Grow National Collaboration

Great Minds Exchange Ideas To Empower Future Generations

The King’s vision in creating King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) was to provide the Saudi Arabia with one of the world’s great institutions of research. Its mission to educate and train future generations of scientists, engineers and technologists who will contribute to the future growth of Saudi Arabia and the world.

To fulfill that vision, KAUST is determined that the Kingdom ensures its own nationals take their places among the world-class faculty, researchers, and scholars who are being drawn to the campus.

Your Living Gift toward national collaboration programs enables KAUST to reach out to Saudi nationals, linking them with world class expertise and facilities both in Thuwal and across KAUST’s global network.

National Collaboration Programs

Outreach programs enable talented Saudi scientists and researchers working in the Kingdom, as well as gifted Saudi students to come to KAUST to experience its rewarding intellectual environment. Faculty members, renowned experts in their fields, are eager to share their knowledge and passion for their field with others across the country.

Activities such as exchanges, placements, scholarships, courses and visits are all within the scope of programs that could result from your Living Gift.

KAUST aspires to establish named professorships for faculty who are at the leading edge of scientific endeavor. These can be Deans, Professors, Associate Professors and Assistant Professors within the three academic divisions:

  • National Young Investigator Program – a national, prestigious competitive program that will fund recent successful Ph.D. candidates from Saudi universities to spend a year at KAUST and a year at their home institutions. Successful candidates will enjoy the opportunity to work with KAUST’s leading scientists and facilities while also participating with the global research community

  • KAUST Discovery Scholars – a general scholarship program for talented science and technology students, helping them attend first-university or bachelors degree programs before entering KAUST as M.S. scholars

  • National Fellows Program – recent PhD graduates currently affiliated with national universities will spend one year at KAUST as postdoctoral researchers working under KAUST faculty members to gain advanced research experience and build long term collaborative relations with KAUST and its partners

  • Assist gifted Saudi future leaders in science, engineering and technology at all academic levels (from high school through post-graduate) to continue their studies in the best universities around the world

Donor Recognition

Programs may be named by donors, in their own name or the name of others whom they wish to honor provided they support the University vision, strategy, and academic objectives.

By supporting national collaboration opportunities, your Living Gift will play a significant role in spreading the talent and capabilities available at KAUST to Saudis throughout the Kingdom and abroad.