| Sudan University of Science and Technology (SUST) | |
| Native Name: | جامعة السودان للعلوم والتكنولوجيا |
| Former Names: | Khartoum Technical Institute (KTI) (1950) Khartoum Polytechnique (KP) (1975) |
| Established: | 1902 |
| Type: | Public[1] |
| Vice Chancellor: | Prof. Eisa Bashier Mohamed Eltayeb[2] |
| City: | Khartoum State |
| Country: | Sudan |
| Undergrad: | 72,000 |
| Postgrad: | 11,000 |
| Doctoral: | 260 |
| Academic Staff: | 2500 (Permanent staff) |
| Free Label: | Campuses |
| Free: | 10 |
Sudan University of Science and Technology (abbreviated SUST)[3] 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 and the Blue Nile.
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.[4]
The Shambat 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 as Khartoum Polytechnic Institute (KP) in 1975. In 1990, this became the Sudan University of Science and Technology.
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.
SUST libraries are part of each campus and managed by the Deanship of Libraries Affairs.[6] 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.[7]
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 [8] and in January 2022[9]
SUST has been listed in the eighteenth QS World University Rankings in May 2021.[10]
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.[11]
The university hosts the UNESCO Chair for Women in Science and Technology[12], which was established at the initiative of Prof. Fatima Abdel Mahmoud, who later became the first chairholder.
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