Our partners

KAUST Academy works with universities abroad and across the Kingdom, with the government and industry organizations whose people we train, and with the sponsors who make our programs possible.

850+

International summer internships since 2022

13

Universities and institutes abroad

14

Saudi universities host our training

15

Organizations whose people we train

Abroad

Where our students spend their summers

The strongest students in our programs spend the summer at leading universities and research centres abroad, in summer schools, research projects and internships.

  • University of Oxford

    AI Specialization, High School Summer Program, MEng summers

  • University of Cambridge

    High School Summer Program, Bioinformatics Specialization, MEng in Cybersecurity summer

  • Duke University

    Bioinformatics Specialization

  • University of Glasgow

    Cybersecurity Specialization

  • Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)

    AI summer internships

  • University College London

  • Imperial College London

  • King’s College London

  • University of Toronto

  • LMU Munich

  • UNSW Sydney

  • CERN

  • Broad Institute

    Bioinformatics Specialization

High School Summer Program students outside a historic college
High School Summer Program
Summer program students in front of a brick university building
High School Summer Program
A large student group photo in a park during the summer program
High School Summer Program

In the Kingdom

Where our students train in Saudi Arabia

KAUST delivers our programs with universities across the Kingdom, which host the in-person training for students from every region.

  • King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

  • King Abdulaziz University

  • King Saud University

  • King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

  • King Khalid University

  • Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University

  • Alfaisal University

  • University of Prince Mugrin

  • Taibah University

  • University of Jeddah

  • University of Tabuk

  • Jazan University

  • Qassim University

  • Majmaah University

Organizations we train

Training for government and industry

Short courses customized with each organization’s own use cases, and part-time degrees accredited by KAUST, for the people building the Kingdom’s future.

  • Ministry of Interior

    • Master of Engineering in AI and in Cybersecurity
    • Postgraduate Diploma in AI
    • Pre-master training
    • KFSC AI summer
    • Drone piloting training
  • Saudi Aramco

    • AI for energy
    • Introduction to AI
    • Introduction to data science
  • Public Investment Fund

    • Graduate Development Program
    • Qiyas leadership
    • AI pathways
  • YASREF

    • Applied AI Comprehensive Program
    • Introduction to AI, computer vision, text processing
    • Deep unsupervised learning
  • Center for National Health Insurance

    • Data and artificial intelligence
  • Digital Government Authority

    • AI for leaders, for government officers
  • Ministry of Hajj and Umrah

    • AI for the ministry’s leadership
    • AI for directors and managers
    • AI for the technical team
  • King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (K.A.CARE)

    • AI in energy
    • Faculty development in energy
  • Tahakom

    • Federated learning
    • Advanced computer vision
    • Early-career professional AI upskilling
  • UN Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries

    • AI for leaders
    • AI for Impact: training leaders in least developed countries
  • Jeddah Airports Company (JEDCO)

    • AI awareness program
  • Prince Musaid bin Abdulrahman University

    • Artificial Intelligence Summer Program
  • Golf Saudi

  • Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf States

  • Vista Equity Partners

Sponsors

Who makes our programs possible

Government and private entities that support KAUST Academy and the students in its programs.

  • Ministry of Energy

  • Ministry of Education

  • King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (K.A.CARE)

  • National Cybersecurity Authority

  • Saudi Information Technology Company (SITE)

  • Abdulrahman Nasser Alagil Foundation

  • RZM Investment

  • Alwaleed Philanthropies

    Women in STEM

Partner with us

Start a conversation

Host our students, train your people with us or sponsor a program. Tell us about your organization and our team will get back to you.

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academy@kaust.edu.sa

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