Building a Research University in the Arab Region: The case of KAUST
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Elnozahy, Elmootazbellah
KAUST Department
Computer Science ProgramComputer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) Division
Office of the President
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2021-03-22Online Publication Date
2021-03-22Print Publication Date
2021-04Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/668240
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The establishment of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in 2009 was the fulfillment of a lifelong dream of its founder, the late King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. His vision for the university was deeply rooted in the historical and cultural contexts of the Middle East. He intended the university to be seen as a revival of the old “house of wisdom,” which was a premier institution of learning in Baghdad from the 9th century until the 13th century. Starting as a private library of the fabled Caliph Harun Al-Rasheed, it developed quickly into the 9th century equivalent of a research laboratory and a university. The house of wisdom was the birthplace of algebra.Citation
Elnozahy, E. N. (Mootaz). (2021). Building a research university in the Arab region. Communications of the ACM, 64(4), 46–49. doi:10.1145/3447717Journal
Communications of the ACMDOI
10.1145/3447717Additional Links
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3447717ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1145/3447717