Introduction To ASST

ASST in Brief

The Arab School for Science & Technology (ASST) was founded in Damascus in 1978 through an initiative from the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), in Kuwait, and the Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC) and the Supreme Council of Sciences, in Syria.
Other organizations also joined as co-sponsors of ASST. The sponsors are:

From Kuwait

• Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science (KFAS)
• Kuwait Institute for the Scientific Research (KISR)
• Kuwait University (KU)
• Environmental Public Authority (EPA)
• Council for Private University (CPU)

From Syria

• Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC)
• Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology (HIAST)
• Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)

From Lebanon

• National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS)
• Lebanese University (LU)

The School has three Branches, the first in Syria, the second in Kuwait and the third in Lebanon.