Vision
Leadership in humanities
Mission
To produce knowledge that creates intellectual leaders and distinguished citizens with specialized competencies who firmly believe in tolerance and coexistence. This is done by investing in modern technologies, focusing on purposeful student activities, and effectively utilizing specialized expertise.
Values
Zayed’s legacy
Preserving Sheikh Zayed’s legacy and being inspired by his morals and life lessons.
Tolerance & Coexistence
Making the values of tolerance a practical standard for academic content and students, respecting diversity and difference, spreading peace, and rooting intellectual moderation in educational curricula
Human Fraternity
Consolidating human fraternity and the principles of coexistence between peoples and cultures, and sensing their cultural depth and importance.
Civilizations Communication
Creating transparent cultural communication, familiarity, and openness to other religions and cultures. This is done through an exchange of visits between international universities and different places of worship in the Islamic and Western worlds.
Excellence & Innovation
Creating a scholarly society, taking the lead in knowledge innovation, and creating a generation that loves and reveres science while being distinguished by the educational environment’s ethics, integrity, responsibility, and teamwork.
Strategic Priorities
Achieving Academic Excellence
Building Contemporary Intellectual Leadership
Enhancing Arabic Language Prestige
Strengthening Financial Sustainability
Building International and Local Relationships
Achieving Institutional Excellence
1. Continuous development of existing academic programs and introduction of new programs compatible with labor market requirements
2. Attracting, developing, and retaining competencies of teaching staff
3. Attracting distinguished local and international students
4. Enhancing the scientific research system
5. Achieving international academic accreditation and continuous development of the academic affairs governance system
6. Providing programs for students, the community, and graduates
7. Providing religious studies with a focus on diversity issues (diversity in race, class, gender, religious traditions, and cultures)
8. Creating multi-religious immersion experiences locally and globally to support the concept of soft power in cooperation with universities and ministries of foreign affairs
9. Creating and developing scientific content for Islamic studies and humanities curricula and providing professional development for their teachers in schools and higher education institutions
10. Developing curricula and training employees in university specializations at local and federal government agencies
11. Developing a governance system for financial sustainability, investment, and endowment at the university
12. Creating various programs for financial investments and continuing education
13. Geographical and cognitive expansion and growth
14. Developing a governance system for local and international partnerships and establishing a regulatory framework for them
15. Expanding local and international partnerships and agreements to serve the university’s strategic goals
16. Continuous development of the university environment and fostering innovation
17. Attracting and localizing competencies and running continuous professional development programs
18. Participating in local and international institutional excellence awards and events
19. Implementing the distance learning system