KAUST: Through Inspiration, Discovery

  Saudi Arabia

• Other Cities in Saudi Arabia: 
Jeddah

Description: KAUST is a modern research university unlike any other. The University is designed to allow physical and human networks  operating largely without regard for organizational or national boundaries  to flourish, thereby creating a critical vehicle for the exchange of ideas and the development of new knowledge.

It is in this spirit, and with this focus, that KAUST pursues its academic mission.

KAUST is free of institutional and bureaucratic barriers. The University's academic structure organizes interdisciplinary teams around research themes that apply science and technology to problems of human need, social advancement, and economic development.

Students at KAUST pursue graduate degrees that span the fundamental and applied sciences. Blending the educational process with the pursuit of strategic research advances, KAUST students and researchers will nurture the potential to transform existing industries and spawn new ones.

The University campus will reflect this open academic philosophy and encourage collegian relationships that will spawn innovation and invention.

Students and Faculty work with, and have access to, partners from both the Academic Excellence Alliance and Global Research Partnership on special research projects at KAUST.

Highlights: KAUST is more than just a world-class research university. It is also the vibrant home to an international community of students, faculty and staff, researchers, and families.

The KAUST community is situated in a unique Red Sea coastal location near the fishing village of Thuwal, 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Jeddah  Saudi Arabia's second largest city. The total area of the self-contained community spans more than 36 million square meters, including a unique coral reef ecosystem that the University will preserve as a marine sanctuary.

The campus community is culturally diverse, with sensitivity in preserving the environment and conserving scarce resources in keeping with the region's climate.

Surrounding the University, KAUST's seaside community offers:

    * Three distinct residential districts with housing options ranging from apartments to single family homes
    * A number of shopping and leisure opportunities
    * Health and recreational services
    * Several schooling options for youth education

The community's design facilitates access to the Red Sea and encourages active, healthy living and group interaction, connecting the campus and residential districts via a network of more than 70 parks and green spaces.

KAUST also provides a number of efficient, convenient, and accessible alternative transportation options for residents and guests, including electric car sharing, Segways, and golf carts, as well as proximal access to amenities for those residents who choose to walk or ride bicycles. Shuttle buses run regularly throughout the campus and community, and offer transportation to nearby cities in Saudi Arabia.

KAUST provides a healthy and supportive environment to aid scientific inquiry and discovery, with an international, multicultural spirit be nurtured in the surrounding community.

Degree Level: Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to American and Worldwide Participants.

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)'s Mission Statement: KAUST is being built as an international, graduate research university dedicated to inspiring a new age of scientific achievement in Saudi Arabia, the region and the world.

Year Founded: 2006