Masdar Institute of Science and Technology opened on September 6th, 2009
The 2009 intake consisted of 88 students from an initial 1,300 applications received from 22 countries
14 students had GRE Quantitative scores of 800, with an average score of 760
The average TOEFL score recorded by students was 612
Masdar Institute announced its second year of academic operations in October 2010
The 2010 intake saw the selection of nearly 100 students from 1,900 applications drawn from 25 countries - an increase of 46% on the previous year.
We now have 170 students of 32 different nationalities aged between 20 and 37 years. Two in every five students are female; while 43% are UAE nationals.
42 faculty members have been recruited from the world’s leading universities
Seven two-year MSc programs are currently offered:
The number of students at the Institute is expected to grow to 600 over the next five years
Fellowship partners include Imperial College London UK) , RWTH Aachen University (Germany), Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan), University of Waterloo (Canada) and the University of Central Florida (USA).
