Events
General News
24 March, 2025
As the blessed month of Ramadan draws close, we were delighted to welcome over 160 KAUST alumni for a memorable Iftar gathering. The evening was filled with meaningful conversations, rekindled connections, and new friendships — a beautiful reflection of our vibrant KAUST community.
19 March, 2025
This Ramadan, our KAUST alumni gathered in Riyadh for a memorable Iftar hosted in collaboration with the Saudi Alumni Chapter.
18 March, 2025
Last night, we proudly celebrated our KAUST alumni, who drive innovation and contribute to NEOM's visionary goals.
03 March, 2025
Graduate Employment Days – BioScienceTheme at KAUST brought together leading companies in the field for an exciting two-day event!
21 February, 2025
Sandra Medina shared her entrepreneurship experience with students.
09 February, 2025
This past week, we had the pleasure of hosting the China Alumni Chapter members at KAUST for an insightful and dynamic series of meetings, knowledge exchange, and collaboration opportunities
Alumni in the News
Aniq Ur Rahman gave the interview for Al Ekhbariya TV X channel
Al Ekhbariya TV X channel
KAUST alumni Michael Bogdan Margineanu (MS'15, PhD'19), Postdoctoral Fellow at The Francis Crick Institute in London gave the interview for Al Ekhbariya TV
Al Ekhbariya TV X channel
Haleema Alamri, Director of the Innovation and Technology Observatory at the Ministry of Energy, embodies King Abdullah University of Science and Technology’s (KAUST) commitment to the Kingdom’s sustainable energy future. Her work supports a domestic skilled-leadership pipeline, advancing the Ministry’s energy localization goals.
KAUST official
On August 13, 2024, KAUST alumna Dr. Lina Eyouni (PhD '21), from the Environmental Quality and Monitoring at Red Sea Global, was appointed as Saudi Arabia’s first representative in UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Group of Experts on Capacity Development.
Red Sea Global
KAUST Alumni Samuel Horvath ( MS '18, PhD '22), currently working as Assistant Professor of Machine Learning at the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) in Abu Dhabi, UAE, identifies a paradox that challenges scientists’ efforts to advance machine learning.
MBZUAI
Three KAUST alumni - Rawan Al Yahya (MS '20), Jun Chen (MS '19, PhD '23) and Deyao Zhu (PhD '23) together with the KAUST professor Mohamed Elhoseiny, in collaboration with SDAIA prepared a new Saudi AI model to advance rediology diagnosis.
Middle East AI News
KAUST alumni Abdulelah Habib (MS '11), the owner and CEO of startup company OptimalPV explains for Arab News how is he using AI in solar energy sector.
Arab News
Hanin Ahmed's (PhD '22, MS '18) current research project focuses on sequencing the whole genomes of over 1000 horse samples, comprising both modern and ancient horses from diverse regions across four continents. Through this project, she aims to investigate the genomic structure of horse populations, shedding light on the source and timing of admixture within these populations. As part of her project, she plans to collect samples in the Kingdom as well.
KAUST website