Considering current trends in the development of global and regional markets as well as renowned research schools of the University, here at KFU, we define several interdisciplinary priority areas: 

- biomedicine and pharmaceutics

- advanced materials

- oil production, oil refining and petrochemistry

- information and communication technologies and space research.

Further development is fostered by:

• establishing Centers of Excellence and exclusive world class labs
• launching OpenLabs
• attracting leading scientists
• developing grant financial systems
• cooperating with research and education centers along with major companies.