This puts Dubai's master developer on track to meet with staff and students at 100 educational institutions over the course of the year.
This news follows a visit from 30 students from the Engineering College of Aarhus, Denmark on 30th March 2009.
The students received a presentation from senior management at Nakheel's Waterfront and Palm Jebel Ali projects, including Marwan Al Qamzi, Executive Managing Director, Nakheel Southern Projects.
Topics ranging from engineering to urban planning and land reclamation to architecture were presented.
Marwan Al Qamzi, Executive Managing Director, Nakheel Southern Projects comments, "We are delighted to host students from all over the world to witness Nakheel's iconic projects. It's a great way to share our expertise with tomorrow's developers and enhance our relationships with other international organizations."
"So many people want to witness the amazing development in Dubai and Nakheel's iconic projects are part of what makes this emirate so unique. We have hosted 27 universities from USA, Asia and Europe, as well as local universities, in this year alone, with more than 2000 students coming through our doors since March 2008," Al Qamzi added.
Some of the world's best universities, including UCLA, Harvard, London South Bank and New York University, have received VIP presentations and site visits from some of Nakheel's senior management in the last three months.
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Nakheel, Dubai's master developer and leader in sustainable development, has attracted the attention of local and international universities - in the first three months of 2009 alone, Nakheel hosted 27 university delegations from across the globe.
Centre to right: Marwan Al Qamzi, Executive Managing Director, Nakheel Southern Projects and Lars Christensen, Associate Professor B.Sc Arch.Eng., Engineering College of Aarhus, Denmark.
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Nakheel is one of the world's largest privately held real estate developers, and a key player in realising the vision of Dubai for the 21st century: creating a world class destination for living, business and tourism.
Nakheel is developing an iconic portfolio of innovative landmark projects in Dubai, and now in key markets around the globe, across a range of sectors - residential, commercial, hotels, retail, and leisure. Nakheel's projects are conservatively estimated to be worth US$80 billion. Upon completion Nakheel's waterfront projects will have added more than 1,000km of shoreline to Dubai's coastline.
Nakheel's Dubai portfolio currently includes Palm Jumeirah, Palm Jebel Ali, Palm Deira, The World, Waterfront, Jumeirah Islands, Jumeirah Village, Jumeirah Park, Jumeirah Heights, The Gardens, Discovery Gardens, Ibn Battuta Mall, Al Furjan, International City, and Dragon Mart.
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Nakheel is one of the world's largest privately held real estate developers, and a key player in realising the vision of Dubai for the 21st century: creating a world class destination for living, business and tourism.
Nakheel is developing an iconic portfolio of innovative landmark projects in Dubai, and now in key markets around the globe, across a range of sectors - residential, commercial, hotels, retail, and leisure. Nakheel's projects are conservatively estimated to be worth US$80 billion. Upon completion Nakheel's waterfront projects will have added more than 1,000km of shoreline to Dubai's coastline.
Nakheel's Dubai portfolio currently includes Palm Jumeirah, Palm Jebel Ali, Palm Deira, The World, Waterfront, Jumeirah Islands, Jumeirah Village, Jumeirah Park, Jumeirah Heights, The Gardens, Discovery Gardens, Ibn Battuta Mall, Al Furjan, International City, and Dragon Mart.
Nakheel is a key entity within Dubai World. Dubai World is one of the world's largest holding companies and supervises a portfolio of businesses and projects for the Dubai government across five continents and more than 100 countries.
For more information, please contact:
Becki Willis
Account executive
Four Communications Group
Office 707, Tower A
Business Central Towers
Dubai Media City
PO Box 502099
Dubai , UAE
T: +971 4 369 3545
F: +971 4 362 5358
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