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Outline
HistoryandLocation
Campuslife
AcademicPrograms
GraduateStudies
ResearchAvenues
ScholarshipOpportunities
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HistoryandLocation
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History
Establishedin1963inasmallcompound,
withanenrollmentof76students
CollegeofPetroleum&Minerals (CPM)
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Today
KFUPMisacity
inthecampus,witha
populationof
20,000
dedicatedforthe
educationand
researchmissions
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Aprominent
location
Intheheartof
SaudiArabias
oil
fields
and
industrialcities
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TheCampusLife
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Aworld
class
campus
Unique
architecture
&
stateoftheart
infrastructure
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Amulti
cultural
vibrant
community
Alargeworldclasscampus(60+nationalities)
yetsmallenoughtobuildcloserelationships
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Apassion
for
knowledge
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Acity
on
its
own
Facultycampus
accommodation
Studentcampusdormitory
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Ahealthy
environment
Oncampus
sportsfacilities&medicalcare
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Modernmalls
Nearbyattractions
TraditionalMiddle
Eastern
souks
Tranquilseafront A
30
minute
drive
to
Bahrain
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Smart
Campus StateoftheartIT
Wirelesscampus
ERPsystem
StudentandRegistrationsystems
eLearningandonlinecourses
eLibrary
Smartclassrooms
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Academics
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AcademicPrograms
Collegeof
EngineeringSciences&
AppliedEngineering
Aerospace
Civil
Chemical
Electrical
Mechanical
Petroleum
CollegeofSciences
Chemistry
Physics
Mathematics&Statistics
EarthSciences
Biology(serviceDepartment)
CollegeofIndustrial
Management
Accounting
MIS
Finance&Economics
Management
Marketing
Collegeof
EnvironmentalDesign
Architecture
Architectural
Engineering
Construction&EngineeringManagement
City&
RegionalPlanning
Collegeof
ComputerSciences&
Engineering
ComputerSciences
ComputerEngineering
SystemsEngineering
SoftwareEngineering
Collegeof
Applied&Supporting
Studies
Prepyear
SkillsDevelopment
Islamic&ArabicStudies
Physical
Ed.
English
GeneralStudies
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Faculty
FacultyDistributionbyRank* FacultyDistributionbyNationality**
TotalProfessorialRanksFaculty:479
*Excluding279lecturersmostofwhichare
EnglishLangaue Instructors&labinstructors
**About60%ofthefacultyareinternational
andcomefrom60+countries
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Growthin
Number
of
Faculty
952902
856818
2010 -112009 -102008 -092007 -08
Facultybody
has
grown
while
maintaining
the
same
number
ofstudents.
**About60%ofthefacultyareinternationalandcomefrom
60+
countries
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FacultyDistribution
by
Rank
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StudentFaculty
Ratio
Mostsciencesfacultyteachbasiccoursesrequiredforengineers
Studentshavealowerlevelofinterestinpursuingbasicsciences
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Accreditation/Assessment
Year Accreditation/Assessment KFUPMPrograms
1993 (ABET) AllEngineering
programs
1996 (BerkeleyTeam) All Sciencesprograms
1997 (UNESCO) ResearchInstitute
2001 (ABET) AllEngineeringScienceprograms
2002 Association
to
Advance
Collegiate
Schools
of
Business(AACSB) CollegeofIndustrialManagement
2003 (ABET) AllAppliedEngineeringprograms
2003 SelfAssessment 7programs
2005 SelfAssessment 11programs
2009 (ABET) AllEngineering
programs
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Achievements
of
KFUPM
Alumni Leadingpositionswithingovernmentand industryboth
locallyandaroundtheglobe
(e.g.Aramco,SABIC,ITindustry,)
Pursuehigherstudiesatreputableschools
HighdemandforCareerDayfromhiringcompanies.
Averageof68joboffers/graduate
About20%ofcurrentstudentssponsoredbycompanies.
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GraduateStudies
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GraduateStudents
PhDEnrollment MS
Enrollment
Graduatestudentsrepresentabout11%ofthetotalUniversity
students
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
200607 200708 200809 200910 201011 201112
70
90
103
120
141
156
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
200607 200708 200809 200910 201011 201112
701 701 718
771840
877
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GraduateStudents
Distribution
181
212
133
356
122
CollegeofEnvironmentalDesign
CollegeofComputerSci&
Engineering
CollegeofIndustrialManagement
CollegeofEngineeringScience
CollegeofSciences
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GraduateStudents
Local
vs.
