The Sunyani Technical University (STU) (formally known as Sunyani Polytechnic) is a public tertiary institution in the

Bono Region The Bono region is one of the 16 administrative regions of Ghana. It is as a result of the remainder of Brong-Ahafo region when Bono East region and Ahafo Region, Ahafo region were created. Sunyani, also known as the green city of Ghana, is the r ...

Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...

. It is located northeast of Asufufu. STU was established as a

Technical Institute An institute of technology (also referred to as technological university, technical university, university of technology, polytechnic university) is an institution of tertiary education that specializes in engineering, technology, applied science ...

in 1967, as a non-tertiary institution, under the

Ghana Education Service The Ghana Education Service (GES) is a government agency under the Ministry of Education responsible for implementing government policies that ensure that Ghanaians of school-going age irrespective of their ethnicity, gender, disability, religio ...

. It was subsequently upgraded to a Polytechnic in 1997 by the

Government of Ghana The Government of Ghana was created as a parliamentary democracy, followed by alternating military and civilian governments in Ghana. In January 1993, military government gave way to the Fourth Republic after presidential and parliamentary elect ...

, to run Higher National Diploma (HND) programmes. The Polytechnics Act, 2007 mandated the Polytechnics in Ghana to run and award Higher National Diploma (HND) Certificates, Diplomas and other higher degrees, subject to the approval of the Polytechnic Councils.

Faculty and departments

Faculty of Applied Science & Technology *

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans Theoretical computer science, theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to Applied science, ...

* General Agriculture *

Hospitality Hospitality is the relationship of a host towards a guest, wherein the host receives the guest with some amount of goodwill and welcome. This includes the reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers. Louis de Jaucourt, Louis, ...

& Tourism *

Pharmacy Technician A pharmacy technician (PhT) performs pharmacy-related functions including but not limited to filling out prescription medications. Training, certification, licensing, and actual practice of pharmacy technicians varies not only worldwide but in s ...

Faculty of Engineering *

Civil Engineering Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...

* Electrical & Electronic Engineering *

Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

* Materials Engineering Faculty of Built Environment & Applied Art *

Building Technology Architectural engineering or architecture engineering, also known as building engineering, is a discipline that deals with the engineering and construction of buildings, such as environmental, structural, mechanical, electrical, computational, e ...

* Visual & Industrial Art * Wood Technology Faculty of Business & Management Studies * Accountancy *

Communication Studies Communication studies (or communication science) is an academic discipline that deals with processes of human communication and behavior, patterns of communication in interpersonal relationships, social interactions and communication in differ ...

Marketing Marketing is the act of acquiring, satisfying and retaining customers. It is one of the primary components of Business administration, business management and commerce. Marketing is usually conducted by the seller, typically a retailer or ma ...

* Procurement &

Supply Chain Management In commerce, supply chain management (SCM) deals with a system of procurement (purchasing raw materials/components), operations management, logistics and marketing channels, through which raw materials can be developed into finished produc ...

* Secretaryship & Management Studies

Programme

*B.Tech. Civil Engineering *B.Tech. Management *B.Tech Hospitality Management (Top-up) *B.Tech Accounting Technology (Top-up) *B.Tech Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Top-up) *B.Tech General Agriculture (Top-up) *HND Accountancy *B.Tech Mechanical Engineering (Top-up) *B.Tech Photonics Engineering *HND Computerized Accounting *B.Tech Procurement and Supply Chain Management (Top-up) *HND Dispensing Technician (Pharmacy Technician) *HND Ceramic Art *HND Interior Design and Technology *B.Tech Building Technology *B.Tech Industrial Art (Printing Option) *B.Tech Industrial Art (Textile Option) *HND Computer Science *HND Fashion Design Technology *B.Tech. Fashion Design *HND Information Communication Technology *HND Materials Engineering *HND Purchasing and Supply *HND Textile Design Technology

Cultural museum

STU plans to build a cultural museum on the history of the former

Brong Ahafo Region The Brong-Ahafo region was a region in central Ghana. Brong-Ahafo was bordered to the north by the Black Volta river and to the east by the Lake Volta, and to the south by the Ashanti, Eastern and Western regions. The capital of Brong-Ahafo is ...

References

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Faculty and departments

Programme

Cultural museum

See also

References