KING FAHD
UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & MINERALS (KFUPM)
DEANSHIP OF
GRADUATE STUDIES
Dhahran, Saudi
Arabia
It is
highly appreciated if you kindly forward this e-mail to potential graduate
students in your institute and elsewhere. We apologize if you receive multiple
copies of this e-mail.
Please
ignore this message if you are an applicant who has already applied to KFUPM in
previous admission cycles.
The
Deanship of Graduate Studies at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
(KFUPM) is pleased to invite your attention that application to Graduate Studies
at KFUPM is now open online from the link
http://www1.kfupm.edu.sa/gs/application/preonline.asp until October 8,
2012. KFUPM provides full MS and PhD scholarships for distinguished
graduate applicants who demonstrate high potential for conducting original
research in the fields of Engineering, Sciences and Business.
Distinguished Partnership of KFUPM with International
Institutions
KFUPM has
very strong collaborative partnership on conducting innovative research with the
following international institutions:
- MIT: Clean Water and Clean Energy.
- Stanford: Oil, Gas and Geosciences.
- California Institute of Technology (Caltech): Petrochemicals and Polymers.
- Technical University of Munich: Refining and Petrochemicals.
- Cambridge University: Oil and Gas.
- Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech): Geo-signal Processing and Smart Grids.
- National University of Singapore: Refining and Petrochemicals
- KAUST: Many research disciplines in Engineering and Sciences.
- Saudi Aramco (the largest oil company worldwide): Many research disciplines.
- SABIC (one of the leading petrochemical companies worldwide): Refining, Petrochemical and Polymers.
- In addition to many world-class universities and industries on different research fields.
Centers
for Research Excellence at KFUPM
To provide
extreme support for research in areas of excellence, KFUPM has established
National Centers for Research Excellence in the following areas:
- KFUPM-MIT Collaboration Center on Clean Water and Clean Energy (http://ccwce.mit.edu/).
- Nanotechnology (http://www2.kfupm.edu.sa/cent/).
- Renewable Energy (http://corere.kfupm.edu.sa/).
- Refining and Petrochemicals (http://core-prp.kfupm.edu.sa/).
- Corrosion (http://www2.kfupm.edu.sa/corec/).
- Transformative Research in Petrochemicals and Polymers (http://cid-rpp.kfupm.edu.sa/).
- Maintenance (http://se.ikfupm.com/department/ce/ceim/).
- Supply Chain Management (http://se.ikfupm.com/department/ce/cescm/).
- Carbon Capture and Sequestration.
The
Research Institute
The
Research Institute is the cornerstone of applied research activities at KFUPM,
solving critical scientific and technical problems as well as working on turning
knowledge into practice. More details are available on the website of the
Research Institute at the link: http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/ri/
Research
Groups at KFUPM
To provide
special support for research in focused areas of interest to Saudi Arabia, KFUPM
has established 13 Research Groups in Science and Engineering areas. More
details are available on the website of the Deanship of Scientific Research at
the link: http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/dsr/
Graduate
programs offered at KFUPM
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DISCIPLINE
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DEGREES
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M.Sc.
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Applied
Statistics
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M.Sc.
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M.Sc.
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M.B.A.
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Ph.D.,
M.Sc.
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Ph.D.,
M.Sc.
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M.C.R.P.
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Ph.D.,
M.Sc.
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M.Sc.
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M.Sc.
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M.Sc.
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Ph.D.
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M.Sc.
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Ph.D.,
M.Sc.
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M.Sc.
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Ph.D.,
M.Sc.
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M.Sc.
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Industrial & Systems
Engineering
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Ph.D.,
M.Sc.
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M.Sc.
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Ph.D.,
M.Sc.
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Ph.D.,
M.Sc.
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M. Med.
Phys.
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Ph.D.,
M.Sc.
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Ph.D.,
M.Sc.
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Software
Engineering
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M.Sc.
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Ph.D.,
M.Sc.
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Security
& Information Assurance
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M.Sc.
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Telecommunication Engineering
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M.Sc.
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Online
Admission System
The online
graduate admission application for the coming Spring Semester 2012-2013
(Starting in Jan. 2012) will be available until Oct. 8, 2012, 2012 through this link:
http://www1.kfupm.edu.sa/gs/application/preonline.asp
After
submission a complete online application, mandatory documents need to be
uploaded before Oct. 15, 2012
through the Upload System using the same
Login ID and PIN created for the online application using this link: http://adgs.kfupm.edu.sa/
Mandatory documents for application (without which
application will not be processed)
- Copy of identification (Passport for international applicants / National ID for Saudi nationals / Iqama for residents of Saudi Arabia).
- Complete official transcripts for BS degree (and MS degree if applying to PhD).
- Statement-of-Purpose (a one-page essay focusing on career and research goals at KFUPM).
- Recommendation Letters from academic referees through the online recommendation system after submitting the online application.
- Certificates for BS degree (and MS degree if applying to PhD) if degrees granted.
- GMAT score (for international MBA applicants).
Other
supporting documents (needed for final decision)
- TOEFL score (min. is 68 IBT for MS and 79 IBT for PhD) or IELTS score (min. is 6 for MS and 6.5 for PhD).
- Acceptable GRE General score (min. Quant. is 720 (or 156 on the new scale), min. Analytical is 4.0).
- Upon approval, original/certified copies of degree certificate(s) and transcript(s) are to be sent through postal mail.
Application Deadlines
- TOEFL score (min. is 68 IBT for MS and 79 IBT for PhD) or IELTS score (min. is 6 for MS and 6.5 for PhD).
- Deadline for submitting the online application is Oct. 8, 2012.
- Deadline for uploading mandatory documents is Oct. 15, 2012.
- Deadline for recommendation letters to be received via the online recommendation system is Oct. 15, 2012.
If there
are any questions or further clarifications are required, please feel free to
contact us at gs-admissions@kfupm.edu.sa or Telephone :
+966-3-860-2800, or check our website at:
http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/gs or follow us on
Facebook and Twitter via the links .
We wish you
the best in your endeavor.
Best
regards,
Admission
Office
Deanship
of Graduate Studies
Tel:
00966-3860-2800
Fax:
00966-3860-2829
P.O. Box
5055
King Fahd
University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM)
Dhahran
31261
Saudi
Arabia
