The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz will patronize tomorrow the opening ceremony of King Abdullah University for Sciences and Technology (KAUST). The function will be attended by a number of leaders of Arab, Muslim and friendly countries. Minister of petroleum and mineral resources and chairman of the board of trustees of the university Eng Ali al-Naimi said in a statement to SPA that the university will enable the Kingdom to attain great scientific and economic achievements, adding that the university will be concerned with advanced scientific researches. He noted that the university will enhance cooperation with Saudi and international knowledge institutions. Eng. al-Naimi said the university will work like other Saudi universities for attaining comprehensive scientific and economic development . He pointed out that studies will be confined to higher scientific studies.
