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Former names | Khartoum Technical Institute (KTI) (1950) Khartoum Polytechnique (KP) (1975) |
|---|---|
| Type | Public[1] |
| Established | 1902; 124 years ago (1902) |
| Vice-Chancellor | Prof. Eisa Bashier Mohamed Eltayeb[2] |
Academic staff | 2500 (Permanent staff) |
| Undergraduates | 72,000 |
| Postgraduates | 11,000 |
| 260 | |
| Location | , |
| Campuses | 10 |
| Website | www |
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Sudan University of Science and Technology (abbreviatedSUST)[3] is one of the largest publicuniversities in Sudan, with ten campuses inKhartoum state. The main campus is located in the so-calledAl Mugran area ofKhartoum, the confluence of theWhite Nile and theBlue Nile.
SUST was founded incolonial Sudan as theKhartoum 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 theKhartoum Technical Institute (KTI) in 1950.[4]
TheShambat Institute of Agriculture (1954),[5] Khartoum Senior Trade School (1962), Institute of Music and Drama and the Higher Institute of Physical Education (1969) were also added and renamed asKhartoum Polytechnic Institute (KP) in 1975. In 1990, this became the Sudan University of Science and Technology.
The university was heavily damaged during theSudanese civil war (2023–present), when theRapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked its campuses. University officials said all of its 300 laboratories, valued at $220 million, had been destroyed, while 5,000 computers and 50 new dental chairs were lost in the medical complex, along with more than 27 electrical transformers. The RSF was also accused of burning the library of the College of Forestry and musical instruments for fuel. In addition, mass graves containing around 1,000 bodies were dug on land reserved for a medical complex hospital near Obaid Khatim Street.[6]
SUST has 10 campuses located inKhartoum, the capital and largest city of Sudan, as well as inKhartoum State. The main campus is located inAl Mugran area ofKhartoum.
SUST libraries are part of each campus and managed by the Deanship of Libraries Affairs.[7] 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:
Also, SUST has a distinguished digital repository.[8]
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.
SUST ranked first of Sudanese universities in Webometrics classification of international universities and institutes successively in July 2021[9] and in January 2022[10]
SUST has been listed in the eighteenth QS World University Rankings in May 2021.[11]
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.[12]
The university hosts the UNESCO Chair for Women in Science and Technology[13], which was established at the initiative of Prof.Fatima Abdel Mahmoud, who later became the first chairholder.
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