To date, KAUST has accepted 817 students representing 61 countries. Of this group, 374 students began attending classes on the KAUST campus today. The remainder will enroll in KAUST beginning in 2010.

Also beginning their work at the University today are 71 professors, who will work alongside students in interdisciplinary collaborative research teams. These accomplished, award-winning research scientists and educators hail from around the world.

This date marks another milestone in which KAUST has gone from vision to reality in less than 1,000 days. To commemorate this significant achievement, KAUST will host an Inauguration Ceremony on September 23, 2009. You can keep track of the days left until Inauguration by the Countdown Clock now running on KAUST's main Web site.