KAUST is a new world-class international graduate-level science and technology research university with outstanding facilities, including super-computing and visualization centers. This university, located by the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia, is dedicated to the highest standards of merit-based opportunity, and seeks the finest students and researchers from all over the world. The KAUST campus opened its doors in 2009 and consists not only of unique research and teaching facilities, but also of a seaside town with housing, shops, schools, and numerous recreational amenities.