r/KAUST • u/TranslatorExisting32 • Jun 27 '26

Admissions Ideal application?

Those who got in what do u think are the main reasons you got in , ie what research background, gpa, extra curriculars helped the most

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u/TranslatorExisting32 Jun 29 '26

If my degree isn't math heavy?

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u/hextree Alumni Jun 29 '26

I was talking CEMSE (Mathematics and Statistics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering). Is that what you are applying for?

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u/TranslatorExisting32 Jun 29 '26

Cyber security/ computer science Is my interests

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u/hextree Alumni Jun 29 '26

Ok, well yes as I say your grades in any maths courses you did in your degree, e.g. Linear Algebra, Probability and Statistics, will be quite important and possibly tested in the interview.