Professor Bernard Kumi-Boateng

Vice Chancellor, University of Mines and Technology

Professor of Geomatic Engineering, Researcher, University Administrator

Professor Bernard Kumi-Boateng is a Ghanaian academic, geomatic engineer and university administrator who became the fourth Vice Chancellor of the University of Mines and Technology on 1 August 2026. He is the first alumnus of UMaT to become Vice Chancellor, having originally studied Geomatic Engineering at the institution's predecessor within KNUST. He holds a BSc in Geomatic Engineering from KNUST, an MSc in Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation from the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation in the Netherlands, an MSc in Environmental Systems and Analysis from KNUST and a PhD in Geomatic Engineering from UMaT. He joined UMaT as a Lecturer in 2007, became Senior Lecturer in 2011, Associate Professor in 2016 and Professor in 2020. Before becoming Vice Chancellor, Kumi-Boateng held several senior academic and administrative positions at UMaT, including Head of the Departments of Geomatic Engineering, Mathematical Sciences, and Computer Science and Engineering; Dean of Students;