Intl
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
AE ARE CE CEM CHE CHEM COE CRP EE ERTH ICS MATH MBA ME PETE PHYS SE
27
4
127
34
7 83
40
16 1512
104
23
30
5
30
2
9
49
31 3026
47
4
83
19
61
22
36
62
28
15
42
SAUDIS
INT'L
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Full
time
Master
and
PhD
students
109
140
176
232
281
363383
437
69 7079 80
89100
112127
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
500
072 081 082 091 092 101 102 111
FullTime
Master
FullTimePhD
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MASTERSTUDENTS BYMAJOR
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
2/2
7/9
30/76/32
19/714/5
19/311/17
4/3
39/16
52/24
1/119
34/0
3/7 4/7 4/6 7/27/6
10/96
46/23
5/2
24/0
28/22
12/113/0
22/16
17/7
FT/PT
PTMASTER FTMASTER
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PhD
STUDENTS
BY
MAJOR
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
CE CHE CHEM CSE EE GEOL MATH ME PETE SE
14/2
13/1 10/4
25/4
20/3
2/2
19/2
13/3
3/5
8/3
FT/PT
PTPhD FTPhD
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AerospaceEngineering M.Sc
ArchitecturalEngineering M.Sc.
Applied
Statistics M.Sc.ChemicalEngineering Ph.D.,M.Sc.
Chemistry Ph.D.,M.Sc.
City&RegionalPlanning M.C.R.P.
CivilEngineering Ph.D.,M.Sc.
ComputerEngineering Ph.D.,M.Sc.
ComputerScienceandEngineering Ph.D.
ComputerNetworks M.Sc.
ConstructionEngineering&Management
M.Sc.
ElectricalEngineering Ph.D.,M.Sc.
Available
Degrees
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Geology Ph.D.,M.Sc.
Geophysics M.Sc.
Environmental
Science M.Sc.InformationandComputerScience M.Sc.
BusinessAdministration M.B.A.
Mathematics Ph.D.,M.Sc.
MechanicalEngineering Ph.D.,M.Sc.
PetroleumEngineering Ph.D.,M.Sc.
TelecommunicationEngg. Ph.D.,M.Sc.
Physics M.Sc.,PhD
(soon)
MedicalPhysics M.Med.Phys.
SoftwareEngineering M.Sc.
SystemsEngineering Ph.D.,M.Sc.
AvailableDegrees
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Graduate
Programs
Requirements
MSc Programs:
24Credit
hours
8
Courses
MSThesis Acceptablecontributionstothefieldofresearch
Optionaloneresearchbasedcourse
PhDPrograms:
30Credithours 10Courses PasstheComprehensiveExamination
PhDThesis Substantialcontributionstothefieldofresearch
Optionaltworesearchbasedcourses
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Features
of
MS
&
PhD
Programs
at
KFUPM
Excellentcourseworkequivalenttoexcellentinternationaluniversities.
PhDresearchusuallyresultsinhighqualitypublications
Generally,expectationsofMSstudentsareveryhighintermsofresearchoutcomes
Diversestudent
body
from
countries
around
the
world
Researchbasedcoursesintroducestudentstoresearchearly
finishearlierwithmorepublications
Some
students
may
spend
one
semester
at
our
collaborating
schoolsifthesisresearchisonrelatedarea
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Admissionin
PhD
Programs
M.Sc.Degree.
AGPA
of
3.5
or
higher
on
ascale
of
4.00.
Threelettersofrecommendationfromfaculty.
CompletionofTOEFLwithaminimumscoreof79(IBT).
HighGeneralGraduateRecordExamination(GRE)score.
Acceptancerateis lessthan15%forinternationalApplicants
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KFUPM
Expectations MSstudentstypicaldegreeprogress:
Passatleast3courseseverysemester
Finishall
coursework
within
3semesters
at
maximum,
Submitthesisproposalwithin3semestersatmaximum,
Completetheprogramwith5semestersatmaximum
PhD
students
typical
degree
progress: Passatleast3courseseverysemester
Finishallcourseworkwithin34semestersatmaximum,
Passthecomprehensiveexaminationwithin4semestersat
maximum,
Submitthethesisproposalwithin6semestersatmaximumand
CompletethePhDprogramwithin4yearsatmaximum
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ResearchAvenues
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Research
Funding
Programs
Contract
Research
Research
Institute
Internally
Funded
Research
KACST
Research
Grants
NationalPlan
forScience
and
Technology
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Strategic
Areas
of
Research
Excellence
Energy(Fossil
Fuel
&
Renewable)
Refining&Petrochemicals
Water&Environment
AdvancedMaterials
InformationTechnology
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Research
Institute
Contract
Research
EngineeringResearch
PetroleumandMinerals
Refining&Petrochemicals
EnvironmentandWater
CommunicationsandIT
Economicsand
Management
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Centers
of
Research
Excellence RenewableEnergy
Refining&Petrochemicals
Petrochemicalsand
Polymers
(funded
by
KAUSTthroughglobalcompetition)
Nanotechnology
Corrosion
CleanWaterandCleanEnergy(MIT
collaboration)
TechnologyInnovationCenteronCarbon
Capture Maintenance
SupplyChainManagement
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Existing
Focused
International
Collaboration MIT: CleanWaterandCleanEnergyresearch.
