MIT LEAPS Course in KSA

In January 2026 MIT and Academy32 collaborated to offer the LEAdership and Professional Strategies & Skills (LEAPS) course in Saudi Arabia for the first time.

MIT Physics Professor Anna Frebel and Adjunct Professor Diane Rigos taught the course along with current and former Ibn Khaldun Fellows, Eman Alnabati, Hend Alrasheed, Maryam Alsharqi and Mnerh Alqahtani.

Dr. Frebel & Dr. Rigos have offered the award-winning graduate and postdoc program at MIT since 2020.