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United Arab Emirates University

Al Ain · UAE
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Country
UAE
City
Al Ain
Category
The UAE's oldest public university
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United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) is a public research university in Al Ain, founded in 1976 by the country's first President, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. It is the oldest university in the United Arab Emirates and offers courses in various subjects up to graduate school.

Established through Federal Law No. (4), UAEU is part of the UAE's public higher education system. As a research university, it supports both teaching and research, with programmes running from undergraduate study through graduate-level work.

For an international applicant, UAEU is a public institution in Al Ain with the distinction of being the country's first university. It offers a path from early university courses to graduate study, and its history as the oldest university in the UAE gives it a distinctive national standing.

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