Distinguished Speakers
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
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H.E. Minister Ali I Al-Naimi
Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Chairman, KAUST board of Trustee.
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Mr. Abdullah S. Ju’ah
President and CEO, Saudi Arabian Oil Company
(Saudi Aramco)
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Mr. Nadhmi A. Al-Nasr
Vice Chairman, KAUST Presidential Search Committee,
Interim President, KAUST
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Prof. Frank H. T. Rhodes
Member, KAUST International Advisory Council
President Emeritus, Cornell University.
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KAUST Groundbreaking
The Pursuit of Discovery Begins - October 21, 2007
At Thuwal, on the coast of the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology officially breaks ground. The world-class, graduate-level research university takes another step in its transformation from vision to reality.
The KAUST Groundbreaking Ceremony - Videos and Photographs
Media Materials
Fact Sheets:- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- KAUST Academic Structure
- KAUST Campus Development