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Abu dhabi university
Abu Dhabi University is a university in the United Arab Emirates with campuses in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain. It was established in 2003, after three years of planning by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and other citizens of the United Arab Emirates. According to the University, its founders "envisioned an institution that would be among the best in the UAE, the Persian Gulf region and throughout the world. The largest private university in the United Arab Emirates, it offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees based upon the American model of higher education.
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Abu dhabi university s 11th cohort graduation ceremony 2016
Accreditation
The university ensured that all degree programs would be accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research before any students enrolled. The College of Business Administration received AACSB accreditation in 2015. Some College of Engineering programs received accreditation from ABET in 2015. In 2016 the university gained accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) in the United States, "for upholding the highest international academic standards of higher education institutions worldwide in teaching, scientific research and community service and for its commitment to three core values: student learning and success outcomes, quality and improvement, and institutional integrity, sustainability and accountability."
Colleges and programs
Abu Dhabi University provides both undergraduate and postgraduate study programs, and consists of three colleges along with an English Language Institute. It currently has 6,000 students from 62 countries.
Its three colleges are:
The College of Arts & Sciences (CAS)
The College of Business Administration (COBA)
The College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS)
The university also operates the International Center for Business Resilience.
Abu Dhabi University has affiliations with the following institutions: ENPC MBA Paris, Al Maktoum Institute, Universitätsklinikum Bonn, University of Westminster, University of London, and Thunderbird School of Global Management,.
Abu Dhabi Campus
In October 2006, a new campus opened in Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi. It includes a teaching hospital, prayer rooms, a graduate center and a sports field. There are plans to build a K-12 school with a nursery that will cater to 2,000 students. The construction plan was divided into three phases. In 2016 the university began construction work to expand its facilities, with the addition of 30 labs furnished with the latest scientific equipment. Scheduled to open in August 2016, this expansion will also feature 12 classrooms, 110 faculty and staff offices, meeting rooms, and multi-purpose rooms that are all fitted with state-of-the-art equipment.
International ranking
The QS World Universities ranked Abu Dhabi University as the 701st best university in the world (and 29th in the Arab region).