Partnership between Cambridge and the United Arab Emirates University

HRH Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh, in his role as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, and HH Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, the UAE Minister for Higher Education & Scientific Research, today signed a significant Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. It is intended that it will lay the foundations for a ten-year strategic academic collaboration that will develop and strengthen research and teaching in the Gulf region. In a new initiative, to be supported by the Abu Dhabi government, the University of Cambridge and the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) today announced plans to work together towards a partnership to deliver teaching and research that will be responsive to the strategic needs of Abu Dhabi. Cambridge University, through Cambridge Judge Business School, and UAEU intend to agree a set of areas for a programme of collaborative research in areas of mutual interest that will meet the strategic priorities of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, while enhancing the Emirate's profile and reputation as an emerging centre for academic and business excellence and its relevance to the region and wider world UAE University is the Nation's first, largest and most eminent university, and is now undergoing a rapid transformation to become truly research-intensive. Its College of Business & Economics is AACSB Accredited and is already very highly regarded within the region for the strength of its undergraduate and graduate programmes.