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ADU inaugurates new campus at a cost of Dhs600m

  • United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, November 18 - 2008 at 15:10
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H.H Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education in the UAE, Vice-president of the Board of Trustees at ADU, has inaugurated the new university campus which cost Dhs600m in Khalifa city - Abu Dhabi.

His Highness, on behalf of H.H. Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has also witnessed the university's celebration of the "First Tribunal Day" in which the university had rewarded companies, agencies, businessmen, and individuals who backed-up the successful story of the university in the previous period.

His Highness had also inaugurated the university website which enables the university to connect with the world.

H.E. Ali Saeed Bin Harmal Al Dhaheri, the ADU Chairman of the Executive Board, has noted that the inauguration of the new campus opens wide horizons in the coming period for the university, adding that His Highness's attendance shall also double the responsibilities of the university and its role as a leading national academic institution for education.

Building the new campus had cost over 600 million dirhams, and it was taken into consideration then that the new campus should be a perfect academic entity, where the campus consists of 4 floors that includes 100 classrooms, and 26 specialized science labs, as well as a library.

Bin Harmal added that the new campus stretches for 360 thousand square meters, where 50 thousand square meters have been constructed, while the greenery stretches for 20 thousand square meters.

The campus is also connected in modern ways to Abu Dhabi- Al Ain road on the 29th conjunction, and that offers the students a wide network of transportations to the students from inside and outside Abu Dhabi.
Inauguration ceremony of ADU's new campus. 
Inauguration ceremony of ADU's new campus.
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About Abu Dhabi University:
Abu Dhabi University was chartered as a private institution of higher learning in the year 2000 under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and President of Abu Dhabi University Board of Trustees. The University is licensed by the Ministry of Education and Scientific Research with all its degree programs accredited. The University of Abu Dhabi currently serves 3000 students at its two campuses in Abu Dhabi & Al Ain. ADU moved into its new AED500m campus in Khalifa City in October 2006. All programs are open to eligible students from all nationalities. The University uses the American model of higher education for its Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Engineering and Computer Science and English Language Institute.

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