Sunyani Polytechnic became **Sunyani Technical University (STU)** — upgraded by an Act of Parliament in 2016, alongside Ho and Cape Coast polytechnics, as part of Ghana's push to convert the strongest polytechnics into fully-fledged technical universities. The story starts in **1967**, when the school opened as **Sunyani Technical Institute**, set up to train middle-level technicians for the Brong-Ahafo (now Bono) region. It grew into **Sunyani Polytechnic** under the Polytechnic Law (PNDCL 321) of 1992, offering HND programmes in engineering, applied science, business and applied arts. The turning point was the **Polytechnic Act, 2007 (Act 745)** and then the **Technical Universities Act, 2016 (Act 922)**, which gave it a university mandate: to award its own degrees, run applied research, and produce industry-ready graduates rather than only HND holders. Today STU sits on its campus at **Fiapre**, just outside Sunyani, the capital of the **Bono Region**. Its core faculties and schools include: - **Engineering** — Civil, Electrical/Electronic, Mechanical, and Agricultural engineering - **Applied Science and Technology** — including Computer Science, IT, and Hospitality & Tourism - **Business and Management Studies** — Accountancy, Marketing, Procurement, Secretaryship - **Applied Arts and Technology** — Fashion, Design, and related disciplines - **Health-related and technical education** programmes, plus a growing portfolio of **BTech, MTech and Diploma** offerings The name change matters beyond prestige. Under Act 922, STU can now run **Bachelor of Technology (BTech)** and postgraduate degrees, which means a student can start at diploma level and climb all the way to a master's without leaving Sunyani. It also carries a **technical and vocational (TVET)** mandate, which is central to Ghana's industrialisation agenda — the thinking being that a country building roads, factories and a digital economy needs engineers and technicians trained close to home, not only in Accra and Kumasi. For context, the 2016 conversion affected several institutions at once — **Accra, Kumasi, Takoradi, Ho, Cape Coast, Sunyani, Koforidua** and later **Tamale** — but each kept its own character. STU's identity is strongly tied to the **Bono and Ahafo regions**: it supplies technicians and managers to the area's agriculture, timber, mining-adjacent and hospitality sectors, and its Fiapre campus has expanded steadily with new lecture blocks, laboratories and hostels. One practical note: because the transition happened gradually, older certificates and transcripts still carry the "Sunyani Polytechnic" name, while current students graduate as **Sunyani Technical University**. If you're dealing with a document or verification issue, STU's Academic Affairs office handles the bridging between the two names. *Asɛm biara nni hɔ a, yɛnkɔ — no matter the name, the work is the same.* If you're asking about a specific programme, admission requirement, or a particular person connected to STU, tell me which and I'll go deeper.