King Fahd University

The university was ranked 3rd globally, by the American National Academy of Inventors, among the top 100 worldwide universities for granting US Utility Patents in 2022. Stanford University has recently released a list of the top 2 percent of the most-cited scientists in various disciplines. The exhaustive list has 186,177 researchers, of which 81 conducted research at KFUPM. KFUPM is engaged in many research collaborations with world-renowned universities such as MIT, Georgia Tech, Caltech, and Stanford University. It also has partnerships and close ties with key players in the industry and corporations like Saudi Aramco, SABIC, electric and telecommunications companies, local financial institutions, as well as government entities.