100 universities from 20 countries at the “Najah Abu Dhabi” 2024 exhibition

100 universities from more than 20 countries are participating in the “Najah Abu Dhabi 2024” exhibition, which was opened yesterday by Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, and is supported by the Ministry of Education. The universities participating in the exhibition are competing to attract students and encourage them to register in their programs. The Academy, by offering new study programs needed by the labor market, partial scholarships, and discounts on tuition fees, as well as other competitive advantages, such as exemption from registration fees, providing training and job opportunities after completing studies, and so on.

The current session of the exhibition witnessed the participation of Emirati government and private universities, including the UAE University, Zayed University, the Higher Colleges of Technology, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi University, Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, the University of Sharjah, and other universities, where academic guidance officials at each university introduced the students to its academic programs. The new specializations that were recently introduced for undergraduate and graduate studies, the scholarships and discounts it offers to students, the registration and admission mechanism, in addition to its initiatives to train students and support their readiness for employment.

Academic advisors at the exhibition, Imad Al-Ahbabi, Ayman Bahi El-Din, Mona Azar, and Wafaa Saadallah, pointed out the interest of students in learning about the new academic programs in Emirati and foreign universities and conducting initial registration in them, pointing out that the modern specializations that attracted students included artificial intelligence and robotics engineering. Information security, space sciences, nuclear physics, earth sciences, communications, clean energy and water, tourism and hotels, languages, and specific engineering and medical specializations, including genetics, genetic engineering, and water engineering.

They stressed that the outlook and thinking of students and their families in choosing university majors differed over the past few years, and that the faculties of medicine and engineering with their traditional specializations were not the highest aspirations of students, due to the digital revolution and global labor market trends, in addition to increasing academic guidance programs in schools, and universities organizing exhibitions and field visits to learn about them. Students learn about their specializations and the needs of the future labor market.

During the exhibition, the National Academy for Child Development showcased its innovative solutions to qualify future caregivers through an integrated educational and training path concerned with childhood development, enhancing the Arabic language, and consolidating the Emirati national heritage and identity.

The academy has offered a group of short educational courses covering key topics, such as child protection, health and nutrition, early care and education. These courses are designed to meet the needs of full-time caregivers, in addition to special courses for parents, which allows expanding the circle of beneficiaries interested in the field of child care.

For his part, Director of the Office of the Japan International Cooperation Center in Abu Dhabi, Tokoya Kanamori, said: “Seven universities are participating in the Japanese Pavilion in the exhibition with the aim of encouraging Emirati students to develop their academic skills in Japan, and informing them of the distinguished academic programs provided by the seven universities participating in the Japanese Education Pavilion. And the programs it offers in the English language, especially in the fields that are of interest to students from the United Arab Emirates, such as aviation, space engineering, renewable energy, environment, science, biotechnology, robotics, international relations, business and management,” pointing out the keenness of the leading Japanese universities to welcome the brightest students in the United Arab Emirates. United States, where 58 Emirati students are currently studying in Japan.