King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

research university

Year dem found am	2009
Native label	جامعة الملك عبدالله للعلوم والتقنية
Dem name after	Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
Country	Saudi Arabia
Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd	Jeddah
Coordinate location	22°18′35″N 39°6′19″E
Get subsidiary	Global Collaborative Research, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
IPv6 routing prefix	2a03:8180:1002:12c::/64, 2a03:8180:1002:243::/64, 2a03:8180:1201:162::/64, 2a03:8180:1201:170::/63
Dema official website	http://www.kaust.edu.sa/

De King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST; Arabic: جامعة الملك عبد الله للعلوم و التقنية jāmiʿat al-malik ʿabd al-Lāh li-l-ʿulūm wa-t-teqniyya) be a public research university wey dey locate insyd Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. Dem found am insyd 2009, de university dey provide research den graduate training programs insyd English as de official language of instruction. E be named after King Abdullah bin Abdulalziz, de ruler of Saudi Arabia from 2005 til 2015.

KAUST be de first mixed-gender university campus insyd Saudi Arabia. Insyd 2013, de university be among de 500 fastest growing research den citation records insyd de world. Insyd de 2016 Nature Index Rising Stars, de university rank 19th insyd de world of de fastest rising universities for high quality research output. Insyd 2019, dem rank KAUST 8th fastest rising young universities (aged 50 den under) for dema research output since 2015, as fractional count (FC) measure.

Since September 2024, neuroscientist Sir Edward Byrne serve as KAUST ein fourth president.

Research

KAUST dey organize ein research teams across three academic disciplines, 12 research centers den individual faculty labs. KAUST dey focus ein research around de areas of chow den health, water, energy, environment den de digital domain.

Academic divisions

KAUST Centers of Excellence

Insyd July 2024, KAUST implement four new Centers of Excellence (CoEs) dem aim at driving research, development den innovation (RDI) to address Saudi Arabia ein four RDI priorities: Health den Wellness, Sustainable Environment, Energy den Industrial Leadership, den Economies of de Future. De KAUST centers include de following:

Clarivates Highly Cited Researchers

• Salim Al-Babili - Professor of Plant Science
• Mohamed-Slim Alouini - Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Husam Alshareef - Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
• Thomas Anthopoulos - Adjunct Professor, Material Science and Engineering
• Osman Bakr - Professor of Material Science and Engineering
• Hylke Beck - Assistant Professor of Earth Science and Engineering
• Stefaan De Wolf - Professor of Material Science and Engineering
• Carlos M. Duarte - Professor of Marine Science
• Mohamed Eddaoudi - Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
• Ahmed M. Eltawil - Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Abdel Hamid Emwas - Staff Scientist of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• Jorge Gascon - Professor of Chemical Engineering
• Mohamed Nejib Hedhili - Lead, Senior Staff Scientist of Surface Science
• Frédéric Laquai - Professor of Applied Physics
• Matthew McCabe - Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering
• Omar Mohammed - Professor of Material Science and Engineering
• Yoshihide Wada - Professor of Plant Science and Environmental Science
• Peng Wang - Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering
• Huabin Zhang - Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Postgraduate programs

Internship programs

Academic programs

• Applied Mathematics and Computational Science (AMCS)
• Bioengineering (BIOE)
• Bioscience
• Chemical Engineering (CE)
• Chemistry (CHEM)
• Computer Science (CS)
• Earth Systems Science and Engineering (ESSE)
• Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
• Environmental Science and Engineering (ENSE)
• Marine Science (MARS)
• Material Science and Engineering and Applied Physics (MSEAP)
• Mechanical Engineering (ME)
• Plant Science (PS)
• Statistics (STAT)