King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) is an international research university and the only one specializing in postgraduate studies among the Saudi public universities. KAUST Location The university's campus is located in Thuwal Center, which is eighty km north of Jeddah City. During its establishment phase, Professor Choon Fong Shih was appointed as the first president of the university in 2008. The KAUST university campus is considered the largest in the Kingdom in t...