Kumasi Technical University (KsTU)

Kumasi Technical University (KsTU) was established in 1954 as Kumasi Technical Institute (K.T.I.) to offer craft courses. In 1963, the Institute was converted to a non-tertiary Polytechnic status under the Ghana Education Service to offer, in additio r the Ghana Education Service to offer, in addition to the craft courses, technician, diploma and sub-professional courses. In 1992, the Polytechnic Law (PNDCL. 321) elevated the Polytechnic to a tertiary institution to provide high calibre skilled manpower in the areas of manufacturing, commerce, science and technology to accelerate Ghana’s technological and industrial development. In 2007 the Polytechnics Law, (Act 745) was passed to give autonomy to the Polytechnics to run Bachelors programmes in consultation with the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE). As a Polytechnic, it was vibrant and well acclaimed for the high-calibre human resource trained. To further raise the status of Polytechnics in Ghana, the Technical Universities Act 2016, (Act 922) converted Kumasi Polytechnic, among others, to a Technical University with the mandate to provide higher education in Engineering, Applied Arts, Sciences and Technology as well as Technical and Vocational Training. KsTU is a prominent and reputable tertiary institution located in the heart of Kumasi, the Garden City of West Africa; and the Capital of the Ashanti Region, Ghana. It has since its establishment become an enviable hub for the training of professionals with entrepreneurial skills in Ghana and beyond.