Sudan University of Science and Technology, or SUST, is one of the main public universities in Khartoum

Khartoum

Khartoum is the capital and largest city of Sudan and of Khartoum State. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile flowing north from Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile flowing west from Ethiopia. The location where the two Niles meet is known as "al-Mogran"...

, Sudan

Sudan

Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...

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It is a member of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World

Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World

Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World is an organisation working within the framework of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to support universities and higher education institutions in the Islamic world.-Members:United Arab Emirates* Ajman University of...

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As of September 2011, the university was a member in good standing of the Association of African Universities

Association of African Universities

The Association of African Universities was established in 1967 to facilitate co-operation between its members and with the international academic community. It is based in Accra, Ghana...

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History

Sudan University of Science and Technology started as the Khartoum

Khartoum

Khartoum is the capital and largest city of Sudan and of Khartoum State. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile flowing north from Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile flowing west from Ethiopia. The location where the two Niles meet is known as "al-Mogran"...

 Technical School and School of Commerce. The School of Radiology (1932), School of Arts (1946), Khartoum

Khartoum

Khartoum is the capital and largest city of Sudan and of Khartoum State. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile flowing north from Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile flowing west from Ethiopia. The location where the two Niles meet is known as "al-Mogran"...

 Technical Institute (1950), Shambat

Shambat

Khan Shambat was the brother of khan Kubrat, of clan Dulo. It is unknown if he ruled a part of the Bulgars or not....

 Institute of Agriculture (1954), Khatoum Senior Trade School (1962),Institute of Music & Drama and the Higher Institute of Physical Education (1969) became integral parts of the Khartoum Polytechnic Institute in 1975. The need for higher specialized technical education in Sudan expanded the school into Sudan University of Science and Technology in 1990.

In 2011, according to Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, Madrid

Madrid

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, the university ranked 4,220 in the world, second in Sudan. In Sudan, it ranked behind the University of Khartoum

University of Khartoum

The University of Khartoum ia a multi-campus, co-educational university located in Khartoum. It is the largest and oldest university in Sudan. UofK was founded as Gordon Memorial College in 1902 and established in 1956 when Sudan gained independence...

, ahead of the National Ribat University

National Ribat University

The National Ribat University is a university based in the city of Khartoum, Sudan.The President of the Republic is the sponsor of the University....

, Karary University

Karary University

The Karary University is a university based in the city of Omdurman in the state of Khartoum, Sudan.The university was established in 1996 as a public university funded by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research....

 and the International University of Africa.

Schools and colleges

• The College of Languages
• The College of Medical Laboratory Science
• The College of Music and Drama
• The College of Forestry and Range Science
• The College of Medical Radiologic Sciences
• The College of Physical Education
• The College of Water & Environmental Engineering
• The College of Petroleum Engineering and Technology
• The College of Communications
• The College of Graduate Studies
• The College of Engineering Sciences
• The College of Technology
• The College of Business Studies
• The College of Agricultural Studies
• The College of Education
• The College of Science
• The College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production
• The College of Fine and Applied Arts
• The College of Computer Science and Information Technology

Sports facilities

Sudan University has sports facilities which mainly found at the Engineering campus in Khartoum. The soccer stadium at Sudan University is used for visitor and local teams training and games.

Accreditation

• Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research Sudan
• Educause Membership for International Institution

External links

• Official website The official website for Sudan University of Science and Technology
• Sudan University students and grads community forum Sudanet.info website made to connect all Sudanese university students and grads together and benefit all students now by providing lectures, e books and access to email
• Sudan Virtual Engineering Library website Sudan virtual library