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INSTITUTES & CENTERS

The initial research clusters for KAUST were selected for their importance to the existing industries in the Kingdom; the development of future, knowledge-based industries; the Kingdom's social and economic needs; and the potential regional and international impact.

The first four Research Institutes, with exemplary topics for Research Centers or major research programs, will be:

Resources, Energy and Environment

Interdisciplinary fundamental and problem-driven research and graduate education in energy sources, systems, and uses; environmental quality and improvement; and water and coastal zone resources.

  • Water desalination
  • Solar energy
  • Clean combustion
  • Catalysis
Biosciences and Bioengineering

Fundamental and problem-driven research and graduate education in genomic and molecular biosciences important to regional and global agriculture, aquaculture, biodiversity, industrial bioprocesses, and human health.

  • Arid and coastal region plant genomics
  • Marine molecular bioscience and Red Sea ecology

Materials Science and Engineering

Fundamental and problem-driven research and graduate education in materials including molecular engineering of application-specific materials and developments in nanotechnology to improve environmental quality and industrial processes, and contribute to human welfare.

  • Composite materials
  • Membranes
Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences

Research and graduate education in applications of high-performance computing, new computer architectures, advanced computational techniques, and applied mathematics in areas of importance to Saudi Arabia, the region, and the global scientific and engineering research enterprise.

  • Modeling and visualization
  • Computational earth sciences
  • Computational genomics