=asuc}}
• All Nations University College
• Central University College
• Kaaf University College
• DataLink University College(DLUC)
• Garden City University College
• Ghana Telecom University College
• Ho Polytechnic
• Osei Tutu II Institute for Advanced ICT Studies
• Regent University College
• Spiritan Institute / Spiritan University College[http://www.spiritanuc.edu.gh/ Spiritan University College] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422134413/http://www.spiritanuc.edu.gh/ |date=22 April 2012 }}{{Cite web |date=12 October 2009 |title=Affiliated Institutions |url=http://www.knust.edu.gh/pages/sections.php?siteid=knust&mid=15&sid=123 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012121619/http://www.knust.edu.gh/pages/sections.php?siteid=knust&mid=15&sid=123 |archive-date=12 October 2009 |website=KNUST}}

In December 2019, an agreement was signed between the Gambian government and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology to set up Science, Technology and Engineering University in The Gambia. In the accord, the administrative and teaching faculties will be set up, coached by and affiliated to KNUST.{{Cite web|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/education/knust-to-establish-science-technology-university-in-the-gambia.html|title=KNUST to establish Science, Technology University in The Gambia|date=2019-12-17|website=Graphic Online|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-12-17}}

• Bureau of Integrated Research and Development
• Centre for Biodiversity Utilisation and Development (CBUD)
• Centre for Cultural and African Studies
• Centre for Human Studies
• Dairy/Beef Research Station
• The Brew-Hammond Energy Centre, College Of Engineering{{Cite web|url=http://energycenter.knust.edu.gh/pages/index.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013054038/http://energycenter.knust.edu.gh/pages/index.php|url-status=dead|title=The Energy Center|archive-date=13 October 2009}}
• Kumasi Center For Collaborative Research (KCCR) in collaboration with the German Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine{{Cite web |title=KCCR 20th Anniversary Durbar – KCCR |url=https://kccr-ghana.org/kccr-20th-anniversary-durbar/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918064601/http://kccr-ghana.org/kccr/ |archive-date=18 September 2009 |website=Kccr Ghana}}
• National Institute for Mathematical Sciences (NIMS)
• Technology Consultancy Centre (TCC)
• Laboratory For Interdisciplinary Statistical Analysis (LISA)
• Regional Water and Environmental Sanitation Centre, Kumasi (RWESCK)
• Centre for Settlement Studies
• Regional Transport Research and Education Centre, Kumasi (TRECK)

Focus FM (94.3 FM) is the university's official radio station. Among its notable programmes are Morning Show, Drive Time, Teknokrat and Community Watch.{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fhheheC8n4MC|last=Thompson|first=Kaja|title=Don't Leave Out Focus FM|journal=Graphic Showbiz|issue=394|pages=2|date=September 29, 2005|publisher=Sat Prachar Press|access-date=July 4, 2020|via=Google Books}}

Focus FM is a network radio positioned on campus of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi. It was established in the year 2000 A.D. The stakeholders are the UNIVERSITY, Student Representative Counsel and the Graduate Student Association of Ghana. The center targets for the status quo of the station is to inform, teach and entertain the whole college network and the encompassing communities. The important supply of investment is from students’ contribution into Focus FM improvement account.{{Cite web |last=Ofori |first=Evans |date=2020-11-10 |title=Know More About Your Presenters! Notable Media Personalities who passed through Focus FM - KNUST |url=https://mediafillasgh.com/know-more-about-your-presenters-notable-media-personalities-who-passed-through-focus-fm-knust/ |access-date=2021-10-12 |website=Media fills Ghana |language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Focus FM To Host This Year's Face Of SHS Show|url=https://newsghana.com.gh/focus-fm-to-host-this-years-face-of-shs-show/|access-date=2021-10-12|website=newsghana.com.gh/|language=en-US}}

Focus FM is focused not only to participate in the activities of the community, but in addition to allow the university to take part in the life of the station. This is why it is differentiated from other commercial and state radio – neither of which is seeks public participation, except when it suits them to do so. Focus FM offers democratic access to the activity of programme making itself rather than being communicated at, people are offered the opportunity to communicate themselves.

