King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Motto	"Through Inspiration, Discovery"
Type	Public University
Established	September 23, 2009
Endowment	$20 billion[1]
Chairman	Mohammed bin Salman
President	Tony F. Chan
Undergraduates	None
Postgraduates	940 (2016)[2]
Address	4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology , Thuwal , Mecca Province , 23955-6900 , Saudi Arabia 22°18′45″N 39°06′38″E / 22.312602°N 39.11047°E / 22.312602; 39.11047
Campus	3,600 hectares (8,900 acres)
Website	www.kaust.edu.sa

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST; Arabic: جامعة الملك عبد الله للعلوم و التقنية jāmiʿat al-malik ʿabd al-Lāh li-l-ʿulūm wa-t-teqniyya) is a public research university located in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. Founded in 2009, the university provides research and graduate training programs in English as the official language of instruction. It is named after King Abdullah bin Abdulalziz, the ruler of Saudi Arabia from 2005 until 2015.

KAUST is the first mixed-gender university campus in Saudi Arabia.^[3] In 2013, the university was among the 500 fastest growing research and citation records in the world.^[4] In the 2016 Nature Index Rising Stars, the university ranked 19th in the world of the fastest rising universities for high quality research output.^[5] In 2019 KAUST is ranked 8th fastest rising young universities (aged 50 and under) for their research output since 2015, as measured by fractional count (FC).^[6]

KAUST is the highest ranking university in the Times Higher Education Arab University Rankings 2023.^[7]