King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) (Arabic: - miat al-malik abd al-Lh li-l-ulm wa-t-teqniyya - KAUST) is a public research university located in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. KAUST was built and operated for the first three years by Saudi Aramco. It has the largest endowment of any university in the world, following Harvard and Yale, respectively. KAUST is often referred as a new "House of Wisdom" and an "Arab MIT" in the academic world. With the aim of rekindling science in the Islamic world, KAUST was founded in 2009 and focuses exclusively on graduate education and research, using English as the official language of instruction. It offers programs in Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering; Computer, Electrical, and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering; and Physical Sciences and Engineering. The University achieved significant progress in a very short time and is currently among one of the worlds most productive universities in terms of res...