StanfordUniversity: OilandGasresearch.
CaliforniaInstituteofTechnology(Caltech): Refiningand
Petrochemicalsresearch.
CambridgeUniversity: RefiningandPetrochemicals
research.
KAUST: Manyresearchdisciplines.
Saudi
Aramco (the
largest
oil
company
worldwide): Many
researchdisciplines.
SABIC (the5th petrochemicalcompanyworldwide):
Petrochemicalresearch
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Planned
International
Collaboration GeorgiaTech: GeosignalProcessing.
KAIST: Controland
Automation
research.
NUS: Petrochemicalsresearch.
TechnicalUniversityofMunich
IFPSchool:
Oil
and
Gas
surface
science
KFUPMplanstohaveatmost1012strategiccollaboration:
Withhighlyreputableschools
Onveryfocusedresearchareas
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Dhahran
Techno
Valley
Dhahran
TechnoValleyEntities
KingAbdullahScience
Park
(KASP) Sultan
Science&Technology
Center(SciTech)
Innovation
Center
Consultancy
Services
Liaison
Office
Technical&
BusinessIncubators
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Schlumberger,USA
Yokogawa,Japan
IntelCorp,USA
Naizak,SA
MSSAK,SA
TENARIS,Argentina
AlShoaibi Group,SA
ARPEC,
SA
UOP,USA
GeneralElectricGE
Optimind,SA
Amiantit,SA
BakerHughes,USA
Sipchem,SA
Honeywell,USA
Halliburton,USA
Weatherford,USA
RosenInsp.,
SA
Siemens,Germany
R&D
Centers
at
Science
Park
DTV
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0
20
40
60
80
199419951996 1997 1998 1999
2000 2001 20022003
20042005
20062007
20082009
2010
Num
ber
YearPatents Issued
Patents Filed
Invention Disclosures Received
Patents
Under
Processing
Issued
278 78
U.S. Patents assigned to KFUPM over years
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Distribution of U.S. patents assigned to higher
educational institutions in the Arab world
KFUPM
58%
Other
Arab
Un ive rs
i t i es42%
KFUPM
92%
Other
Saudi
Un ive rs
i t i es8%
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Total no. ofPublications
Year
2972006-2007
3142007-2008
3422008-2009
4122009-2010
4982010-2011
5702011-2012
Faculty JournalPublicationsReportedinScience
CitationIndex&SocialSciencesCitationIndex
Research
Achievements
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Increaseinpublicationsinthelasttwoyears.
PublishedpapersinNatureandScience.
TheMathematicsandStatisticsDepartmenthas
been
ranked
58th
in
the
World
by
Shanghai
Ranking.
MostofpublicationsareintopQ1andQ2 high
impactfactor
ISI
journals.
Research
Achievements
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Opportunity
for
Research
Funding
*Figuresrepresentdirectfunding
InSRMillionsVenue
65RI
22DSR
130(Over 5
Years)Centers of
Excellence
40KACST(AnnualProgram)
145(Over 3
Years)KACST
(National Plan)
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ScholarshipPositions
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Scholarships
Opportunities
ScholarshipPositions
MSLevel: Research
Assistant
(RA)
PhDLevel: LecturerB
Areas
AllSciences
AllEngineering
ComputerEngineering
andSciences
Business&Management
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Financial
Benefits Freetuition (60,000SRannually)
Amonthlystipend:
PhD(4025SR),MS(1725SR)
Extraincomefromfundedprojects
(Variabledependingonactivity)
Freetextbooks
Freemedicalcare
Freefurnishedbachelorhousing
FreehousingformarriedPhDstudents
(ifavailable
&
per
conditions)
Roundtripairticketsatstart&end
SubsidizedmealsintheUniversity
cafeteria
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Graduate
StudiesContacts
Forapplicationmaterialandfurther
information,please
use
one
of
the
following:
VisitthewebsiteoftheDeanshipofGraduate
Studies atwww.kfupm.edu.sa/gs
VisittheAdmissionOfficeinBldg.59,Room1045.
Phone:00966
3860
2800
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Post
Doc
Fellowship
OpportunitiesInCentersofResearchExcellence
Workwithfacultymembersandresearchersinthecenters
Teachonecourseeverysemester(Gainexperience)
ForexcellentPostDocs,fulltimefacultypositionsmaybeoffered
Package
Around100,000SRannually
Otherbenefitsaresameasfulltimefacultyincludinghousing,
medicalcare,etc.
Contacts
DeanshipofFacultyAffairs ([email protected])
CentersofResearchExcellenceviaemail(checkKFUPMwebsite)
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