The University of Mines and Technology (UMAT) is having its first Vice Chancellor, who is also an alumnus of the school in 2026. 48-year-old Professor of Geomatic Engineering, Bernard Kumi Boateng, first came to UMAT in 2001 as a student of Geomatic Engineering. 1998INTERVIEWERHow did you come to Tarkwa and how did you come to UMaT? But he was a mining professor at the time. INTERVIEWERSo, I want you in 30 seconds... give me a pitch about what the Professor Bernard Kumi Boateng VC-ship will look like.