Sudan University of Science and Technology (abbreviated SUST) is one of the largest public
universities in Sudan, with ten campuses in
Khartoum state. The main campus is located in the so-called
Al Mugran area of
Khartoum, the confluence of the
White Nile
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and the
Blue Nile.
History
SUST was founded in
colonial Sudan as the Khartoum Technical School and School of Commerce in 1902. Later, the School of Radiology (1932) and School of Design (1946) and School of Commerce merged with the Khartoum Technical School to form the Khartoum Technical Institute (KTI) in 1950.
The
Shambat Institute of Agriculture (1954), Khartoum Senior Trade School (1962), Institute of Music and Drama and the Higher Institute of Physical Education (1969) were also added and renamed as Khartoum Polytechnic Institute (KP) in 1975. In 1990, this became the Sudan University of Science and Technology.
Colleges and Schools
*College of
Graduate Studies
*
College of Engineering
*College of
Petroleum Engineering and Technology
*College of
Water and
Environmental Engineering
*College of Industries Engineering and Technology
*College of
Architecture and
Planning
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*College of
Computer Science and
Information Technology
*College of
Medicine
*College of
Dentistry
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*College of
Pharmacy
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*College of
Medical Laboratories Science
*College of
Medical Radiologic Sciences
*College of
Science
*College of
Agricultural Studies
*College of
Veterinary Medicine
*College of
Animal Production
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Science and Technology
*College of
Forestry and
Range Science
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*College of
Business
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Studies
*College of
Languages
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*College of
Education
*College of
Fine
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and
Applied Arts
*College of
Music and
Drama
*College of
Physical Education and
Sports
*College of
Communication Science
*College of
Technology
Campuses
SUST has 10 campuses located in
Khartoum, the capital and largest city of Sudan, as well as in
Khartoum State. The main campus is located in
Al Mugran area of
Khartoum.
Facilities
Libraries
SUST libraries are part of each campus and managed by the Deanship of Libraries Affairs. The Libraries’ collection includes books, eBooks, print and electronic holdings of scholarly journal subscriptions, microforms, music recordings, a sizable map collection and a documentary department. In particular, SUST libraries include 12 distinct facilities:
*Library of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production
*Library of Agricultural Studies
*Library of Forestry and Range Science
*Library of Engineering
*Library of Industrial Engineering
*Library of Medical Radiological Sciences
*Library of Water Science and Technology
*Library of Physical Education
*Library of Petroleum Engineering and Technology
*Library of Communication Science
*Library of Computer Science and Information Technology
*Library of Medical Sciences
Also, SUST has a distinguished digital repository.
Sports facilities
SUST is home to the only college for physical education and sports in Sudan. Many of these facilities are available to students, staff and members of the public.
Rankings
SUST ranked first of Sudanese universities in Webometrics classification of international universities and institutes successively in July 2021
and in January 2022
SUST has been listed in the eighteenth QS World University Rankings in May 2021.
In May 2021, SUST ranked first among Sudanese universities in May 2021 edition of Webometrics rankings of digital repositories, where it ranked 190 out of 4,403 institutional repositories and ranked 205 out of 4,579 repositories globally.
UNESCO Chair
The university hosts the UNESCO Chair for Women in Science and Technology
, which was established at the initiative of Prof.
Fatima Abdel Mahmoud, who later became the first chairholder.
Notable people
Notable academics
*
Elfatih Hussien: Sudanese musician, author and critic. One of the pillars of music in Sudan and dean of the college of music and drama
*
Abdul Hakim Al-Taher
Abdul Hakim Al-Taher ( ar, عبد الحكيم الطاهر; 1949 – 1 January 2021) was a Sudanese theater director and actor.
Biography
Al-Taher was born in Affad, Northern State, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Egypt. He lost fingers of his left ...
: Sudanese theater director and actor
*
Faisal Ahmed Saad: Sudanese theater actor and comedian.
Notable alumni
*
Abdel Aziz El Mubarak: Sudanese singer
*
Afaf Al-Sadiq: Sudanese poet, journalist, and academic
*
Ali Madhi Nouri
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam ...
: Sudanese actor, stage director who was designated
UNESCO Artist for Peace in October 2012
*
Ashraf Al-Dabain: Jordanian writer and novelist
*
Hadi Mohamed Ahmed Eltigani: Sudanese professor, Quality and corporate excellence expert, twice winner of the Harrington-Ishikawa Professional Medal and awarded the President’s Award for Demonstrated Excellence by
Asia Pacific Quality Organization (APQO)
*
Kamala Ibrahim Ishaq
Kamala Ibrahim Ishaq (, born 1939) is a Sudanese painter and art teacher, known as one of the founders of The Crystalist conceptual art group in Khartoum. This group rejected common conventions in Sudanese modern painting of the 1960s and strived ...
: Sudanese artist
*
Mazahir Salih: Sudanese-American Community activist and Iowa City Councilmember
*
Saeed Zaki: Sudanese communication analyst, diplomat, the first appointed youth ambassador for the Republic of Sudan by the
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
*
Stephen Dhieu Dau: South Sudanese politician, banker, first Minister of Petroleum and Mining in
South Sudan
*
Taysir El Nourani
Taysir El Nourani is the Minister of Labour and Administrative Reform of Sudan
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: Sudanese minister of Labour and Administrative Reform of Sudan
Affiliations with international universities
*
Multimedia University,
Malaysia
*
Limkokwing University of Creative Technology
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, Malaysia
*
International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy
*
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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University of Tromsø,
Norway
*
University of Oslo, Norway
*
University of Tennessee, United States
*
Boston University, U.S.
*
California Institute of Technology, U.S.
Accreditation
*African Quality Rating Mechanism (AQRM), 2017
*Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Sudan
*World Textile University Alliance
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Association of African Universities (AUU)
*
Educause Membership for International Institutions
References
External links
* The official website for Sudan University of Science and Technology
Sudan University students and graduates community forumSudanet.info website made to connect all Sudanese university students and grads together and benefit all students by providing lectures, e-books and access to email
Sudan virtual library
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National universities
Universities and colleges in Sudan
Science and technology in Sudan
Scientific organisations based in Sudan
Forestry education
Veterinary schools
Educational institutions established in 1932
Education in Khartoum
1932 establishments in the British Empire