His Excellency Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Chancellor of the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), recently commended the Geography and Urban Planning Department of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences for receiving the GIS Implementation Award (MENA level) from  GISWORX 2014, specialists in GIS.

His Excellency emphasized the support of the nation’s wise leadership for UAEU, in particular from His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of UAE, and his brothers His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the UAE, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai; their Highnesses the Rulers of the Emirates and His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, who have spared no effort in providing a suitable educational environment in order to improve education for each citizen and resident of the UAE.

This award was discussed during a meeting between His Excellency Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan and Professor Mohamed Al Baili, Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (Provost); Professor Saif Al Qaydi, Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and Dr. Khaula Al Kaabi, Chair of the Department of Geography and Urban Planning, held in the well-appointed library at UAEU.

Professor Al Baili thanked His Excellency Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan for his interest in everything related to educational processes and procedures at UAEU and for his instructions and directions to the university administration to provide all that is needed for students to achieve their goals: goals that are consistent with the strategic plans of the university. Professor Al Baili also stressed that the Department of Geography and Urban Planning receiving a major international award is a great achievement that can be added to a series of previous achievement by UAEU. This also constitutes another catalyst for improving the excellent reputation of the UAE and UAEU at both national and international levels.