Zayed University to open new branches, admit foreign students

Abu Dhabi, July 2, 2008 (WAM) - The Abu Dhabi-based Zayed University is planning to open new branches in various parts of the country. The
University is also contemplating admitting non-UAE national students in its various faculties. This was disclosed by Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan.

In his answer to a question by WAM reporter, Sheikh Nahyan said the
University is currently conducting a technical study to see how far it can
absorb students from inside and outside the UAE and how to open new branches
in various parts of the country to boost its intake capacity, in view of the
increasing number of secondary school graduates who are deeply interested in
pursuing their courses at the university.

Zayed University, with its Abu Dhabi and Dubai branches, was established in
1998 by the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. As at the end of the
2007/2008 academic year, it has more than 3,300 students, in addition to 180
students from the UAE armed forces at the university's special branch (Men's
college) in Suwaihan, which was opened last February. So far, five batches,
consisting of more than 1,700 students, have graduated from the university.