Sudan University of Science and Technology
{{Short description|University in Khartoum State, Sudan}}
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{{Infobox university
|name= Sudan University of Science and Technology (SUST)
|native_name= جامعة السودان للعلوم والتكنولوجيا
| former_names = Khartoum Technical Institute (KTI) (1950)
Khartoum Polytechnique (KP) (1975)
|image= Sudan University of Science and Technology Seal
|established= 1902
|type= Public{{cite web
|url=http://www.mohe.gov.sd/
|publisher=Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research
|title=Sudanese higher education
|accessdate=2011-09-15
|archive-date=2016-11-29
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129234641/http://mohe.gov.sd/
|url-status=dead
}}
|vice_chancellor= Prof. Eisa Bashier Mohamed Eltayeb
|url = https://www.sustech.edu/about/governance/leaders/
|title = SUST Current Leaders
|publisher = Sudan University of Science and Technology
|access-date = 2021-12-21
}}
|city= Khartoum State
|country= Sudan
|undergrad= 72,000
|postgrad= 11,000
|doctoral= 260
|academic_staff= 2500 (Permanent staff)
|free_label= Campuses
|free= 10|
|website= {{url|http://www.sustech.edu/}}
}}
Sudan University of Science and Technology (abbreviated SUST){{Cite web|url=https://www.4icu.org/reviews/4309.htm|title=SUST|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}} is one of the largest public universities in Sudan, with ten campuses in Khartoum state. The main campus is located in the so-called Al Mugran area of Khartoum, the confluence of the White Nile and the Blue Nile.
History
SUST was founded in colonial Sudan as the Khartoum Technical School and School of Commerce in 1902. Later, the School of Radiology (1932) and School of Design (1946) and School of Commerce merged with the Khartoum Technical School to form the Khartoum Technical Institute (KTI) in 1950.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Establishment|url=https://www.4icu.org/reviews/4309.htm|access-date=|website=}}
The Shambat Institute of Agriculture (1954),{{Cite web|url=http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/92b6/73bfb4dd0516f6ec3860568d763e144820f5.pdf|title=SUST|last=|first=|date=|website=|s2cid=55547689 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301222346/http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/92b6/73bfb4dd0516f6ec3860568d763e144820f5.pdf|archive-date=2019-03-01|access-date=}} Khartoum Senior Trade School (1962), Institute of Music and Drama and the Higher Institute of Physical Education (1969) were also added and renamed as Khartoum Polytechnic Institute (KP) in 1975. In 1990, this became the Sudan University of Science and Technology.
Colleges and Schools
- College of Graduate Studies
- College of Engineering
- College of Petroleum Engineering and Technology
- College of Water and Environmental Engineering
- College of Industries Engineering and Technology
- College of Architecture and Planning
- College of Computer Science and Information Technology
- College of Medicine
- College of Dentistry
- College of Pharmacy
- College of Medical Laboratories Science
- College of Medical Radiologic Sciences
- College of Science
- College of Agricultural Studies
- College of Veterinary Medicine
- College of Animal Production Science and Technology
- College of Forestry and Range Science
- College of Business Studies
- College of Languages
- College of Education
- College of Fine and Applied Arts
- College of Music and Drama
- College of Physical Education and Sports
- College of Communication Science
- College of Technology
Campuses
SUST has 10 campuses located in Khartoum, the capital and largest city of Sudan, as well as in Khartoum State. The main campus is located in Al Mugran area of Khartoum.
Facilities
= Libraries =
SUST libraries are part of each campus and managed by the Deanship of Libraries Affairs.{{cite web
|url = https://library.sustech.edu/
|title = Deanship of Libraries Affairs
|publisher = Sudan University of Science and Technology
|access-date = 2022-02-25
}} The Libraries’ collection includes books, eBooks, print and electronic holdings of scholarly journal subscriptions, microforms, music recordings, a sizable map collection and a documentary department. In particular, SUST libraries include 12 distinct facilities:
- Library of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production
- Library of Agricultural Studies
- Library of Forestry and Range Science
- Library of Engineering
- Library of Industrial Engineering
- Library of Medical Radiological Sciences
- Library of Water Science and Technology
- Library of Physical Education
- Library of Petroleum Engineering and Technology
- Library of Communication Science
- Library of Computer Science and Information Technology
- Library of Medical Sciences
Also, SUST has a distinguished digital repository.{{cite web
|url = http://repository.sustech.edu
|title = SUST Digital Repository
|publisher = Sudan University of Science and Technology
|access-date = 2022-02-26
}}
= Sports facilities =
SUST is home to the only college for physical education and sports in Sudan. Many of these facilities are available to students, staff and members of the public.
