Type Public Doctoral students 55 Campus Multi-campus, urban Number of students 6,090 Undergraduates 4,098 | Established 2001 Location Kohat, Pakistan Phone +92 922 5291501 Founded 2001 Postgraduates 937 | |
Affiliations Pakistan Engineering Council, Higher Education Commission Address Bannu Road, Near Jarma Bridge, Pakistan Chancellor Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Similar University of Peshawar, Gomal University, Islamia College University, Hazara University, University of Science and Tech | ||
Kohat university of science and technology documentry
Kohat University of Science and Technology (KUST) is a public sector university established in 2001 at Kohat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan by the governor, Lt. Gen. Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah.
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History
KUST attained the status of degree-awarding institution vide NWFP ordinance No. XXIII of 2001 and the subsequent notification No. Legis: 1 (12) 2001/4451-56, of August 30, 2001.
It was founded with four institutes - Institute of Information Technology, Institute of Management Sciences, Institute of Education and Research and Department of Microbiology. These offered two-year and four-year Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) degrees and two-year Master degrees fields, in 2004. Later on the university was expanded by establishing departments in Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology( Dr. Farzana Perveen has established department of Zoology KUST from the beginning and brings it up), and Microbiology. These departments offer BS (Hons.), M. Sc., M. Phil. and Ph.D. degree programmes.
The first Vice Chancellor of the university was Prof. Dr. Sher Ali Shah Shinwari (Late).
The university is ranked No. 22 in the General category of HEC rankings.
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences
Biological Sciences
Vice Chancellors
List of Vice Chancellors from the date of establishment:
Workshops
Workshops are regularly organized by QEC KUST according to the need of the time for the orientation and implementation of Quality Assurance procedures.