UMaT became a faculty of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in 1976.

In 2008, the first batch of Students graduated in Tarkwa without going to KNUST for the ceremony.

[4] On January 12, 2018, the university was renamed to George Grant University of Mines and Technology[5] in honour of Paa Grant, this however have not practically taken place as of January 2025.

[6] The faculty of engineering[7] has the following departments: The faculty of mineral resources technology is the only such one in the West Africa sub-region for training high-level personnel in the mineral industry and continues to attract students from countries in the sub-region and across the Africa continent.

The Faculty consists of two academic departments, namely: School of Postgraduate Studies [10] All postgraduate programmes of study in the university may require course work together with research work, leading to the award of the following: Past Principals and Vice Chancellors [11]