The Abu Dhabi University–Al Ain (ADU Al Ain) () is a branch campus of

Abu Dhabi University Abu Dhabi University is a private university in the United Arab Emirates with campuses in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Dubai. It was established in 2003, after three years of planning by Hamdan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan ...

in Asharej,

Al Ain Al Ain ( ar, ٱلْعَيْن, , ) is a city in the western side of Tawam (region), Tuwwam region and the seat of the administrative division of its namesake, Al-Ain Region, Abu Dhabi, Al Ain in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. ...

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

. Established in 2003 simultaneously with the university's main campus in

Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the capital and second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the centre of the Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area. ...

, it largely serves the members of UAE's

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and is one of the three satellite campuses of the university in the country.

Overview

Abu Dhabi University's Al Ain branch was inaugurated in September 2003 simultaneously with the establishment of its main campus in

. It enrolled around 400 pupils as inaugural students and was the only satellite campus of the university in the country until 2011 when the institute began planning to expand into the al-Dhafra region. In July 2018, ''WAM'' reported that

would be moving to a new campus from Falaj Hazzaa neighborhood to an $81 million campus in the Asharej neighborhood of

, that would be operational by September 2019. It's groundbreaking ceremony was conducted a month later in August 2018 and the campus was inaugurated in August 2020 instead of September 2019 whereas the old campus in Falaj Hazzaa was permanently closed down.

References

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