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The
Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST) Port Harcourt
was established in October, 1980 from the Rivers State College of
Science and Technology which was itself established in 1972. It is
located at Nkpolu-Oroworukwo in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers
State, Nigeria. It is the first Technological University in Nigeria and
the first state owned State University in the Niger Delta region of
Nigeria. The motto of the University is "Excellence and Creativity". The
University has a staff strength of 1,870 and a student population of
29,939 15000. The University is ranked as the 16th 12th among 80 other
Universities in Nigeria. The language of instruction in the institution
is English.
The Mandate of the University
RSUST was established to:
Produce scientific and technical manpower of various levels needed for essential development;
Produce technical and science teachers for developmental programmes;
Assist
in the industrial and other developmental programmes through
consultancy services, special project centres and related activities;
Encourage
the advancement of learning to all persons without distinction or race,
creed, sex or political conviction the opportunity of acquiring a
higher and liberal education;
Provide
courses of instruction and other facilities for the pursuit of learning
in all the faculties and institutes, and to make facilities available
on proper terms of such persons as are equipped to benefit from them;
Encourage and promote scholarship and conduct research in all fields of learning and human endeavour;
Relate its activities to the social, cultural and economic needs of the people of Nigeria; and
Undertake any other activities appropriate for a University of the highest standard.
Faculties/Schools
The
University has seven faculties; Agriculture, Engineering, Environmental
Sciences, Law, Management Sciences, Science and Technical and Science
Education; and a Postgraduate School.
Institutes/Centres
RSUST
has five Institutes; Institute of Foundation Studies, Pollution
Studies, Education, RIART, Geosciences and Space Technology.
Centres
It
has three Centres: Centre for Continuing Education, Centre for Special
projects, Information and Communications Technology Centre.
Academic Programmes
The University runs 37 programmes at the undergraduate level and 86 at the postgraduate level.
Relocation of RSUST to Greater Port Harcourt City
The
Rivers State Government has concluded plans for the development of a
new City called Greater Port Harcourt City to decongest the already over
crowded Port Harcourt. Its development has already commenced and with
the new City would be established a new campus where the present Rivers
State University of Science and Technology would be relocated to.
According to Government's mission statement on this, "The new University
will be a leading Centre of academic excellence in Africa and beyond; a
world class University with world-class facilities, which will be
manned by a team of committed administrators, academics and researcher
of high caliber, who share the founding vision of the new University to
be ranked among the best 1,000 Universities in the world by 2020. It is
hoped that by the time this objective is realized, there is no doubt
that RSUST will be equal to none in Nigeria and indeed in Africa.