Professor Andrew Hunter, the Dean of the Department for Science, Technology and Engineering in the University of Lincoln has visited KNUST to explore the avenues through which KNUST could cooperate with Lincoln.

In a presentation, Prof. Hunter gave a brief description of the city of Lincoln and the historical facts on the University of Lincoln. He disclosed that his University was focused on achieving strong academic values and the structure of their programmes of study was that of a broad universal subject mix. Prof. Hunter listed the subjects in his department and established the areas in which KNUST could merge with his Department.

He made mention of Computer Science (Universal Robotics, Computer Vision), Siemens Engineering School (Mechanical, Electrical, and Power systems), Natural Sciences, Biological Sciences, Animal Behaviour, Biomedical Science, Pharmacology, Surveillance (people tracking, behavioural analysis, detecting hostile intent, assistive care, hardware pattern recognition, and vision chips), and Forensics as various areas of study in the Department.

He also pointed out some institutions which had links with the University where students could be offered with internships and sometimes jobs after their studies. The companies noted were; Microsoft, USA Homeland Security and Siemens, among others.

The Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Peter Donkor recalled the history of KNUST and described the academic structure of the Colleges. He hinted that the University had plans to increase the percentage of postgraduate students and expand its knowledge base through collaborations with foreign institutions. Prof. Donkor proposed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to Prof. Hunter, to provide guidance for the partnership between the two institutions.

In a response, Prof. Hunter agreed to the proposal and emphasised that the partnership could also involve Faculty and Student exchanges especially in the area of Computer Science as well as in joint Research programmes.