Collaborative Agreement Signed to Promote Academic Exchange

The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences and the Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University signed a collaboration agreement to promote academic exchange, establish clinical electives, summer opportunities, internship and special projects for medical, health sciences and public health students for a period of three years.

 

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United Arab Emirates University (UAEU)

  •  21st Century research-based university, providing research solutions to support the UAE and, through its global partners, the wider world
  • Founded in 1976 by HH Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan; the UAE's first national university
  •  Chancellor: His Highness Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research
  •  Ranked # 338 in the 2011/2012 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings
  •  Nine faculties:
    •  Business & Economics
    •  Education
    •  Engineering
    •  Food & Agriculture
    •  Humanities & Social Sciences
    •  Information Technology
    •  Law
    •  Medicine & Health Science
    •  Science
  •  12,279 students enrolled in 2010/11
  •  First PhD program in UAE national institution commenced in 2009
  •  Strong focus on providing specific research solutions and benefits to society − the new model of a 21st Century university, furthering research as part of the global network of discovery and innovation
  •  http://www.uaeu.ac.ae