University of Dubai to move to Dubai Academic City
University of Dubai announces working on its new premises
Dubai: The University of Dubai, announced yesterday that it has started working on its new premises, which will be located in Dubai Academic City.
The first phase of the new campus will be built on an area of 22,270 sq m with a capacity to serve up to 1,500 students.
The new premises will be equipped with a range of facilities including computer and language labs, rooms for debates, seminars and case studies, a library and breakout and study areas and conference room.
Construction work will be completed in several stages with the first phase covering the University Centre, College of Business and College of IT, which will be completed and ready to operate for the start of the 2015 academic year.
The new campus has been designed according to green building standards and will be the only university in the region to be LEED certified once completed.
The ground-breaking ceremony took place in the presence of Abdul Rahman Saif Al Ghurair, Chairman of Dubai Chamber; Majid Hamad Al Shamsi, Chairman, Board of Trustees of University of Dubai and Dr Eisa Bastaki, President, University of Dubai, as well as members of the university’s teaching and administrative staff.
“With the ground-breaking of the new campus, Dubai Chamber has come a long way since we launched the University of Dubai in 1997 as a major initiative in the education sector. The new premises are an investment for the future, particularly the future of our sons and daughters, and the future of the business environment in Dubai,” said Al Ghurair.
Bastaki said the new campus will raise the capacity of the students and the development of modern educational capabilities by adopting the latest teaching aids.
