Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
（重定向自KNUST）
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![Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of the Republic of Ghana](/Images/godic/202501/22/Kwame_nkrumah1016.jpg")
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Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology is a university in Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana. The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology is the largest public university established in the country as well as the largest university in Kumasi Metropolis and Ashanti. The University has its roots in the plans of the King Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I to establish a university in Kumasi as part of his drive towards modernization of his Ashanti kingdom. This plan never came to fruition due to the clash between British empire expansion and the desire for King Prempeh I to preserve his Ashanti kingdom's independence.