king abdullah university of science and technology

Saudi Arabia is not known for great research universities, so the oil-rich country has decided to build one.

KAUST, the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, is rising in the desert near Jiddah. The king is giving the school one of the world's biggest endowments.

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UT will expand its geological science research capabilities through a partnership with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia.

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and The University of Texas at Austin today announced a research and educational partnership in computational earth sciences and engineering.

Under the Academic Excellence Alliance (AEA), the universities will identify and nominate the founding KAUST faculty, establish joint research, and collaborate in the design of the academic [...]