The University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) is a

public university A public university or public college is a university or college that is in state ownership, owned by the state or receives significant government spending, public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private unive ...

located at

Tarkwa Tarkwa is a town and is the capital of Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal district, a district in the Western Region southwest of South Ghana. Tarkwa has a 2013 settlement population of 34,941 people. Economy Mining Tarkwa is noted as a centre of gold ...

in the Western Region of Ghana.

History

University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) 1

UMaT was first established as the Tarkwa Technical Institute in 1952. In 1961, the university was changed to the Tarkwa School of Mines to help train manpower for the mining industry in Ghana. UMaT became a faculty of the

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is a public University of Ghana that focuses on science and technology. The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology is the public university established in the country, as well a ...

(KNUST) in 1976. On 1 October 2001, UMaT was elevated to university college status and was known as the Western University College of KNUST. UMaT became a fully fledged University in November 2004 by act of Parliament (Act 677). In 2008, the first batch of Students graduated in Tarkwa without going to KNUST for the ceremony. On January 12, 2018, the university was renamed to George Grant University of Mines and Technology in honour of

Paa Grant George Alfred Grant, popularly known as Paa Grant (15 August 1878 – 30 October 1956), was a merchant and politician in the Gold Coast

Faculties

Faculty of Engineering

The faculty of engineering has the following departments: * Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering * Department of Mechanical Engineering * Department of Mathematics * Department of Computer Science and Engineering * Department of Renewable Energy Engineering

Faculty of Mineral Resources Technology

The faculty of mineral resources technology is the only such one in the West Africa sub-region for training high-level personnel in the mineral industry and continues to attract students from countries in the sub-region and across the Africa continent. The Faculty consists of six (6) Academic Departments which offer the four-year BSc programmes in: * Department of Geological Engineering * Department of Geomatic Engineering * Department of Mineral Engineering * Department of Mining Engineering * Department of Petroleum Engineering * Department of Environmental and Safety Engineering Faculty of Integrated Management Science The Faculty of Integrated Management Science came into operations at the beginning of the 2017/2018 Academic Year. The Faculty consists of two academic departments, namely: *Department of Technical Communication *Department of Management Studies School of Postgraduate Studies All postgraduate programmes of study in the university may require course work together with research work, leading to the award of the following: *Postgraduate Diploma (PgD) *Master of Science (MSc) *Master of Philosophy (MPhil) *Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Past Principals and Vice Chancellors *Prof. J.S.Y. Kuma (Vice Chancellor) *Prof. Daniel Mireku-Gyimah (Vice Chancellor) *Dr. John Kofi Borsah (Principal) *Mr. Michael Tettey Kofi *Mr. F. W. Philpott

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