Wasl, the asset management group, owned by Dubai Real Estate Corporation, has announced it has instituted 10 scholarships for UAE nationals to pursue graduate studies in various faculties at the American University in Dubai.

Al Ain: Thousands of Emirati students from secondary schools have succeeded in gaining admission into the UAE's higher education institutions for the new academic year 2009/2010, starting from September.

Kuwait Finance House-Bahrain (KFH), in association with InJaz, organised the 4th Annual Bahrain Sophia Antipolis Mentorship Programme, as part of its commitment to enhancing opportunities for Bahraini students.

The Al Bustan Rotana Dubai, a Dubai-based five-star hotel, recently conducted internship programmes for students from hotel schools, imparting experience in dealing with guests as well as learn about the five star property’s operations. The hotel’s employee development department assisted students from the Emirates Academy, Raffles Campus, Dubai Men’s College, French School Dubai, and the German School in Dubai.

UK-based Royal National College for the Blind (RNC), a specialist provider of further education and training, is set to focus on attracting students from the Mena region who are visually impaired or who have special educational needs.

Some 180 meritorious emirati students will be receiving ‘Elite Scholarship for Advanced Technology’ from 2010 to 2012 through Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC), a top official of the council had announced.

SAE Institute Dubai, a leading creative media educator, has announced the global launch of a new digital journalism programme in conjunction with its industry sponsor JVC Professional.

The Abu Dhabi University (ADU), together with the Abu Dhabi University Knowledge Group (ADUKG) and the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin), has launched the region’s first centre of excellence for logistics and supply chain management.

H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mubarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, President of Zayed University, and Professor Christopher F. Higgins Vice-Chancellor and Warden University of Durham, signed yesterday a memorandum of understanding (MoU)...

The UAE has a long way to go to meet its own very ambitious targets, and it will need all the human talent that it has. It needs to ensure that its small population is the key to its development.

The names of next year's Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Scholars, 20 "exceptional" students from higher education institutions in the UAE, have been announced by NYU Abu Dhabi.

University of Cambridge Esol Examinations and New Zealand’s online English language testing provider Vital English have launched online preparation courses for the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).

A 20-member student delegation from Drew University in the US visited Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) to study one of the fastest growing economies in the world and examine the different strategies used to promote its economic development.

With a rapidly developing nation and Abu Dhabi's 2030 economic vision on the horizon, the UAE is in need of a new kind of UAE National — those who can lead.

Emirates Aluminium (Emal) will offer full tuition scholarships to Emirati nationals majoring in three engineering programmes at accredited colleges and universities in the UAE, beginning next fall.

Edutech, a leading education and learning solutions firm, has launched a web-based learning solution at Abu Dhabi University (ADU) that allows students and faculty to participate in classes delivered online.

he Paris-Sorbonne Abu Dhabi is launching a series of new courses that are exclusive to the university and will focus on areas specific to the UAE’s development, its president said yesterday.

The Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) will be a leader in the fields of education, technology and sustainable development with the signing of an agreement to create a state-of-the-art HCT Innovation City in Abu Dhabi.

Zayed University is partnering with the University of Arizona to offer its first postgraduate public health programme, reflecting the growing importance of health education and research.

The first class of students from the Glenelg School Abu Dhabi graduated at a bustling ceremony at the Emirates Palace hotel. All 24 graduates of the rigorous private school, which is owned and operated by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) will go on to university, many to pursue degrees in engineering, helping to cut a deficit of students in the field.