Relocating to KAUST has a number of advantages for top-quality startups from around the world. Companies can immediately benefit from KAUST’s culture of innovation and entrepreneurship, including access to the Research and Technology Park, industry engagement, Innovation Fund and Entrepreneurship...
read moreTwo KAUST students won a ‘Best Poster’ award at the ‘Saudi Arabia Smart Grid Conference on Smart Grids and Sustainable Energy,’ which was held in Jeddah from December 7 to 9, 2015. Mustafa Mousa and Ahmad Dehwah, KAUST PhD students...
read moreKAUST’s Student Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation Group (eBIG) was established in 2014 to promote entrepreneurial activities for graduate students at KAUST and provide them with mentorship and guidance from the Entrepreneurship Center. One of its leading proponents has been Lakshmi...
read moreA number of startups championed by KAUST’s Entrepreneurship Center and Innovation Fund were highlighted at Forbes Middle East’s ‘Entrepreneurs Shaping Saudi Arabia’s Future 2015: Exclusive Ceremony and Gala Dinner,’ which was held on December 15 in Riyadh. Under the patronage...
read moreIt is important to properly develop a product from the laboratory to the manufacturing floor. To encourage this step, KAUST has invested in a number of scale-up labs. One the most commercially promising projects to come out of these ‘innovation...
read moreOne of KAUST’s key advantages is that it provides research and industry partners with the opportunity to conduct experimental research in an empowering environment with exceptional facilities, labs, equipment and support. KAUST’s Innovation and Economic Development Department provides a strategically...
read moreKAUST’s Entrepreneurship Center offers guidance and support to The KAUST School (TKS) through TKS Entrepreneurs, which provides students with business camps, community support and the development of their current ideas into potential prototypes. This mentoring was on full display during...
read moreMark Crowell was named as KAUST’s Vice President, Innovation and Economic Development (I&ED), in July 2015 and recently sat down with KAUST Innovation to discuss his first impressions of the University. Crowell has over 25 years of experience as a...
read moreWe are creating, nurturing and enhancing relationships with industry every day. Whether it is helping students with job opportunities or internship placements, engaging in collaborative research or building upon a thriving network of industry partners, we are industry’s gateway to...
read moreKAUST and the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), the private sector arm of the Islamic Development Bank Group, have recently established the Beacon I Venture Fund. The Fund will provide venture capital funding for high-tech startups...
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