The University of Science and Technology Yemen UST was established earlier in 1994 as the National College of Science and Technology. It is a private, non-profit university that has seen tremendous growth and development over the years. For the past several years now, it has been voted as the best private university in Yemen.

Through careful academic planning, it has become a major provider of higher education in Yemen, standing face to face even with major public universities.

It has a modern teaching hospital that also provides medical care to the public. The College of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). In cooperation with foreign universities, it runs undergraduate degree programs at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Its own academic programs have expanded, and it now has eight faculties: the College of Medicine and Health Sciences, the College of Engineering and Computers, the College of Pharmacy, the College of Dentistry, the College of Administrative Sciences, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, e-learning and distance education, and graduate studies and scientific research.

The establishment of the College of Graduate Studies and Scientific Research emphasizes the focus and focus on the development of human potential in Yemen. UST believes that for Yemen to change, it must have human resources trained at higher levels. At the moment it has 3 programs at the doctoral level and 15 programs at the master's level. Through active research by faculty and work by graduate students towards a master's degree or doctoral dissertation, UST will eventually attain the rank of research university.

UST also has five campuses across Yemen. UST offers separate education for both girls and boys, and sixteen centers for learning, research, and counseling. It also has several coordinating offices around the world that support distance education programmes.

It revamped its academic programs to be modern, and introduced a foundation year, as well as a range of undergraduate courses to give students a balanced perspective. UST emphasizes the use of both Arabic and English as it believes that the two languages will become very important in the near future.

Today, the university has achieved a presence and an active member in major educational associations such as the Association of Arab Universities, Arab Higher Education Institutions, the Association of Universities of the Islamic World, the Association of World Universities, the Arab Network for Open and Distance Education, a member of the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE), And a member of the International Computer Driving License (ICDL). Member of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International). Its links with foreign universities in China, Malaysia, Turkey, the Netherlands, Germany and Italy have resulted in student exchange programs, staff exchanges, conducting joint research, and holding international conferences in Yemen.

Also important is the work that the UST does for the community that has had a significant impact on poverty eradication, community/public health, improvement of childbirth and maternal care and thus leads to better community development. Work is underway to establish a center for civil society organizations that will lead the role of the university in development.