Ernest Bai Koroma University of Science and Technology

Makeni, Sierra Leone · University · Public institution · Founded 2014 · Accredited by Tertiary Education Commission (TEC), Sierra Leone; public university (Universities Amendment Act 2014, continued 2021); TEC programmatic accreditation per uniRank · Taught in English · 8,000 students

Ernest Bai Koroma University of Science and Technology (EBKUST) is a public university set up in 2014 by merging older colleges in Makeni (St Augustine's teachers college), Magburaka (the Islamic college and the government technical institute) and Port Loko (a women's teacher-training college). It has nine faculties, a postgraduate school and a technical and vocational unit, more than 8,000 students, and a network of affiliated private colleges.

Programmes

• BSc Nursing
• BSc Public Health
• BSc Microbiology and Immunology
• BSc Computer Science
• BSc Business IT
• BSc Procurement, Logistics and Supply Chain
• BSc Agricultural Engineering
• BA Mass Communication
• Engineering and Technology
• Education
• Religious and Interfaith Studies
• Geography, Environment and Tourism

Admissions

• Most degrees: 5 WASSCE/GCE O-Level credits including English and Mathematics, in no more than two sittings
• Science degrees: plus three science subjects; BSc Nursing: English, Maths, Biology, Chemistry and Physics with aggregate 21 or lower
• Direct entry for HND, HTC, NCTVA and ICM holders

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