Kumasi Technical University is one of the Polytechnics in Ghana diverted into University.[3] It is located at the heart of Kumasi, the capital city of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The Vice of the Kumasi Technical University is Professor Nana Osei-Wusu Achiaw. He is the first VC since it was diverted into a University
The university, known earlier as Kumasi Technical Institute, was established in 1954, but started actual teaching and learning in 1955, dealing mainly with craft courses. It became a polytechnic on 30 October 1963 and a university in 2017. From then on, it concentrated on Technician and a few Diploma Programmes. Additionally, a few professional courses were offered. Following the enactment of the Polytechnic Law 1992, PNDC Law 321, Kumasi Polytechnic ceased to exist in its previous form and became a tertiary institution.
Facultiesedit
It has expanded from three faculties and one centre in 2009/2010 to six faculties, one school and two institutes in the 2010/2011 academic year. The polytechnic is currently organised into the following faculties, Schools and Institutes:
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Built and Natural Environment
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Faculty of Applied Sciences
Faculty of Creative Arts and Technology
School of Business
Institute of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
Institute of Distance and Continuing Education
School of Graduate Studies, Research and Innovation
HND Mechanical Engineering with choice of options at Level 200 Options: (I) Plant (II) Production (III) Automotive and (IV) Metallurgy (Regular Only)
Mechanical Engineering (Access Course)
Mechanical Engineering Technicians Part I
Mechanical Engineering Technicians Part II
Mechanical Engineering Technicians Part III
Motor Vehicle Technicians Part I
Motor Vehicle Technicians Part II
Motor Vehicle Technicians Part III
Faculty of Applied Sciencesedit
BSC. COMPUTER SCIENCE (SPECIAL PROGRAMME)
Catering 812/1
Catering 812/2
Diploma in Hardware and Networking
Diploma in Information Technology
Diploma in Web Applications and Database
HND Computer Science (Regular Only)
HND Hotel, Catering and Institutional Management (Regular Only)
HND Statistics (Regular Only)
Hotel, Catering and Institutional Management (Access Course)
Faculty of Creative Arts and Technologyedit
Access Course
Advanced Fashion Design
HND Fashion Design and Textiles Studies (Regular Only)
Intermediate Fashion
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciencesedit
BSC. PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE (SPECIAL PROGRAMME)
HND Dispensing Technology (Regular Only)
HND Medical Laboratory
HND Science Laboratory
ONE YEAR TOP-UP HND DISPENSING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMME
Facilitiesedit
It has also established an ICT Directorate headed by a Director and an office for International Affairs and Institutional Linkages also headed by a Director.
The School comprises 27 Departments offering Full – time and Part – time programmes at Tertiary and Non – Tertiary Levels. The Polytechnic offers unique programmes such as Estate Management and Dispensing Technology and these disciplines attract students from Uganda, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, the West African sub regions.
The institution is presently running degree programmes in addition to its Higher National Diploma (HND) programmes.
Vision and missionedit
Visionedit
To be a Centre of Excellence for tertiary level training of technical and professional human resource with entrepreneurial skills.
Missionedit
To provide a favourable environment for teaching, research, skills and entrepreneurship training in science, technology, applied social sciences and applied arts for industrial and community development. This is to attract students and scholars from local and international communities and also to provide consultancy services.[5]
Referencesedit
^"Polytechnics in Ghana". ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
^"Kumasi Technical University | Knowledge is Power". kstu.edu.gh. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
^. www.myjoyonline.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015.
^. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
^. Kumasi Polytechnic. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
January 01, 1970
kumasi, technical, university, formerly, known, kumasi, polytechnic, public, tertiary, institution, ashanti, region, ghana, typeuniversityestablished1954, 1954, locationkumasi, ashanti, region, ghana6, 69111, 61000, 69111, 61000websitekstu, polytechnics, ghana. The Kumasi Technical University formerly known as Kumasi Polytechnic is a public tertiary institution in the Ashanti Region of Ghana 1 2 Kumasi Technical UniversityTypeUniversityEstablished1954 1954 LocationKumasi Ashanti Region Ghana6 41 28 N 1 36 36 W 6 69111 N 1 61000 W 6 69111 1 61000Websitekstu wbr edu wbr gh Kumasi Technical University is one of the Polytechnics in Ghana diverted into University 3 It is located at the heart of Kumasi the capital city of the Ashanti Region of Ghana The Vice of the Kumasi Technical University is Professor Nana Osei Wusu Achiaw He is the first VC since it was diverted into a University Contents 1 History 2 Faculties 3 Departments 3 1 School of Business 3 2 Faculty of Built and Natural Environment 3 3 Faculty of Engineering 3 4 Faculty of Applied Sciences 3 5 Faculty of Creative Arts and Technology 3 6 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences 3 7 Institute of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development 4 Programmes offered 4 1 Faculty of Business and Management Studies 4 2 Faculty of Built and Natural Environment 4 3 Faculty of Engineering 4 4 Faculty of Applied Sciences 4 5 Faculty of Creative Arts and Technology 4 6 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences 5 Facilities 6 Vision and mission 6 1 Vision 6 2 Mission 7 ReferencesHistory editThe university known earlier as Kumasi Technical Institute was established in 1954 but started actual teaching and learning in 1955 dealing mainly with craft courses It became a polytechnic on 30 October 1963 and a university in 2017 From then on it concentrated on Technician and a few Diploma Programmes Additionally a few professional courses were offered Following the enactment of the Polytechnic Law 1992 PNDC Law 321 Kumasi Polytechnic ceased to exist in its previous form and became a tertiary institution Faculties editIt has expanded from three faculties and one centre in 2009 2010 to six faculties one school and two institutes in the 2010 2011 academic year The polytechnic is currently organised into the following faculties Schools and Institutes Faculty of Engineering Faculty of Built and Natural Environment Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Faculty of Applied Sciences Faculty