Masdar Institute
Former university in Abu Dhabi, UAE
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The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, was a private, higher-education and research institute active from 2007 to 2017, when it merged with two other institutions, namely Petroleum Institute and Khalifa University, to become the multi-campus, sole-branded Khalifa University. Its previous structure, now part of Khalifa University, is now known as the Masdar City campus.
معهد مصدر للعلوم والتكنولوجيا | |
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| Type | Private not-for-profit |
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| Active | 2007–2017 (merged)[1] |
Academic affiliation | Khalifa University |
| Provost | Behjat Al Yousuf (2015)[2] |
Academic staff | 85 (2017)[3] |
| Postgraduates | 456 (2017)[3] |
| Location | , Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates 24°25′57″N 54°37′07″E |
| Colours | Light Blue and White |
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The Masdar Institute was an integral part of the nonprofit side of the Masdar Initiative[4] and was the first institution to occupy Masdar City. The Technology and Development Program at MIT provided scholarly assessment and advice to the Masdar Institute.[5]
History
The Masdar Institute, established on 25 February 2007,[6] was developed by Hip Hing Construction, with the architectural firm Foster and Partners.[7][8] The first phase of the project was managed by CH2M Hill.[9] As of 2017[update], it employed 85 faculty members and had an enrollment of 456 students.[3] Its establishment was part of a resource diversification policy for Abu Dhabi, along with Masdar City and the Zayed Future Energy Prize.[10]
The same year, the institute completed a thermal energy storage project with the Norwegian company EnergyNest AS in Abu Dhabi, which was continued for improvement until 2017.[11]
Also in 2017, Masdar merged with the Petroleum Institute and Khalifa University, to become the multi-campus and sole-branded Khalifa University.[1]
Students
Faculty and research
Masdar Institute commenced teaching in September 2009. Its academics conducted research individually and in collaboration with several top-ranked universities, notably MIT, on subjects including water environment and health, advanced energy systems and microsystems, and advanced materials.[13] By 2018, through the MI-MIT collaboration, 8 projects were completed and 11 one-to-one research and 3 flagship projects (larger research teams) were being executed.[14] The collaboration had a scientific outreach that included 201 scientific peer-reviewed journal and book publications and 217 conference papers and presentations by April 2018.[15]
