KACST TLP

TLP Overview

Technology Leaders Program

Technology Leaders Program aims to address the gap in national human resources on the level of technical leaders by training and qualifying a generation of leaders and decision makers in the vital technical fields in the Kingdom.

Mission

To provide a world-class venue for conducting research in different strategic areas and technologies while enabling the Saudi researchers to become more technologically

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Vision

Creating world-class research centers which encourage and promote research into a wide range of technologies that will contribute to steering the Kingdom's economy towards a knowledge-based economy.

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Centers

TLP Centers

About Centers

KACST has established 14 centers, distributed throughout the world, in collaboration with big research institutions and universities in the field of scientific and applied research. These centers work on research in the strategic areas that are important for the development and prosperity of the national economy.

Centers List

Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials & Manufacturing
Center of Excellence for Aeronautics and Astronautics
Center of Excellence for Biomedicine
Center of Excellence for Complex Engineering Systems
Center of Excellence for Decision Support
Center of Excellence for Earth and Space Science
Center of Excellence for Green Nanotechnologies

Center of Excellence for Integrated Nanotechnology
Center of Excellence for Microwave Sensor Technology
Center of Excellence for Nanomaterial for Clean Energy Applications
Center of Excellence for Petrochemicals
Center of Excellence for Quantum Optics and Quantum Informatics
Center of Excellence for Solid State Lighting
Center of Excellence for Telecom Applications

Domains

Intro

KACST focuses on conducting applied and development research in 9 strategic sectors. The main objective of these research activities is to address pressing issues in the Kingdom by enhancing the local content contribution and increasing the value retained in these sectors.

Agriculture & Environment
Building & Transportation
Electronics & Photonics
Energy
Information & Communication

Materials & Nanotechnology
Medical & Biotechnology
Space and Aeronautics
Water

Services

TLP Services

Research

The research projects in King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology are conducted through the national institutes and centers as well as the Technology Leaders Program (TLP) in several strategic sectors such as energy, water, advanced materials.

Training

The program is offering training and research opportunities, in order to introduce students and Saudi Scholars to research and scientific exploration, and help them acquire the needed practical experience in specified fields concerning the Kingdom’s strategic.

Consulting

Technology Leaders Program performs consulting services and studies and offers innovative solutions to government and private bodies to promote the role of science and technology in the Kingdom’s sustainable development.

News

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

In 2016, Prof J. Fraser Stoddart, the Co-Director of the Center of Excellence for Integrated Nanotechnology (JCIN) between KACST and Northwestern University

King Faisal Prize

Professor Omar M. Yaghi, the Co-Director of the Center of Excellence of Nanomaterial for Clean Energy applications between KACST and UC Berkeley, was awarded the King Faisal Prize

KACST has launched the Technology Leaders Program

King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) has launched the “Technology Leaders Program” in partnership with 10 leading US institutes and 1 major US company

Technology Leaders Program

Technology Leaders Program aims to address the gap in national human resources on the level of technical leaders by training and qualifying a generation of leaders and decision makers

Partners

Boeing Company

California Institute of Technology

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Northwestern University

Oxford University

Stanford University

Texas A&M University

University of California (Berkeley)

University of California (Los Angeles)

University of California (San Diego)

University of California (Santa Barbara)

University of Cambridge

University of Michigan

News

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

King Faisal Prize

KACST has launched the Technology Leaders Program