University of Science and Technology (Yemen)

The University of Science and Technology Yemen (USTY) was established in 1994 as the National College of Science and Technology as a non-profit private university.

In 1996, the Center for Renewable Energy and Electronic Design was established at the university as a solar energy center.{{cite web | url=https://ust.edu/en/center-of-renewable-energy-and-electronic-projects/ | title=Center for Renewable Energy and Electronic Design - University of Science and Technology | date=25 March 2021 }}

In 2020, due to the Houthis' prolonged control of the university's headquarters, facilities, and hospital in Sana'a, the university moved its headquarters to the interim capital, Aden.{{Cite web|url=https://theyemen.net/جامعة-العلوم-والتكنولوجيا-تنقل-مقرها/|title=جامعة العلوم والتكنولوجيا تنقل مقرها الرئيس من صنعاء بسبب تعنت الحوثيين|date=20 September 2020|website=اليمن نت}}{{Cite web|url=https://almawqeapost.net/news/54001|title="جامعة العلوم" تنقل مقر فرعها الرئيسي إلى عدن بسبب مضايقات الحوثيين|first=صنعاء-|last=خاص|website=الموقع بوست}}{{Cite web|url=https://almasdaronline.com/articles/203677|title=جامعة العلوم والتكنولوجيا تعلن نقل مقرها الرئيسي إلى عدن ابتداءً من الشهر القادم|first=المصدر أونلاين-غرفة|last=الأخبار|website=المصدر أونلاين}}

• Hadhramout Branch{{cite web | url=https://ust.edu/en/hadramout-branch-university/ | title=Hadramout Branch of University of Science and Technology in Yemen | date=11 March 2021 }}
• Taiz Branch, Al-Medina{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-science-technology-taiz-branch|title=University of Science & Technology - Taiz Branch|date=27 February 2022|website=Times Higher Education (THE)}}

• International Language Center{{cite web | url=https://ust.edu/en/international-language-center/ | title=International Language Center - University of Science and Technology | date=24 March 2021 }}
• University Book Center{{cite web | url=https://ust.edu/en/university-book-center/ | title=University Book Center - University of Science and Technology | date=25 March 2021 }}
• Center for Talent Development{{cite web | url=https://ust.edu/en/center-for-talent-development/ | title=Center for the Development of Success and Excellence - University of Science and Technology | date=19 March 2021 }}
• Medical Education Center{{cite web | url=https://ust.edu/en/medical-training-center/ | title=Medical Education and Training Center - University of Science and Technology | date=25 March 2021 }}
• GIS Center for Training and Research{{cite web | url=https://ust.edu/en/gis-center-for-training-and-research/ | title=GIS Training and Research Center - University of Science and Technology | date=25 March 2021 }}
• Center for Renewable Energy and Electronic Design
• Center for Studies, Research and Engineering Consultations{{cite web | url=https://ust.edu/en/center-of-engineering-research-and-consultation/ | title=Engineering Consulting and Research Center - University of Science and Technology | date=25 March 2021 }}

In cooperation with foreign universities, it runs degree programs at undergraduate and graduate levels. Its own academic programs have seen expansion, and it now has eight faculties:

• Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences{{cite web | url=https://ust.edu/en/faculty-of-medicine-and-health-sciences/ | title=كلية الطب والعلوم الصحية في اليمن | بكالوريوس طب الاسنان، صيدلة، وأخرى | date=6 March 2021 }}
• Faculty of Engineering and Computing{{cite web | url=https://ust.edu/en/faculty-of-engineering-and-computing/ | title=Faculty of Engineering and Computing | UST Yemen | date=12 March 2021 }}
• Faculty of Humanities and Administrative Sciences{{cite web | url=https://ust.edu/en/faculty-of-humanities-and-administrative-sciences/ | title=Faculty of Business Administration, Humanities & Social Science in Yemen | date=13 March 2021 }}
• Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education{{Cite web|url=https://ust.edu/en/deanship-of-electronic-and-distance-learning/|title=Best University for Distance e-Learning Bachelor Degree Programme in Yemen|date=9 March 2021}}
• Deanship of Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research{{Cite web|url=https://ust.edu/en/deanship-of-postgraduate-studies-and-scientific-research/|title=Deanship of Postgraduate Studies & Scientific Research in Yemen|date=19 March 2021}}

• The Arab Journal for Quality Assurance of Higher Education (AJQHI), published in collaboration with the General Secretariat of the Association of Arab Universities{{Cite web|url=https://journals.ust.edu/index.php/AJQAHE/about|title=About the Journal | The Arab Journal For Quality Assurance in Higher Education|website=journals.ust.edu}}
• The International Journal for Talent Development (IJTD), published by the Centre of Talent Development{{Cite web|url=https://journals.ust.edu/index.php/IJTD/about|title=About the Journal | The International Journal for Talent Development|website=journals.ust.edu}}
• The Journal of Social Studies (JSS), published by the faculty of humanities and administrative sciences{{Cite web|url=https://journals.ust.edu/index.php/JSS/about|title=About the Journal | Journal of Social Studies|website=journals.ust.edu}}
• The Journal of Science & Technology (JST), published by the faculty of computing and engineering{{Cite web|url=https://journals.ust.edu/index.php/JST/about_the_journal|title=About the Journal | Journal of Science and Technology|website=journals.ust.edu}}
• Yemeni Journal for Medical Sciences, published by the faculty of medicine and health sciences{{Cite web|url=https://journals.ust.edu/index.php/yjms/about|title=About the Journal | Yemeni Journal for Medical Sciences|website=journals.ust.edu}}

University of Science and Technology in Yemen is regarded as a prestigious university in Yemen. In 2022, QS World University Rankings gave it a rank of 131–150 in Arab region.

In Webometrics Ranking of World Universities ranking, it was ranked within the top-two universities in Yemen.{{Cite web|url=https://www.webometrics.info/en/detalles/ust.edu|title=University | Ranking Web of Universities: Webometrics ranks 30000 institutions|website=www.webometrics.info}}

It is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

• Tawakkol Karman earned an undergraduate degree in commerce.C. Jacobs. 24 October 2011. "Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakkol Karman – A Profile." Middle East Research Institute, Inquiry & Analysis Series Report No.752. Retrieved 24 October 2011 [http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/5744.htm#_edn1 MEMRI] She was awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. She is the first Yemeni citizen and first Arab woman to win a Nobel Prize.
• Hamza Abdi Barre, Prime Minister of Somalia

• Dawood Al-Hidabi, 1994–2007
• Abdulfattah Thiyab, 2007–2009
• Hameed M. Aklan, 2009–2020
• Abdulghany Hameed, 2020–present

• List of Islamic educational institutions
• List of universities in Yemen

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