- Overview
- Vision & Mission
- Associate Provost for Research
- Strategic Themes
- Research offices
- Research Centers
- Core Labs
OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH
Khalifa University is home to the UAE’s leading research centers as interdisciplinary research units focused on long-term strategic priorities addressing regional and global challenges in a systematic and targeted manner via engagement of world-class researchers and facilities. These research centers are at the heart of KU’s global leadership in use-inspired research.
Vision
- Build strong foundations based on integrated research and academics.
- Engage leading industry, government and academic organizations for partnership.
- Perform research that produces excellence in science and engineering while being inspired by practical application.
- Translate discoveries and inventions into innovations that create commercial value.
Mission
- To establish and continually evolve interdisciplinary, collaborative research and development capabilities in the UAE’s priority science and technology domains.
- To achieve global research impact through excellence in research of regional importance.
Addressing national priorities and building on established strengths
Research Offices

The Office of Research Services manages research grants and contracts funded by government, industry, non-profit, NGO and academic sponsors, and supports responsible grant and contract management.
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Research Excellence and Impact Office manages internally funded faculty led research in line with the KU’s research strategy as part of the University’s mission to be a leading research intensive institution.
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The Research Computing Office currently provides access to two high performance computing (HPC) clusters. Simply speaking, an HPC cluster is a set of computers (nodes) that can collaborate to solve computational problems.
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Khalifa University’s Research Laboratories Office provides an environment for increased alignment of research infrastructure investment to the University’s strategic research priorities forits centers as well as individual faculty.
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The Office of Technology Management & Innovation is responsible for the protection, management and commercialization of the University’s research discoveries.
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Core Labs

Our Research Fabrication and Prototyping Workshop contains a woodshop, a…
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The Solar and Device Characterization Lab supports cutting-edge research in…
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The Electron Microscopy facility hosts the most advanced set of…
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The Analytical Chemistry and Biochemistry Core (ACBC) Laboratory provides advanced…
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The Khalifa University Fabrication Facility is a 350m2 cleanroom fabrication…
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The Materials Testing Laboratory provides a safe and well-resourced laboratory…
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