Dubai International Academic City Hosts High-Profile Delegation from University of Maryland
05 July, 2010 – Dubai International Academic City (DIAC), the region’s leading destination for higher education and a member of TECOM Investments Education Cluster, today announced it hosted a delegation of Executive Deans from the University of Maryland, US.
The visiting delegation’s tour of the UAE came as part of an endeavour to explore and evaluate current and potential interest and opportunities for higher education institutions in the country and the region.
Dr Ayoub Kazim, Managing Director, TECOM Investments Education Cluster, received the delegation that was led by G. Anandalingam, Dean of the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.
Other members of the delegation included Hugh Courtney, Associate Dean of Executive Programs and Professor of the Practice of Strategy at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business; Amir Farmanesh, Governance Economist with the World Bank Governance Group - Policy Fellow with the US National Academy of Sciences; Tom Kennedy, Director of the Office of Executive Programs at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, and William L. Powers, Executive Dean of the University of Maryland School of Public Policy.
Dubai International Academic City hosts over 30 institutions from 13 different countries including the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, India, France, Singapore, Russia, Pakistan, Iran, Lebanon and the UAE. Approximately 15,000 students are currently enrolled into the various programmes offered at the campuses within DIAC.
About Dubai International Academic City:
Dubai International Academic City (DIAC), a member of TECOM Investments, located in the Dubai Academic City is the world’s only Free Zone dedicated to higher education. A regional base for premier international higher education institutions, DIAC is the world’s first dedicated tertiary cluster development. Spread across an area of approximately 20 million square foot, the DIAC campus provides an environment of vitality and inspiration for students and faculty. DIAC partners also enjoy special privileges like 100% foreign ownership, 100% freedom from taxes, 100% repatriation of profits and effortless visa issuance procedures for students, faculty and staff. There are currently international universities of higher learning in Dubai Knowledge Village and Dubai International Academic City from diverse regions including the U.S, Australia, India, Pakistan, Iran, France, Russia, Belgium, U.K and Canada operating out of DIAC, catering to over 15,000 students. These institutions offer programmes that range in duration from one year to four years. Major academic programmes on offer include; engineering, computer science, finance, media, education, fashion and design, biotechnology, environmental studies, quality management and business management programmes.
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