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About the University of Dubai

The University of Dubai (UD) has become home to multi-talented students, distinguished staff and world-class faculty members with diverse multicultural backgrounds. The university has developed a well-established educational platform for research opportunities through its advanced campus resources, laboratories and centres.

From local conferences and seminars to international summits, the UD has played an integral role in fostering connections, promoting youth empowerment and building a liaison between the professional and academic communities.

The university offers an extraordinary variety of business, law, engineering and IT programmes that aim to educate and raise entrepreneurs and leaders of the future.

Its programmes' primary objective is to uncover the potential and unleash the creativity of students who will make a difference in the world. Its classrooms and lectures are designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of global learning concepts including innovation, social responsibility, global leadership, conflict resolution, diversity, sustainable development, interdependence, human rights, values and perceptions.

Licensed nationally by the Ministry of Education, UD is an accredited university in the United Arab Emirates. It was the first private university in Dubai to hold the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) international accreditation in 2009, and the first private university in the UAE to hold the ABET-CAC accreditation for its Computing and Information Systems (BS) programme in 2006. Its curriculum is aligned with international professional certification bodies such as the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM)-UK, which awards BBA HRM and MBA Leadership & HRM graduates with level 5 and 7 certifications. The curriculum is aligned with the government's Islamic Economy, Smart City, Innovation and Entrepreneurship initiatives in partnership with IBM.

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