University of Wollongong - UAE: Courses, Admission, Cost

The University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) was established as the Institute of Australian Studies (IAS) by the University of Wollongong (UOW) in Australia in 1993. The establishment of IAS made UOW Australia's first tertiary institution to be represented in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the first international university to set up a campus in the UAE. Initially, IAS only offered a few English language programs. In 1995, it became a 'feeder college' where students finished some part of a degree in IT or business and then left for Australia to complete the program. In October 2000, the institute was officially opened as UOW, Dubai Campus. It was established as UOWD in 2004.

Situated in Knowledge Park in Dubai, UAE, the UOWD campus has an impressive infrastructure and provides a plethora of educational and recreational facilities to its students. The campus includes numerous faculty buildings, an administrative building, a huge library, a student lounge, spacious classrooms, advanced laboratories, a multipurpose room and a vast food court with a number of restaurants and cafeterias. It also offers excellent residential services to the students. The recreational facilities offered by the campus include an activities room with a foosball table, a table tennis table, pool table, carrom board, air hockey and a Play Station area. It also houses an E-games Room dedicated to PC gaming and online tournaments.

UOWD offers over 45 undergraduate, postgraduate, language, foundation, short and research programs in a variety of fields such as management, business, engineering, sciences, languages, humanities, finance, accounting, health and social sciences. The university houses over 3,500 students from 108 countries across the globe and more than 380 staff members from 49 countries. The multicultural environment helps in developing a global perspective in students. The institution has strong collaborations with the University of Surrey in the UK and UOW in Australia. These links facilitate excellent study abroad and student exchange programs. The university helps students in honing their skills and boosting their employability to jumpstart their professional careers.

UOWD has over 10,000 alumni worldwide including many notable people. Robert Rabie works as the vice-president of infrastructure for Graham Construction & Engineering, a top Canadian construction company. Richard Gouverneur is the Managing Director (MD) of Jaguar Land Rover for Sub-Saharan Africa and South Africa. Montaha Hidefi is a member of the Color Marketing Group's board of directors. Ibrahim Al Najjar is the IT Director of DP World. Aashish Sharma founded the Singapore Beverage Nepal, a Nepalese beverage company. Farhana Zaman serves as the Senior External Reporting Advisor for DXC Technology, a leading IT services company. Sunil Ramakrishnan is the founder of the Nature2Nature (N2N) Ecosystem. Several other distinguished names are associated with UOWD.