National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe
Each faculty consists of a number of related departments, each offering a degree program.
The faculty of Engineering offers Bachelor of Engineering Honors degrees in the following programs: The programs take a 5-year course, The Faculty offers four year Bachelor of Commerce Honors Degrees in seven specialized disciplines.
Offers degree programs in the following areas: The newly formed faculty consists of the following departments: The main campus is located on the A6 highway in Ascot, Bulawayo.
The Faculty of Medicine is located at Mpilo Hospital, and the library in the city center.
NUST is also involved in inter university games, which are held at a national level.
On 28 October 1991, the university organized a public ceremony to install its first Chancellor Cde R. G. Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe and its first Vice-Chancellor, Professor Phinias Makhurane, and to lay the institution's foundation stone.
On 27 May 1995 the university held its first graduation ceremony at which the Doctor of Technology honorary degree was conferred upon the President and Chancellor Cde R.G.
The first cohort of graduates from the Faculty of Industrial Technology and the Department of Computer Science were conferred with degrees on that occasion.
A donation by the Bulawayo City Council of a site 160 hectares in size and the provision of a capital budget by the government has enabled the first construction phase to begin.
A year later, in September 1994 the second contractor, International Construction Zimbabwe started work on the Faculty of Commerce block.
In November and December 1994 work also started on the departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering respectively.
Work on the library began in April 1998, followed by the Ceremonial Hall and the Student Services Centre in November of the same year.
The university moved to campus on 1 August 1998, to occupy the Faculty of Commerce and Administration Buildings.
In 2011, NUST faculty of Medicine was closed because it was unable to comply with medical council requirements.
