The Division of Art & Design is based at a campus on George Silundika Street in the central business district.

The polytechnic is now offering two Bachelor of Technology degrees in Environmental Health and Water Resource Engineering in conjunction with NUST.

He was part of the SRC led by Kwanisai Mafa who stepped down after he had allegedly misappropriated funds leaving Blessing Sibanda as president.

Blessing later stepped down arguing that getting bed with political parties would erode the council's power to challenge corruption and incompetence by politicians.

Sibanda now holds a PhD from the University of Huddersfield in the United Kingdom and continues to campaign for human rights and democracy across the global.

This resulted in him being arrested on numerous occasions by the law enforcement agents in Zimbabwe, and he was subsequently denied registration to complete his studies.