Following the launch of the KNUST Corporate Strategic Plan 2026–2035 (PLAN2K35) and University Act 2025 (ACT 1157), the College of Engineering has reaffirmed its commitment to leading the university’s transformative agenda, particularly in research, innovation, and commercialisation.
At the launch, University Council Chairman Akyamfour Asafo Boakye Agyemang-Bonsu charged all colleges to form implementation committees and prioritise interdisciplinary collaboration, stating: “We are going to work interdisciplinarily in the future… we have gone past that era” of publishing papers in isolation.
In an interview, the Chairman of the College of Engineering Strategic Planning Committee, Prof. S.I.K. Ampadu, outlined the College’s response to this mandate.
He explained that the Committee’s core mission is “to plan and strategise where the College needs to be over the next ten years and how we will get there.”
He emphasised that the KNUST Strategic Plan serves as a “boundary within which the College will work towards its goal”. He stressed that the Committee is focused not only on envisioning the future but on defining the concrete means to achieve it.
With Theme 5 of PLAN2K35 targeting cutting-edge research, college-driven innovation, and commercialisation, the College is positioning itself to move beyond academic publications toward tangible products and industries. The Committee is developing mechanisms to foster interdisciplinary partnerships across colleges, incentivise high-impact research, and establish accountability structures at departmental and faculty levels.
The Chairman concluded that the College’s strategic plan is deliberately designed to dovetail with the university-wide vision, ensuring that by 2035, the College of Engineering fulfils its pivotal leadership role in KNUST’s transformative decade.
Watch the interview: https://youtu.be/o_Bn-bAs2BQ?si=8Rf5GSIIe4-n-kry
