Campus and city
Khalifa operates modern, well-funded campuses in Abu Dhabi (the Main Campus and Sas Al Nakhl), equipped with 200+ labs and advanced research facilities. The community is small (~4,500 students) but genuinely international, drawing 70+ nationalities with around 32% international students and a faculty that is roughly 93% international, and over 90% of students hold scholarships. Student life centres on 15+ clubs across sports, culture, arts and social service, plus a compulsory undergraduate internship, but as a young, STEM-only institution in a conservative Gulf setting the social and extracurricular scene is still developing rather than the deep tradition of older university towns. The setting suits students who want a focused, research-intensive, internationally-staffed environment in a fast-modernising Gulf capital.