of Creative Arts and Technology School of Business Institute of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development Institute of Distance and Continuing Education School of Graduate Studies Research and InnovationDepartments editSource 4 School of Business edit Accountancy and Accounting Information Systems Department Liberal Studies Department Management Studies Department Marketing Department Procurement and Supply Chain Management Department Faculty of Built and Natural Environment edit Building Technology Department Estate Management Department Interior Architecture and Furniture Production Department Faculty of Engineering edit Chemical Engineering Department Civil Engineering Department Electrical Electronic Engineering Department Mechanical Engineering Department Faculty of Applied Sciences edit Computer Science Department Hotel Catering and Institutional Management Department Mathematics and Statistics Department Faculty of Creative Arts and Technology edit Fashion Design and Textiles Department Graphic Design Department Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences edit Laboratory Technology Department Pharmaceutical Sciences Department Institute of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development edit Agropreneurship Centre for Entrepreneurship Research in Africa Consultancy and Business Incubation Centre Entrepreneurship and FinanceProgrammes offered editFaculty of Business and Management Studies edit Bachelor of Technology in Accounting with Computing Bachelor of Technology in Procurement Management BSC FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING SPECIAL PROGRAMME BSC MARKETING SPECIAL PROGRAMME BSC PROCUREMENT SPECIAL PROGRAMME Certificate in Accounting Diploma in Banking Technology and Accounting DBTA Diploma in Business Administration DBA Diploma in Business Studies Accountancy Entrepreneurship Secretarial Statistics Management Marketing and Purchasing and Supply options Diploma in Computerised Accounting DCA Diploma in Electronic Marketing Diploma in Procurement amp Materials Management Diploma in Public Relations HND Accountancy Regular Evening Weekend Options HND Accounting with Computing Regular Evening Weekend Options HND Marketing Regular Evening Weekend Options HND Purchasing and Supply Regular Evening Weekend Options HND Secretaryship and Management Studies Regular Evening Weekend Options Post Graduate Certificate in Computerized Accounting PGCCA Professional Diploma in Banking Technology and Accounting PDBTA Professional Diploma in Computerised Accounting PDCA Faculty of Built and Natural Environment edit Interior Architecture amp Furniture Production Access Course Advanced Furniture Craft Bachelor of Technology in Building Technology Bachelor of Technology in Estate Management BSC ESTATE MANAGEMENT SPECIAL PROGRAMME Building Technology Access Course Construction Technicians Course I Construction Technicians Course II Construction Technicians Course Part III HND Building Technology Regular Only HND Estate Management Regular Only HND Interior Architecture and Furniture Production Regular Only Interior Architecture and Furniture Production Access Course Faculty of Engineering edit Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering Top Up Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering Top Up Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering Top Up BSC OIL AND GAS ENGINEERING SPECIAL PROGRAMME BSC PETRO CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SPECIAL PROGRAMME Chemical Engineering Access Course Civil Engineering Access Course Electrical Engineering Technician Part I Electrical Engineering Technician Part II Electrical Engineering Technicians Part III Electrical Electronic Engineering Access Course HND Chemical Engineering Regular Only HND Civil Engineering Regular Only HND Electrical Electronic Engineering Regular Only HND Mechanical Engineering with choice of options at Level 200 Options I Plant II Production III Automotive and IV Metallurgy Regular Only Mechanical Engineering Access Course Mechanical Engineering Technicians Part I Mechanical Engineering Technicians Part II Mechanical Engineering Technicians Part III Motor Vehicle Technicians Part I Motor Vehicle Technicians Part II Motor Vehicle Technicians Part III Faculty of Applied Sciences edit BSC COMPUTER SCIENCE SPECIAL PROGRAMME Catering 812 1 Catering 812 2 Diploma in Hardware and Networking Diploma in Information Technology Diploma in Web Applications and Database HND Computer Science Regular Only HND Hotel Catering and Institutional Management Regular Only HND Statistics Regular Only Hotel Catering and Institutional Management Access Course Faculty of Creative Arts and Technology edit Access Course Advanced Fashion Design HND Fashion Design and Textiles Studies Regular Only Intermediate Fashion Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences edit BSC PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE SPECIAL PROGRAMME HND Dispensing Technology Regular Only HND Medical Laboratory HND Science Laboratory ONE YEAR TOP UP HND DISPENSING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMMEFacilities editIt has also established an ICT Directorate headed by a Director and an office for International Affairs and Institutional Linkages also headed by a Director The School comprises 27 Departments offering Full time and Part time programmes at Tertiary and Non Tertiary Levels The Polytechnic offers unique programmes such as Estate Management and Dispensing Technology and these disciplines attract students from Uganda Sierra Leone Nigeria the West African sub regions The institution is presently running degree programmes in addition to its Higher National Diploma HND programmes Vision and mission editVision edit To be a Centre of Excellence for tertiary level training of technical and professional human resource with entrepreneurial skills Mission edit To provide a favourable environment for teaching research skills and entrepreneurship training in science technology applied social sciences and applied arts for industrial and community development This is to attract students and scholars from local and international communities and also to provide consultancy services 5 References edit Polytechnics in Ghana ghanaweb com Retrieved 10 August 2011 Kumasi Technical University Knowledge is Power kstu edu gh Retrieved 24 August 2020 Ghana News Kumasi Poly orients workforce for technical university status www myjoyonline com Archived from the original on 7 September 2015 Departments Kumasi Technical University Archived from the original on 15 May 2021 Retrieved 2 November 2014 Vision and Mission Kumasi Polytechnic Archived from the original on 19 August 2014 Retrieved 15 August 2014 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kumasi Technical University amp oldid 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