Masdar Institute

Masdar Institute (MI) is the MENA regions first graduate-level, research-driven scientific institution focused entirely on education and research in energy and sustainability. It lies at the core of Masdars effort to develop the scientific and human capital required for the new clean technology sector to thrive. MI is being developed in cooperation with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and will offer full-time, two-year masters of Science programs including engineering, information technology, materials science, mechanical engineering, and water and environment. In September 2007, HRH the Prince of Wales accepted an invitation to become a patron of MI.

MI will open its doors to talented students from around the world in September 2009, and has recently accepted its pre-class of 24 students and 14 faculty members from some of the worlds most prestigious academic institutions. The Institute also encompasses the Masdar Research Network (MRN), a network of universities across the world in conducting advanced research in energy and sustainability technologies, including:




•Columbia University, U.S.
•Imperial College of London, UK
•RWTH Aachen University, Germany
•University of Waterloo, Canada
•Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
•The German Aerospace Centre (DLR)
•Ciemat: Energy Research Centre, Spain

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[ayman2b]

this is great, i feel good

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real

[dbeeio]

is this real or just some futuristic suggestion of how universities should look like