Kohat University of Science and Technology

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 Hussan Shah.

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 had 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.

Faculties

Physical Sciences

• Institute of Information Technology
• Department of Mathematics
• Department of Physics
• Department of Chemistry

Social Sciences

• Institute of Management Sciences
• Institute of Education & Research
• Department of English
• Department of Economics
• Department of Journalism & Mass Communication
• Center of Religious Studies
• Department of Social Work & Sociology

Biological Sciences

• Department of Biotechnology & Genetics Engineering
• Department of Microbiology
• Department of Plant Sciences
• Department of Zoology
• Department of Pharmacy

Central Library

KUST library was established in early 2002. It begins its operation in September that year. The library established with a small collection of text and reference resources to fulfill need of the existing departments. In 2003 the library was consisted of only 2000 books. As the number of department increased, so does the collection at library increased. Presently KUST has 14 departments and 05 institutes. KUST Central Library Function as the Knowledge center for the university. It support directly & indirectly all the academic programmes of the university. Besides central library three branch libraries have also been established at KIMS, City Campus and at department of Chemistry. At the movement KUST library has a total collection of 25000 books.

Vice Chancellors

List of Vice Chancellors from the date of establishment:

• Prof. Dr. Sher Ali Shah Shinwari (Late)(2001 - 2002)
• Khalid Niazi (2003 - 2004)
• Prof. Dr. Ihsan Illahi (2004)
• Dr. Zabta Khan Shinwari (2004 - 2006)
• Prof. Dr. Lutfullah Kakakheil (2007 - 2010.
• Prof. Dr. Nasir Jamal Khattak(2011 - till now)

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