Focus FM is a not-for-profit station. It secures its income from; Focus FM Development Fund, a form of commercial Sponsorship focused at serving the community, and a range of community / listener supported fundraisers.

• Nana Kwadwo Jantuah
• Edward Oppong Marfo
• Kwame Adinkra
• Kojo Akoto Boateng
• Louis Kwame Sakyiamah (Lexis Bill)
• Anita Kuma
• Kojo Akoto Boateng

TEK TV is the official television station of the university.{{Cite web |last=Gbagbo |first=Julitta |date=15 June 2016 |title=KNUST To Launch TV Station Called TEK TV - Kuulpeeps - Ghana Campus News and Lifestyle Site by Students |url=https://kuulpeeps.com/2016/06/knust-to-launch-tv-station-called-tek-tv/ |access-date=2020-07-05 |website=Kuulpeeps |language=en-US}}

In 2023, the university was ranked by Times Higher Education as the number destination for quality education globally.{{Cite web |date=2022-01-20 |title=Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/kwame-nkrumah-university-science-and-technology |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=Times Higher Education (THE) |language=en}} This recognition was in alignment the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 4).

In November 2019, KNUST was ranked as the best university in Ghana and West Africa by U.S. News & World Report and still holds the record in 2020.{{Cite web |date=11 November 2019 |title=KNUST ranked best university in West Africa |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/KNUST-ranked-best-university-in-West-Africa-798357 |access-date=2020-01-11 |website=GhanaWeb |language=en}} It was also ranked 14th in Africa and 706th in the world, with a global score of 42.4.{{Cite web |title=KNUST Ranking |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/kwame-nkrumah-university-science-technology-529441 |website=Us news}}

KNUST was the first university in West Africa to have won the 2018, 2019 and 2020 Pan African Universities Debate Championship consecutively.{{Cite web |title=KNUST wins Pan-African Universities Debate Championship for second time |url=http://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2019/December-17th/knust-wins-pan-african-universities-debate-championship-for-second-time.php |access-date=2020-01-17 |website=MyJoyOnline.}}{{Cite web |last=Effah |first=K. |date=2018-12-13 |title=KNUST wins Pan African Universities debate contest |url=https://yen.com.gh/120028-knust-wins-pan-african-universities-debate.html |access-date=2020-01-17 |website=Yen - Ghana news. |language=en}} KNUST is the first university in Ghana to win the Ghana national rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.{{Cite web |date=28 February 2017 |title=KNUST Law Faculty wins Jessup Moot Court Competition |url=https://www.legonconnect.com/knust-law-faculty-wins-jessup-moot-court-competition/ |website=Legon Connect}} The university has also won the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition a record three consecutive times.{{Cite web|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/education/knust-wins-moot-court-competition.html|title=KNUST wins Moot Court Competition|website=Graphic Online}}{{Cite web |date=4 April 2019 |title=KNUST represents Ghana at 2019 Philip c. Jessup int'l law moot court competition |url=https://starrfm.com.gh/2019/04/knust-represents-ghana-at-2019-philip-c-jessup-intl-law-moot-court-competition/ |website=StarrFm}} In December 2020 KNUST became the first university in Africa to have won the Pan African Universities Debating Championship for 3 consecutive times.{{Cite web|date=2020-12-20|title=KNUST Wins 2020 Pan-African Universities Debate Championship|url=https://hypercitigh.com/campus-news/knust-updates/2020-paudc/|access-date=2020-12-23|website=Hypercitigh.com|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2020-12-20|title=Breaking! KNUST makes history as first in Africa to win PAUDC for the 3 Consecutive times before any other university|url=https://focusnewsroom.com/2020/12/20/breaking-knust-makes-history-as-first-in-africa-to-win-paudc-for-the-3-consecutive-times-before-any-other-university/|access-date=2020-12-23|website=Focus Fm KNUST|language=en-US}}

