Another year of stellar acceptance rates for KGSP Students at top U.S. universities!
Throughout the past year, KGSP Foundation Year students worked tirelessly to prepare university applications to top-tier universities across the United States. With the help of Foundation Year instructors, Scholarship advisors, and the KGSP Placement team, students worked diligently to create incredibly competitive applications that reflected not only the high academic excellence achieved as a high school student in Saudi Arabia, but also their high SAT, TOFEL, and coursework scores earned during the Foundation Year.
Thanks to hard work and dedication, this spring KGSP students received admission offers from some of the world’s top research universities including the University of Chicago, the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Cornell University, the University of California, Berkeley, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In fact, over 80% of matriculating freshman will attend a university ranked among the top 100 institutions worldwide.
STUDENT PROFILE
KGSP students represent the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s future scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, and thought-leaders. As both individuals and as a community, they reflect the KAUST mission of driving scientific discovery through excellence in education and cutting-edge research, and share a commitment to fostering innovation, economic development, and social prosperity throughout the Kingdom and the world.
ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS
Selection to the KGSP is extremely competitive, and currently by invitation only. Successful applicants are Saudi Arabian students in their final year of high school who demonstrate impressive academic credentials within STEM fields, meaningful extra-curricular achievements, and who share the KAUST ethos of continuous discovery. Learn more here.
KGSP ADMINISTRATION
The KGSP is administered by the Office of Strategic National Advancement at KAUST, under the direction of Vice President & Senior Associate to the President, Dr. Najah Ashry. Strategic National Advancement directs the university's strategy to serve Saudi Arabia's transformational priorities: Through initiatives in young talent and Saudi workforce development, social responsibility, and national engagement, the Office contributes to a thriving innovation ecosystem by building knowledge capacity, creating opportunities, and strengthening impact.
—King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud
1924 – 2015