The Higher Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (HIAST) (Arabic: الْمَعْهَدُ الْعَالِي لِلْعُلُومِ التَّطْبِيقِيَّةِ وَالتِّكْنُولُوجِيِّ, romanized: al-Maʿhad al-ʿĀlī li l-ʿUlūm at-Taṭbīqīyat wa t-Tiknūlūjī) is center of excellence for higher education, research & development in Damascus, Syria.

[3] According to the United States Department of the Treasury, the institution provides training to engineers associated with CERS with the Syrian program to develop weapons of mass destruction, as well as programs to develop its missile systems.

For this reason, the United States government announced the imposition of sanctions on the institution.

HIAST extends the scientific applications which it conducts in cooperation with several public and private bodies in Syria, and also executes joint projects at the regional and international levels to transfer technology and exchange experience.

In addition to undergraduate and postgraduate programs at HIAST, continuous research and development activities are undertaken by HIAST engineers and researchers working in different departments, laboratories and technology centers.