In December 2024, the West Africa Competitiveness Programme (WACOMP), through UNIDO and EU funding, enabled KNUST's Food Science and Technology Laboratory to become the first public university in Ghana accredited with ISO/IEC 17025:2017, providing SMEs with reliable food testing services.{{Cite web |last=Etefe |first=Juliet |date=2024-12-23 |title=KNUST Food Laboratory receives ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Accreditation for food testing |url=https://thebftonline.com/2024/12/23/knust-food-laboratory-receives-iso-iec-170252017-accreditation-for-food-testing/ |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=The Business & Financial Times |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2024-12-20 |title=KNUST Food Laboratory receives ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation for food testing - MyJoyOnline |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/knust-food-laboratory-receives-iso-iec-170252017-accreditation-for-food-testing/ |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=www.myjoyonline.com |language=en-US}}

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• UN Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kofi Annan had a part of his education at KNUST
• Kwaku Aning and Hackman Owusu-Agyeman are other diplomats who graduated from KNUST
• Aliu Mahama Vice-president of Ghana from 2001 to 2008, studied at KNUST
• Edward Kwame Wiredu, former Chief Justice of Ghana, was also a student at KNUST
• Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, former first lady of Ghana
• Samira Bawumia, former second lady of Ghana (2017–2025)
• Thomas Mensah, former CEO of GNPC and chemical engineer graduated from KNUST College of Engineering
• Alex Mould, CEO of Ghana Gas
• Benjamin Asante
• Charles Darku, former CEO of Tullow Ghana Limited
• Amma Darko, the novelist attended KNUST
• Chris Attoh, actor attended KNUST
• Nana Otuo Siriboe, the Juabenhene who is also Chairman of Council of State
• King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, Gã Mantse of the Ga-Adangbe people and President of the Ga Traditional Council
• Ernest Aryeetey, economist and former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana graduated from the institution
• Yaw Osafo-Maafo, Senior Minister graduated from the institution
• Pamela Mbabazi, Chairperson of the Uganda Planning Authority was also a student at KNUST.

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• Francis Allotey, mathematician
• Aba Andam, physicist
• Ablade Glover, artist
• Marr Grounds, American / Australian artist and lecturer in architecture in 1966–7{{cite interview| first=Marr| last=Grounds| title=Interview with Marr Grounds| date= 30 March 2015| interviewer-first= Deborah| interviewer-last= Edwards | url=https://www.datocms-assets.com/42890/1614405141-groundsmarrinterviewv2018-12-11.pdf| format=transcript| series= Art Gallery of New South Wales Archive: Balnaves Foundation Australian Sculpture Archive Project|others=Balnaves Foundation|publisher= Art Gallery of NSW| quote=This is an edited transcript of a recorded interview.}}
• Thomas Mensah, chemical engineer
• Letitia Obeng, research scientist

Yvonne Osei Adobea emerged victorious in the SRC presidential elections at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) on 26 July 2023. This historic win marked the first time a female had assumed leadership of the Student's Representative Council at KNUST in its 71-year history.{{Cite web |last=Larnyoh |first=Magdalene |date=2023-07-27 |title="A woman of many firsts": Records set by the first female SRC President of KNUST |url=https://yen.com.gh/education/238461-yvonne-osei-addobea-records-set-by-elected-female-src-president-knust/ |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=Yen - Ghana news. |language=en}} She was succeeded by Kane Nana Francis in 2024.

Students in KNUST are represented in at various management levels. Apart from the Student Representative Council which is the ultimate student representative body, there are other bodies at each college in KNUST. The College of Science is represented by the Science Students' Association (SCISA). The College of Engineering is represented by Ghana Association of Engineering Students (GESA).

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