The Faculty of Applied Arts and Technology is one of the five (5) faculties of the Takoradi Technical University. It started as the Painting and Decoration Unit of the Building Department in 1952. In 1992, the Fashion Department was created to run the HND Fashion Programme. Other departments were created with time, and, by 2008, the School of Applied Arts was created with Seven (7) departments. The name was changed to the Faculty of Applied Arts and Technology in 2016 in line with the conversion of the Polytechnic to university status. The Faculty has developed into one of the major academic hubs of the University.