The aim is to provide a well-rounded and forward-looking academic experience for new students.

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

Abu Dhabi University (ADU) has expanded the academic offerings at its new Tahnoun Bin Mohammed campus in Al Ain to include nine new degrees as part of Al Ain Campus’s 40 undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Following approval from the Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA) at the Ministry of Education, students enrolling for the Fall 2020/2021 semester will be able to pursue four new undergraduate degrees and three postgraduate degrees and two concentrations within existing bachelor’s programmes.

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The new programmes include BSc in Cybersecurity Engineering, BSc in Software Engineering, BSc in Industrial Engineering, BSc in Interior Design, MSc in Information Technology, Master of Engineering Management, and Master of Project Management.

The academic offerings at its new Tahnoun Bin Mohammed campus in Al Ain.

Additionally, the college is offering two new concentrations in Robotics and Automation within the Electrical Engineering and Industrial Mechatronics within the Mechanical Engineering which are both ABET accredited and have already been offered in Al Ain campus along with programmes in architecture, chemical engineering and civil engineering.

Commenting on the expansion of programmes, Dr. Hamdi Sheibani, Dean of the College of Engineering and Director of the Office of Academic Integrity, said, "It is crucial for us to be able to provide a well-rounded and forward-looking academic experience for our incoming students. This is why we are constantly working to expand our programme offerings across all campuses, ensuring our students have access to key programmes that are vital for their future development and the economic development of the city of Al Ain. Offering young minds the opportunity to specialise in disciplines such as cybersecurity, software engineering, Robotics, and Industrial Engineering is crucial in today’s highly digitised and rapidly-evolving job market.”

As part of its efforts to support the UAE's vision to reinforce the engineering sector in line with the most advanced practices and modern technologies and in response to the needs of the labour market in this vital sector, ADU’s College of Engineering launched a number of new accredited engineering programmes, including BSc in Biomedical Engineering, Cybersecurity Engineering and Software Engineering. In addition to two new concentrations; Industrial Mechatronics Engineering within the BSc programme of Mechanical Engineering accredited by Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), and a new major in Robotics and Automation within the BSc programme in Electrical Engineering.