Prof. Dr. Ahmed Altayib Ahmed

 There are 25,000 students registered for bachelor’s degree programme, 17,000 students registered for   intermediate diploma programme, 1000 students registered in postgraduate diploma, 220 Master degree   students and 260 PHD students.
SUST has exclusive colleges: College of Fine and Applied Arts, College of Music and Drama, College of  Physical Education, College of Water Science and Technology, College of Petroleum, College of  Telecommunications Science, Institute of Child and Woman Development and the Laser Institute for  Graduate  Studies.
There are 900 teachers and 500 teaching assistants some of them are now on scholarship at home and  abroad.
  SUST pays due concern to staff training on partial or full scholarships provided by the Ministry of Higher  Education and Scientific Research or on local resources.
The University’s concern with teaching and supporting staff covers other areas including improvement of  standard of living by increasing salaries, provision of long-term loans, easy hire-purchase cars, and support  to enable the staff to participate in conferences and training sessions abroad.
  The University, moreover, has included families of the staff in the Takaful (solidarity) Medication Programme  supported by the University and supported the staff to perform haj (pilgrimage) and Umrah (minor haj) from  its resources. The University’s financial support over the last three years is estimated at 75% from its total  budget.
  As for students, SUST has created good atmosphere and care through the Students Deanship and restored  the Students’ Union after four years of absence. Restoring the Union has brought stability to the University  and helped resolve most of the problems facing the students.
Centre of Peace Culture was set up in 2000, to push ahead the ongoing peace process. The Centre began its  activity with a number of symposia and workshops and training sessions at the University and other  states, especially contact and dispute areas. For example, the Centre has trained Basic Level teachers in  West and South Kodofan, Upper Nile and Bahrel Ghazal States on how to disseminate peace culture
   In 2000, the Centre organized two training sessions in cooperation with Intitute of Diplomatic Studies at the  Foreign Ministry and the U.S. based Conflict Resolution, Research and Resource Institute[CRI] tended to  train  diplomats and politicians on negotiation techniques.
The Centre is currently working on two programmes: Academic programme which awards Master and PHD in  disputes settlement in cooperation with CRI, while other is social one which targets the grassroots. The main  activity of the Centre is to control and disarm traditional societies in cooperation with United Nations  Development Programme (UNDP).
   The Centre, moreover, has signed a number of agreements with specialized universities and institutes, e.g  University of Norvin, University of Port Elizabeth in South Africa and University of Dar Essalam in Tanzania,  and CRI.