It depends how long it takes the Club to complete the required documents. However, this usually varies between 1 week and 4 weeks.

Please contact community.development@kaust.edu.sa

Please contact the Community Club’s co-ordinator on community.development@kaust.edu.sa 

There is no funding for the Club’s activities. Clubs are empowered to be self-sufficient, driven by the passion for the activity. Furthermore, the Club must be run on a non-profit basis (all monies collected from members or activities of the Club must be used to deliver Club activities).

Any new or existing Club will be supported in establishing their own page under KAUST central. Anything posted here must be in line with the Community Club’s operating guidelines and must have approval from the Community Development Representative. Any updates or changes to venue bookings reflected on the KAUST Central must be approved in advance by the relevant facility's point of contact.

Clubs will be provided with appropriate space either indoors, outdoors, or within a recreation facility. If available, Recreation may offer block bookings up to three months in advance (unless otherwise arranged). Please refer to the recreation booking form here: Block Booking Request Form - Formstack

To form a Community Club the following is needed:

• People: A minimum of 9 committed individuals is required to form a Community Club in the first instance. 3 of these 9 individuals will share the responsibility for the Club’s governance and decision-making: the Club President, a treasurer (if the Club collects income) and an additional Club officer. In addition to the 3 decision makers, there also needs to be 6 active members. 
• Operating Guidelines: any requirements specific to the Club should be documented in a Community Club Operating Guidelines (formerly called Charter) which should be circulated to all members in the Club. This needs to be signed by the relevant officers and a Campus and Community representative. 
• Self-funding: the Club needs to be self-sufficient and self-funding.
• Annual General Meeting: the Club must hold an official ‘Annual General Meeting’ once per year in which officers are elected and financials shared with the Club. Minutes should be taken and kept on file by the Club and should be shared with the Community Club’s Co-ordinator.

Please view them here: Community Club Procedures v.1

Community Clubs (formerly known as Self-Directed Groups) are a group of people living in KAUST who come together to share their passion, interest or hobby with the willingness to expand it to the community.  They are always initiated and driven by the community and there is a need for it.