The International University of Rabat or UIR (, UIR; ) is a semi-public university founded in 2010 in

Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...

. It delivers double-degrees, in collaboration with foreign universities, in law, engineering,

aeronautics Aeronautics is the science or art involved with the study, design process, design, and manufacturing of air flight-capable machines, and the techniques of operating aircraft and rockets within the atmosphere. While the term originally referred ...

energy engineering Energy engineering is a multidisciplinary field of engineering that focuses on optimizing energy systems, developing renewable energy technologies, and improving energy efficiency to meet the world's growing demand for energy in a sustainable man ...

, architecture, business management and political sciences.

History

The university was founded in 2009 by the computer scientist Noureddine Mouaddib with the support of the Moroccan state and the Caisse de dépôt et de gestion (CDG) (French for ''Deposit and Management Fund''). It started its activities in September 2010, following the foundation stone-laying ceremony by king Mohammed VI. The university, the first of its kind in Morocco, was created under the supervision of the Ministry of National Education, Higher Education, Vocational Training and Scientific Research. The UIR is committed to support major development projects in the country (energy action plan, industrial growth, aerospace, automotive,

logistics Logistics is the part of supply chain management that deals with the efficient forward and reverse flow of goods, services, and related information from the point of origin to the Consumption (economics), point of consumption according to the ...

, digital Morocco,

sustainable development Sustainable development is an approach to growth and Human development (economics), human development that aims to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.United Nations General ...

, NHDI, green Morocco...) through training, research, innovation and

technology transfer Technology transfer (TT), also called transfer of technology (TOT), is the process of transferring (disseminating) technology from the person or organization that owns or holds it to another person or organization, in an attempt to transform invent ...

Presentation

The institution offers nine training and research hubs : *School of Automotive Engineering. * Institut des Classes Préparatoires aux Grandes Écoles (Institute of Preparatory Classes for Grandes Ecoles) * Faculté d'Informatique et de Logistique (Faculty of Computer Science and Logistics) * Faculté de Médecine * Faculté de Médecine Dentaire (Faculty of Dental Medicine) * Sciences Politiques'' (Political Sciences) * Rabat Business School * School of Aerospace Engineering * École Supérieure d'Ingénierie de l'Énergie (Higher School of Energy Engineering) * École d'Architecture de Rabat (Rabat School of Architecture) * Langues, Cultures et Civilisations (Language, Cultures and Civilizations) * École de Droit (Law School)

Campus

The university provides students with a restaurant, a swimming pool and a library. There are playing fields for soccer, volleyball, tennis, basketball and table tennis tables. There are 6 residential buildings for students who live in the university.

Funding

The global investment totals 104 million

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, of which 57 million are brought by the CDG, and 47 million by the Moroccan State in the form of 20 hectares of land for the housing a modern residential campus. In addition the tuition varies between 72,000 and 88,000 dirhams depending on the chosen field of training, plus 18,000 dirhams for housing. Also, 20% of students receive scholarships according to their financial situation and educational merit. Starting with the 2014–2015 academic year and in partnership with the CDG, the International University of Rabat has launched a fund known as "Tamwil UIR" to support students. Tamwil UIR aims to partially finance the IUR students' tuition. The loan amount is capped with a repayment duration that does not exceed 12 years with a maximum delay equal to the overall duration of studies in the IUR, plus a year. About 600 students at the IUR benefited from the offered payment facilities.

Executive Education

Rabat center

The International University of Rabat has chosen to locate near the

science park A science park (also called a "university research park", "technology park", "technopark", "technopolis", "technopole", or a "science and technology park" TP is defined as being a property-based development that accommodates and fosters ...

of Salé (Technopolis

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-Salé, actually in Sala al-Jadida) to strengthen exchanges between the university and the business world. Integrated to the campus of Rabat, the Center of Continuing Education provides original residential offers by integrating accommodation, access to the library as well as sports equipment.

Casablanca center

In February 2013, the IUR started its training center in Casablanca specialized in continuing education, which is located in the heart of the first

offshoring Offshoring is the relocation of a business process from one country to another—typically an operational process, such as manufacturing, or supporting processes, such as accounting. Usually this refers to a company business, although state gover ...

park of Morocco, CasaNearShore.

Research and development

Besides its role as a multidisciplinary and internationally open university, the International University of Rabat is also a center of excellence in research and development, and the national leader in innovation. On May 27, 2014, the IUR was rewarded the first national innovation prize by the head of government, the winner being selected by the Moroccan Office of Industrial and Commercial Property (OMPIC). Since its inception, the IUR registered

patents A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an sufficiency of disclosure, enabling discl ...

in the areas of renewable energy and

road safety Road traffic safety refers to the methods and measures, such as traffic calming, to prevent road users from being killed or seriously injured. Typical road users include pedestrians, cyclists, Driving, motorists, passengers of vehicles, and p ...

. These patents are being used especially for the production of : * Solar thermal collector dish * Solar lamp *

LED A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor device that emits light when current flows through it. Electrons in the semiconductor recombine with electron holes, releasing energy in the form of photons. The color of the light (corresp ...

crosswalk * Braking detector and GPS/radio warning * Smart road signs tracking * Domestic

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It is located in the heart of Technopolis Rabat-Salé.

References

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