Rankings
SUST ranked first of Sudanese universities in Webometrics classification of international universities and institutes successively in July 2021 {{cite web
|url = https://www.sustech.edu/2021/07/4038/
|title = Sudan University is First among Sudanese Universities, and Progresses in Africa, the Arab World, and Globally
|date = 26 July 2021
|publisher = Sudan University of Science and Technology
|access-date = 2022-02-25
}}
and in January 2022{{cite web
|url = https://www.webometrics.info/en/Africa/Sudan
|title = Sudan-Ranking Web of Universities: Webometrics ranks 30000 institutions
|publisher = Webometrics
|access-date = 2022-02-25
}}
SUST has been listed in the eighteenth QS World University Rankings in May 2021.{{cite web
|url = https://www.sustech.edu/2021/06/3660/
|title = Congratulations to SUST: QS and Webometrics Rankings
|date = 30 June 2021
|publisher = Sudan University of Science and Technology
|access-date = 2022-02-25
}}
In May 2021, SUST ranked first among Sudanese universities in May 2021 edition of Webometrics rankings of digital repositories, where it ranked 190 out of 4,403 institutional repositories and ranked 205 out of 4,579 repositories globally.{{cite web
|url = https://www.sustech.edu/2021/06/3331/
|title = Progressing Globally, Sudan University is Ranked first among Sudanese universities in Webometrics Ranking of Repositories
|date = 13 June 2021
|publisher = Sudan University of Science and Technology
|access-date = 2022-02-25
}}
== UNESCO Chair ==
The university hosts the UNESCO Chair for Women in Science and Technology
|url = https://unesco.sustech.edu/
|title = UNESCO Chair for Women in Science and Technology Official page
|publisher = Sudan University of Science and Technology
|access-date = 2021-12-21
}}
, which was established at the initiative of Prof. Fatima Abdel Mahmoud, who later became the first chairholder.
Notable people
=Notable academics=
- Abdul Hakim Al-Taher: Sudanese theater director and actor
- Ahmed Shibrain: Sudanese Modernist painter, alumni and former dean of the College of Fine and Applied Art
- Elfatih Hussien: Sudanese musician, author and critic. One of the pillars of music in Sudan and dean of the college of music and drama
- Faisal Ahmed Saad: Sudanese theater actor and comedian.
= Notable alumni =
- Abdel Aziz El Mubarak: Sudanese singer
- Adil Babikir: a Sudanese literary critic and translator
- Afaf Al-Sadiq: Sudanese poet, journalist, and academic
- Ali Madhi Nouri: Sudanese actor, stage director who was designated UNESCO Artist for Peace in October 2012 {{cite web
|url = https://en.unesco.org/goodwill-ambassadors/ali-mahdi-nouri
|title= Ali Mahdi NOURI - Unesco
|access-date = 2021-12-21
}}
- Ashraf Al-Dabain: Jordanian writer and novelist
- Hadi Mohamed Ahmed Eltigani: Sudanese professor, Quality and corporate excellence expert, twice winner of the Harrington-Ishikawa Professional Medal and awarded the President’s Award for Demonstrated Excellence by Asia Pacific Quality Organization (APQO){{cite web
|url = https://www.globalorganisationalexcellencecongress.com/speakers/
|title= The Global Organisational Excellence Congress
|access-date = 2022-03-04
}}
- Hassan Musa: Sudanese pioneer in contemporary art and zoomorphic calligraphy.
- Ibrahim Mursal: Norwegian film director of Sudanese and Somali origins
- Kamala Ibrahim Ishaq: Sudanese artist
- Mazahir Salih: Sudanese-American Community activist and Iowa City Councilmember {{cite web
|url = https://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/local/eastern-iowa/2021/06/24/iowa-city-council-mazahir-salih-wont-seek-reelection-iowa-
|title= Pro Tem Mazahir Salih won't seek reelection to Iowa City Council
|access-date = 2021-12-21
}}
- Mohammed Abbaro or Mo Abdalla is a Sudanese ceramicist and potter
- Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah: Sudanese photojournalist, worked for Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Oxford Analytica.
- Saeed Zaki: Sudanese communication analyst, diplomat, the first appointed youth ambassador for the Republic of Sudan by the International Olympic Committee (IOC){{cite web
|url = https://www.iyfweb.org/p/he-saeed-zaki.html
|title= H.E. Saeed ZAKI
|access-date = 2022-03-04
}}
- Sharhabil Ahmed: Sudanese singer, has been called "The King of Sudanese Jazz"
- Stephen Dhieu Dau: South Sudanese politician, banker, first Minister of Petroleum and Mining in South Sudan
- Taysir El Nourani: Sudanese minister of Labour and Administrative Reform of Sudan
Affiliations with international universities
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- Multimedia University, Malaysia
- Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, Malaysia
- International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- University of Tromsø, Norway
- University of Oslo, Norway
- University of Tennessee, United States
- Boston University, U.S.
- California Institute of Technology, U.S.
Accreditation
- African Quality Rating Mechanism (AQRM), 2017 {{cite web
|url = https://haqaa.aau.org/activities/aqrm-institutional-evaluations/
|title= AQRM Institutional evaluations
|access-date = 2022-02-26
}}
- Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Sudan
- World Textile University Alliance {{cite web
|url = https://wtua.dhu.edu.cn/MembersList/list.htm
|title= Members List
|publisher= WTUA
|access-date = 2022-02-26
}}
|url = https://www.aau.org/subs/membership/
|title= Our Members
|publisher= Association of African Universities
|access-date = 2022-03-25
}}
- Educause Membership for International Institutions
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons}}
- {{Official website|http://www.sustech.edu/}} The official website for Sudan University of Science and Technology
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110107233030/http://sudanet.info/ Sudan University students and graduates community forum] Sudanet.info website made to connect all Sudanese university students and grads together and benefit all students by providing lectures, e-books and access to email
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928225945/http://www.sudvel-uofk.net/Contents/sudanese_univ.htm Sudan Virtual Engineering Library website] Sudan virtual library
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