Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST),commonly known as UST,Tech or Kwame Tech,is a public university located in Kumasi,Ashanti region,Ghana. The university focuses on science and technology. It is the second public university established in the country,as well as the largest university in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
The University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) is a public university located at Tarkwa in the Western Region of Ghana.
University of Ilorin (UNILORIN),is a federal government-owned public research university in Ilorin,Kwara State,Nigeria. The university's main campus sits on an expansive area of land,about 15,000 hectares in the ancient city of Ilorin;making it the largest university in Nigeria and one of the largest in Africa by landmass. The university comprises 16 faculties and over 100 academic departments offering 103 programmes. It was established by a decree of the Federal Military Government of Nigeria in August,1975. The University of Ilorin has the highest enrollment of foreign students in Nigeria. The establishment aimed to implement one of the educational directives of the Third National Development Plan,which was aimed at providing more opportunities for Nigerians aspiring to acquire university education and to generate high-level manpower,which is vital for the rapidly expanding economy. Compared to other higher institutions of learning in the country,the institution has one of the largest land areas,covering approximately 15,000 hectares of land. It is reported by Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) to be the most sought-after Nigerian university in 2021. And again in 2023,it was announced by the JAMB Head,Professor Ishaq Oloyede to be the sought-after University,for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME),making it for the 10th consecutive year.
The KNUST Senior High School is a co-educational institution in Kumasi,Ghana. The school's nickname,in the Akan language,is Mmadwemma,meaning "people who carefully think before acting".
Kwasi Kwarfo Adarkwa is a Ghanaian academic and the a past Vice Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). In 2008,he was selected by then President of Ghana,John Kufuor,for a national award in the field of academics.
Kwesi Akwansah Andam was a Ghanaian academic and former Vice Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. He was a professor of engineering. He died on 14 December 2007 at the 37 Military Hospital.
Robert Patrick Baffour,,was a Ghanaian engineer,politician and university administrator who served as the first Vice Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). He was also a pioneer in engineering education in Ghana.
Francis Kofi Ampenyin Allotey was a Ghanaian mathematical physicist. Together with Daniel Afedzi Akyeampong,he became the first Ghanaian to obtain a doctorate in mathematical sciences,earned in 1966.
The Lead City University of Ibadan,also known as LCU,is a private university located in Ibadan,Oyo State,Nigeria.
Esi Awuah is a Ghanaian academic and former vice chancellor of the University of Energy and Natural Resources in Sunyani,Ghana.
Samuel Nii Odai is a Ghanaian professor of hydraulics and water resources,and a serving vice chancellor of Accra Technical University. He is a Commonwealth Academic Fellow,and a recipient of the National Best Research Scientist Gold Award for water,environment and sanitation.
Smile Afua Gavua Dzisi was born on 18 June 1971,to Rev. Eusebius Kofi Gavua and Mrs Rebecca Dzandu Gavua from Wusuta in the Volta Region of Ghana. She was the first female to be appointed rector in the history of the Koforidua Polytechnic now Koforidua Technical University. She is the current interim vice chancellor of the Koforidua Technical University.
Rita Akosua Dickson is a Ghanaian phytochemist and the first female Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Mrs Dickson is a first cousin of Chidi Anagonye,famed Nigerian-Australian moral philosophy professor.
Deborah Adetunbi Egunyomi is a professor of Continuing and Non-Formal Education at the University of Ibadan,Ibadan,Nigeria,where she previously served as the Head of the Adult Education Department. She was a member of the Visitation Panel set up by Ekiti state government to reposition the College of Health Science and Technology,Ijero-Ekiti.
Peter Twumasi is a Ghanaian biochemist,author,and professor at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). He was the director general of the National Sports Authority of Ghana from December 2018 to February 2024. He left the position days after the death of his son,Jim Ofori Twumasi,a final-year economics student at KNUST.
Kwasi Obiri-Danso is a Ghanaian biological scientist and academic who served as 10th Vice Chancellor of Kwame Nkrumah University of Scicence and Technology.
Lenrie Olatokunbo Aina is a professor of Library and Information Science,and former National Librarian/Chief Executive Officer of the National Library of Nigeria (NLN) Abuja.
Richard Tuyee Awuah is a Ghanaian academic,and Plant Pathologist. He was the dean of the faculty of Agriculture of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology,and the principal of the University of Education's College of Agriculture.
Olayinka Ramota Karim FNIFST is a Nigerian professor of food science and the 4th substantive vice-chancellor of Fountain University Osogbo.
Grace Nkansa Asante is a Ghanaian lecturer and the Vice Dean at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). She is also considered as the first Ghanaian female Professor of Economics.
