King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology

General data

Overview

  • ID: https://ror.org/05tdz6m39
  • ATR ID: 05tdz6m39
  • ATR Label: King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology
  • Status: active
  • Established: 1977
  • Types: facility, funder

Locations

  • Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
    • GeoNames ID: 108410
    • Coordinates: 24.68773, 46.72185

Names

  • KACST (acronym)
  • King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (ror_display, label, en)
  • SANCST (acronym)
  • Saudi Arabian National Center for Science & Technology (alias, en)
  • مدينة الملك عبد العزيز للعلوم والتقنية (label, ar)

External IDs

  • fundref: 501100004919
  • grid: grid.452562.2
  • isni: 0000 0000 8808 6435
  • wikidata: Q6411201

Domains

  • kacst.gov.sa

Relationships

No relationships listed.

Administrative Information

  • Created: 2018-11-14 (schema 1.0)
  • Last modified: 2026-01-15 (schema 2.1)

Augmented data

{
  "atr_id": "05tdz6m39",
  "atr_label": "King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology",
  "atr_website": "https://www.kacst.gov.sa"
}

Test data

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  "website": {
    "ping": {
      "tested_url": "https://www.kacst.gov.sa",
      "http_code": 0,
      "message": "[1204] (0) Connection timed out after 10013 milliseconds",
      "datetime": "2026-06-26 12:20:57",
      "elapsed": 10.012675046920776
    }
  }
}

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