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THE MISSION OF KIST

THE MISSION OF KIST

KIST's mission as laid down in its Statute is:

1. To equip students with advanced skills with a view to increasing manpower and capacity for national development.
2. To promote research, based on the disciplines offered at KIST.
3. To disseminate the results of research through teaching, seminars, conferences, public lectures, publications and other appropriate means.
4. To provide consultancy services to government, industry, the private sector and the community at large.
5. To engage in income-generating activities with a view to creating awareness of lucrative investment.
6. To collaborate with other academic, professional, technical and research institutions in and outside Rwanda for educational and technological development.
7. To develop and promote close collaboration with the private sector and the community so as to enrich KIST's programmes.
8. To make provision for the advancement, transmission and preservation of knowledge and to sustain intellectual life in Rwanda.
9. To contribute to the cultural, civic and moral training of its students and to participate actively in the economic and socio-cultural development of the country.

FACULTIES, SCHOOLS CENTERS AND ACADEMIC DIRECTORATES

1. Faculty of Engineering (FoE)
2. Faculty of Science (FoS)
3. Faculty of Architecture and Environmental design
4. KIST Language Centre (KLC)
5. Centre for Innovation and Technology Transfer (CITT)
6. Directorate for Research, Publications and Consultancy (DRPC)
7. Directorate of Academic Quality Assurance
8. Directorate of Continuous Training
9. The Information and Communication Technology Service Center (ICT)
10. Regional ICT Training and Research Center
11. Electronic Documentation Centre
12. The Library

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

The Faculty offers programmes leading to award of Bachelor of Science and Masters Degrees in the relevant disciplines as listed below.

• BSc in Civil Engineering and Environmental Technology (CEET - Full Time)
• BSc in Computer Engineering & Information Technology (CEIT - Full Time)
• BSc in Computer Engineering (CEIT - Full Time)
• BSc in Electrical Engineering (EEE - Full Time)
• BSc in Mechanical Engineering (ME - Full Time)
• BSc in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering (EEE - Full Time) and (EEE - Part-Time)
• BSc in Computer Sciences (CEIT - Part-Time)
• Master of Communications Management (MCM - CEIT)
• Master of Operational Communications (MOC)
• Master of Information System (MIS)
• MSc. in Highway Engineering and Management
• MSc. in Transportation Engineering and Economics

FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCES

The Faculty of Applied Sciences launched fully fledged degree programmes in January 2006 through the following academic departments, offering the following degree programmes:

• Bachelor of Science in Applied Biology with options in Microbiology and Biotechnology
• Bachelor of Science in Applied Chemistry with options in Biochemistry and Environmental Chemistry
• Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics with options in Material Physics and Renewable Energy
• Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics
• Bachelor of Science in Food Science and Technology

FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN

Towards the end of 2008, KIST established the Faculty of Architecture and Environmental Design (FAED), with the aim of training relevant experts and technocrats needed in the country and the region as a whole. These shall include Architects, Urban & Regional Planners, Urban Designers, Quantity Surveyors, Land Valuers and Estate Managers, Construction Managers. It is envisaged that, when fully established, the faculty will have the following departments:

• Department of Architecture
• Department of Construction Management
• Department of Planning
• Department of Creative Design

FAED will offer the following degree programmes:

• Bachelor Degree in Architecture
• Bachelor Degree in Quantity Surveying
• Bachelor Degree in Estate management & Valuation
• Bachelor Degree in Creative Design.

At the moment, only the Department of Architecture is in place. In January 2009, the department admitted the first intake of 25 students for the Degree of Bachelor of Architecture. Other departments which will offer respective degree programmes are planned at a later stage.

CENTRE FOR INNOVATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (CITT)

CITT's Vision is to be the center of excellence for research and development in appropriate technologies, focusing on rural communities and equality of opportunities in Rwanda. Its mission is dedicated to develop appropriate technological innovations and enhance capacity of the private sector to multiply the technologies and ensure their sustainable adaptation. Thus, the technologies and technical know how developed by CITT are tailored to meet specific needs of the society, promote technology entrepreneurship, and in the process, result in the improvement of the quality.

So far, CITT interventions have been in the fields of energy and environmental protection, water supply, low cost housing and transportation. To assist communities in development and poverty alleviation CITT has constructed:

• Biogas Installations
• VIP Latrines
• Energy saving cook stoves
• Rainwater harvesting tanks in different provinces of the country

CITT is constituted of two departments:
Research and Development, Private Sector development and Technology Transfer and Training.

Department of Private Sector Development

KIST started the Department of Private Sector Development under CITT to contribute to the development of Entrepreneurship and private sector promotion. This came as an initiative to help graduates of institutions of higher learning in Rwanda, experiencing difficulties to set up their own enterprises. Research conducted at various Universities has proved that the main problems of starting enterprises are low level of entrepreneurial skills and lack of access to finance. Under the above department, KIST has started two initiatives;

1. Technology and Business Incubation Facility (TBIF)
   TBIF's Goal is to facilitate development of Rwanda through improvement of entrepreneurial skills and wealth creation.

    

2. THE KIST Enterprise Development Fund (KEDF)
   KEDF is also a KIST initiative in the Department of Private Sector Development under the Centre of Innovations and Technology Transfer (CITT). This project was established by KIST/CITT with assistance from the President of Rwanda and United Nation Development Program (UNDP). It was set up to address financial needs of entrepreneurs who are looking for start-up capital for their enterprises but often have no access to finance from commercial financial institutions due to insufficient securities.

   KEDF's mission is to contribute to the national economic development and employment creation through the provision of soft credit to university graduates and young entrepreneurs to enable them start their own enterprises