University of Dubai

 The University of Dubai (UD) was established in 1997 by Dubai Chamberof Commerce & Industry (DCCI). The main idea was to establish an academicinstitution that will serve the business community in delivering highestquality educational programs for human capital development and undertakeresearch and consultancy for businesses in Dubai/UAE.

This commitment led UD to take strategic initiatives to enhance thepedagogical capabilities at the university by recruiting highly qualifiedfaculty and benchmarking its curricula with accredited internationaluniversities. This has enabled to produce high caliber graduates to theindustry which is one of the UD’s Missions.

 Besides, UD is astudent-centric institution and thus is sensitive to students’ concerns fortheir all-round career development. We are also proud to inform all thestakeholders that, UD has three colleges, Dubai Business School (DBS) offeringBachelor, Masters and PhD programs. All Business Programs offered by the DubaiBusiness School are internationally accredited by AACSB (Association to AdvanceCollegiate Schools of Business) which is the gold standard for qualitymanagement education globally.

The second college is College of Engineering and InformationTechnology (CEIT), offering Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (withspecialization in Communication Engineering) and Bachelor of Science inComputing and Information Systems (Concentration in Information SystemsSecurity) (BSc CIS ISS is internationally accredited by ABET (AccreditationBoard for Engineering & Technology) – CAC (Computing Accreditation Commission).

In additional to these academic programs, the College of Law offerstwo unique concentrations for the Master of Laws programs: one in Arbitrationand Dispute Resolution and one in Financial Crimes and Money Laundering. 

One of the additional strengths of UD is to provide continuingeducation opportunities for lifelong learning. These are delivered by our Center for Executive Development throughprofessional development certificate programs.