King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) is a public research university located in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. 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. Computer, Electrical, and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering; and Physical Sciences and Engineering. It was recently announced that KAUST has one of the fastest growing research and citation records in the world right now.