| Masdar Institute of Science and Technology | |
| Native Name: | معهد مصدر للعلوم والتكنولوجيا |
| Native Name Lang: | ar |
| Motto: | Learning to change the world |
| Type: | Private not-for-profit |
| Closed: | (merged) |
| Academic Affiliation: | Khalifa University |
| Provost: | Behjat Al Yousuf (2015)[1] |
| Academic Staff: | 85 (2017)[2] |
| Postgrad: | 456 (2017) |
| City: | Masdar City |
| Province: | Abu Dhabi |
| Country: | UAE |
| Colours: | Light Blue and White |
The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi was a private, higher-education and research institute active from 2007-2017. In 2017, it merged with two other institutions in Abu Dhabi, 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".
Masdar Institute was an integral part of the non-profit side of the Masdar Initiative[3] and was the first institution to occupy Masdar City. The Technology and Development Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology provided scholarly assessment and advice to Masdar Institute.[4], the collaborative agreement between the two institutions is still in place and currently hosts several exchange students from the legacy cohorts.[5]
Masdar Institute was established on February 25, 2007.[6] The project developer was Hip Hing Construction and the architects were Foster and Partners.[7], the institute employed 85 faculty members and had an enrollment of 456 students. The establishment of Masdar Institute was part of a resource diversification policy for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi's leadership views research and education in alternative energy as a keystone for the future development of the emirate and expressed their commitment through the establishment of Masdar Initiative, Masdar City and the Zayed Future Energy Prize.[8]
The institute's interim provost, Behjat Al Yousuf, was appointed in May 2015. She previously served as the dean of students at Masdar.
In 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.[9]
In 2017, it merged with two other institutions in Abu Dhabi, Petroleum Institute and Khalifa University, to become the multi-campus and sole-branded Khalifa University.[10]
The campus, like Masdar City, was designed by architectural firm Foster + Partners[11] and the first phase of the project was managed by CH2M Hill.[12]
By 2017, 456 students were enrolled and the institute had more than 550 alumni.[13]
Masdar Institute commenced teaching in September 2009. Its academics conducted research individually and in collaboration with several top ranked universities, notably MIT, on topics including water environment and health, advanced energy systems and microsystems, and advanced materials. 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]