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• The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, or KAUST, is planned to open in September 2009. The KAUST is King Abdullah's personal project, the monarch's goal being to establish a scientific and technological center in the Middle East that would disseminate latest knowledge and skills to students from across the globe.Official Site: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

  The university's ample funding has attracted many of the world's leading instructors and professors, as well as technology companies that will cooperate with the institution's research division.Media Newswire: Saudi university announces special partnership... (October 15, 2008) KAUST will focus on teaching engineering in various fields, and will avoid humanities subjects that may beget cultural controversies in the traditionalist Muslim Saudi Arabian society.The Age: East goes west for brain gain (October 13, 2008)

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  1. Location: Thuwal, Saudi ArabiaOfficial Site: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
  2. Received a royal endowment of $10 billionOfficial Site: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
  3. Will collaborate with IBMReuters: Saudi university supercomputer lures researchers (October 19, 2008)
  4. Will be world's sixth richest universityThe Age: East goes west for brain gain (October 13, 2008)
  5. Offers graduate and doctoral programsOfficial Site: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
  6. Will teach chemical, mechanical and biological engineering among other programsOfficial Site: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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