A university in the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi University has campuses in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, and Dubai. After three years of preparation, Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and other United Arab Emirates residents finally implemented their plans in 2003. According to the university, the university’s founders “envisioned an institution that would be among the greatest in the UAE and worldwide.” It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees based on the American higher education paradigm and is the largest private university in the United Arab Emirates. Ali Saeed Bin Harmal Al Dhaheri is the organization’s founder and current chairman.
Abu Dhabi University Entry Requirements
Undergraduate Requirements
HSC/ Intermediate pass with minimum grades of 65%+
A Levels: The minimum required for admission is a total of seven (7) courses at either the O Level or AS/A2 Level, in at least four (4) of the following fields:
Mathematics, Languages, Sciences, Social Studies and Humanities, Art and Design; and
a minimum required grade of C for the O Level, D for the AS Level, and E for the A2 Level
Postgraduate Requirements
Completion of Bachelor’s Degree with good grades
Certificates from outside the UAE
Ministry of Education in the home country
Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the home country
UAE Embassy or Consulate in the home country
Ministry of Education in UAE
Ministry of Foreign Affairs in UAE
Home country Embassy or Consulate in UAE
English Language requirements
IELTS: score of 5.0 Bands
a score of 6.0 Bands for postgraduate
TOEFL: TOEFL ITP (score of 500) or TOEFL IBT (score of 61)
TOEFL ITP (score of 550) or TOEFL IBT (score of 79)
Application Fee: 300 AED
Postgraduate Application fee: 400 AED
Middlesex University Tuition fee
Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication: 12000$
Bachelor of Science in Architecture: 15,820$
B Business Administration: 13,500$
Accounting, Digital Marketing, Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Finance, Management, & HRM
Engineering Degree: 16,800$
Civil Engineering: 18,900$
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health & Safety: 12,800$
Bachelor of Science in Public Health: 12,000$
Science Degree: 16,800$ – 18,900$
Bachelor of Science in Architecture: 15,820$
Bachelor of Science in Aviation: 15,760$
Abu Dhabi University Postgraduate programs
Master of Arts in Strategic Leadership: 60,141 AED ( 16,376$ )
Master of Science in Sustainable Architecture: 42,525 AED ( 11,579$ )
Engineering Degree: 44,525 AED – 46,777 AED ( 11,579$ – 12,737$ )
Civil Engineering: 44,525 AED ( 11,579$ )
Master of Science in Electrical & Computer Engineering:Â 46,777 AED ( 12,737$ )
Information Technology: 44,525 AED ( 11,579$ )
Sustainable Architecture: 44,525 AED ( 11,579$ )
Engineering Management: 44,100 AED ( 12,008$ )
project management: 44,100 AED ( 12,008$ )
Abu Dhabi University Scholarship
H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Scholarship
Value: The H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Scholarship is a fully funded scholarship that offers a 100% waiver on tuition, application fee, registration fee, student services fee, and health service fee.
Eligibility Requirements
This scholarship is available to the top 20 public secondary school graduates across the UAE who are newly admitted and join ADU in the fall semester of the year that they graduate from high school only.
Receipt of the scholarship is contingent upon the selection and formal approval from the Office of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed AI Nahyan
The scholarship is applicable to the period of time the student is enrolled at ADU on a full-time basis (registered with a minimum of 12 credit hours)
Meeting the English language proficiency requirements defined by the UAE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
EmSAT (or equivalent international exams) requirements: Applicants will be required to have a minimum EmSAT Math score of 1,200, an English score of 1,600, and an Arabic score of 900 for all colleges.Â
Ongoing Scholarship Maintenance
A minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.70
A minimum of 12 passed credit hours per semester, except for the Winter and Summer terms
The scholarship will not cover repeated courses including courses graded as F, WA, and W
Merit-Based Graduate Scholarship
Value: Applicants with an undergraduate Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of at least 3.5 (or equivalent) who pursue their postgraduate studies at Abu Dhabi University are entitled to a 25% waiver on tuition fees.
Eligibility Requirements
To maintain the waiver, a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.5 in the Master level program is required
Rules And Regulations
In the case where a student qualifies for more than one postgraduate waiver program, the student must choose one waiver program and will not be permitted to change to another waiver program during his/her entire study
In any semester where the minimum required Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) is not met the student will lose the waiver for the following semester. Furthermore, if the student’s Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) reaches the minimum required level again, the waiver will be automatically reinstated
Any student who is found guilty of a student code of conduct violation or an academic integrity offense will forfeit the waiver for the remaining study in ADU
The merit-based tuition waiver will cover winter and summer terms
The merit-based tuition waiver will not cover any repeated courses including grades F, WA, and W
Chairman’s Scholarship
Value: 100% waiver on tuition, application fee, registration fee, student services fee, and health service fee.
Eligibility Requirements
This scholarship is available to students who obtain an average of 97% or above in each of their last three years of secondary school (grades 10,11 and 12), however, who gets graduation from secondary school, and who join ADU in the same year as their secondary school graduation
Receipt of the scholarship is contingent upon the selection and formal approval from the Office of the Chairman
The scholarship is applicable to the period of time the student applies at ADU on a full-time basis (registered for a minimum of 12 credit hours)
Meeting the English language proficiency requirements defined by the UAE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
Ongoing Scholarship Maintenance
A minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.70
A minimum of 12 passed credit hours per semester, except for the Winter and Summer terms
The scholarship will not cover repeated courses including courses graded as F, WA, and W
Abu Dhabi University Scholarship
Value of Abu Dhabi University Scholarship: From 10% up to 50% waiver on tuition fees for UAE residents and GCC candidates (GCC candidates must provide officially attested documents).
Eligibility Requirements
University scholarship is applicable to UAE residents and GCC national candidates who meet the specified criteria
Students who have newly graduated from secondary school, and join ADU within two years of their secondary school graduation, may receive a scholarship with a value from 10% up to 50% waiver on tuition fee per campus based on their high school average
Meeting the English language proficiency requirements defined by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
The scholarship will be applicable to the period of time the student applies at ADU with full-time status (Submit for a minimum of 12 credit hours). The only exception to the 12 credit hours may be given in the first applicable semester and the following term for students who have not yet met the English language proficiency requirements.
Ongoing Scholarship Maintenance
A minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.60
A minimum of 12 passed credit hours per semester, except for Winter and Summer terms
The scholarship will not cover repeated courses including courses graded as F, WA, and W
Academic Scholarship
Value: 20% waiver on tuition fees for continuing Abu Dhabi University students.
Eligibility Requirements
This scholarship is available to continue students who obtain a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.60 for two consecutive semesters
The academic scholarship will be applicable to the period of time the student applies at ADU with full-time status (registered with a minimum of 12 credit hours)
Ongoing Scholarship Maintenance
A minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.60
A minimum of 12 passed credit hours per semester, except for Winter and Summer terms
The scholarship will not cover any replicate courses including courses graded, such as F, W, and W
