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The University grew out of collaborations between British and Dubai academic, government and commercial organisations to be the region’s leading research-based university, facilitating world-class education, training and research providing an important and growing community and resource for young professionals, leading academics, corporate managers and aspiring leaders of all description.

The university has attracted academic experts to develop regionally tailored programmes, in which they challenge the boundaries of knowledge, understanding and research. BUiD’s library hosts more than 1800 dissertations and theses, while students and faculty research exceed 1200 Scopus indexed research.

As stepping into its third decade, BUiD will remain true to its mission to become the premier institution in the UAE in research –based higher education while promoting and developing a high standard of education and open new horizons offering new programmes that contributes to the UAE’s knowledge-based economy. BUiD recently has been placed in the top group for the university employability and relevance and in group 2 for top higher education institutions in the latest UAE Ministry of Education classification.

BUiD Vice chancellor, Prof Abdullah Alshamsi, commented,” I’m very proud of BUiD and the progress it has achieved over the years. We are happy that we were able to provide unique postgraduates programmes highlighting the importance of research and offering up to date undergraduate programmes. We are looking forward for our next milestone with expansion of our programmes and research facilities to play a leading role in elevating the quality of higher education offerings in the UAE.”

BUiD celebrated the anniversary with a special event held for its alumni. The event brought together alumni, faculty, university council members, advisory board members and distinguished guests for an evening of celebration, reconnection and reflection on the achievements of the esteemed graduates and the university.