King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; Technology), KAUST for short, was established in 2009, located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It is an international private research university focusing on science and technology. ?

The school has the world's top scientific research equipment and laboratories, and is committed to promoting global scientific and technological progress through interdisciplinary research, education and innovation.

The school-building concept draws lessons from the "small but refined" model of California Institute of Technology. At present, only master students and doctoral students from all over the world are enrolled, not undergraduates. The official language of this university is English, and it is one of the most international universities in the world. By 20 16, there were 940 graduate students, accounting for 69% of international students. Most of the school staff come from developed areas in West Asia and East Asia, accounting for more than 90%.

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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology covers an area of more than 36 million square meters. King Abdullah has donated $654.38 billion to the school and entrusted Saudi Aramco, a Saudi state-owned oil company, to design and build a campus of about 36 square kilometers. In the mature period of university development, the university can accommodate about 20,000 people.

King Saud University of Science and Technology is located at the seaside 80 kilometers north of Jeddah. The school has free buses to and from major shopping centers and hospitals in Jeddah every day, as well as special lines to Mecca and Medina. The building area is over 36 square kilometers, including a coral reef ecosystem, which will be used as a marine reserve of the university for research.

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