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Research Areas
Center
Global and public health issues for the country and region;
medicine.
Zayed Center for Health Sciences
Transportation systems, traffic impact for development, and
traffic safety.
Roadway, Transportation & Traffic Safety Research
Center
Water resources and technologies; engineering, science,
medicine, food and agriculture.
National Water Center
Leadership, public policy design, policy implementation and
evaluation, governance, humanities, social sciences, law.
Center for Public Policy and Leadership
Biotechnology and genetic engineering as applied to
plant varieties suitable for the region, science, food and
agriculture.
Khalifa Center for Genetic Engineering and
Biotechnology
Oil and gas; alternative and renewable energy; energy
efficiency; and energy policies and studies.
Emirates Center for Energy and Environment Research
RESEARCH
UAEU is striving to be an internationally recognized, research-intensive university and a leader in the advancement
of knowledge in the UAE and the broader region. Research at UAEU is a growing enterprise, which has gradually
expanded over the years across most Colleges, and is now engaging the majority of the faculty, and hundreds of
graduate students and many undergraduates.
The university has established several Research Centers to coordinate and lead interdisciplinary research in areas that
area of strategic importance to the UAE. The following is a listing of the current Centers, with the primary areas of their
research activities.