Kohat University of Science & Technology
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Kohat University of Science and Technology (or KUST) is a public sector university
University
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 established in 2001 at Kohat District
Kohat District
Kohat is a district of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, Kohat city is the capital of the district. It is inhabited by various Pashtun tribes such as Afridi,Khattaks, Bangash and the Orakzaies. The main language of the district is Pashto....

, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan
Pakistan
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 by the governor
Governor
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, Lt. Gen. Syed Iftikhar Hussan Shah. 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
Bachelor of Science
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 (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.

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)

Address


Kohat University of Science and Technology,
Off Jarma, Bannu Road,
District Kohat, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
Pakistan
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