King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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 Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division Physical Sciences and Engineering Division 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: The CoE for Renewable Energy and Storage Technologies The CoE for Smart Health The CoE for Generative AI The CoE for Sustainable Food Security 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 Master's Doctor of Philosophy M.S. / Ph.D. program Postgraduate diploma Internship programs Visiting Student Research Program Visiting Student Program 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) References External links