Founded in 1997, AUS has achieved exceptional enrollment growth and earned academic renown during its short history. We have almost 5,500students representing 93nationalities and 366 full-time faculty. Our university is acclaimed throughout the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and the Middle East for its academic excellence and multicultural campus environment. We are an independent, non-profit, coeducational institution of higher education formed on the American model, which integrates broad-based liberal arts education with professional education studies. At AUS, all classes and administrative functions are conducted in English.The university has proven to be an ideal setting for the promotion of cross-cultural understanding as well as an educational environment where every student can realize his/her full potential. We are proud of having an almost 50:50 ratio of male and female students, including both graduate and undergraduate students.AUS is licensed and its programs are accredited by theCommission for Academic Accreditationof theMinistry of Education’s Higher Education Affairs Divisionin the United Arab Emirates.AUS is accredited in the United States of America by theMiddle States Commission on Higher Education (3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA, Tel +1 215 662 5606).The bachelor of science degree programs in chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering offered by the College of Engineering are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABEThttp://www.abet.org/.The bachelor of science degree program in computer science offered by the College of Engineering is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABEThttp://www.abet.org/.AUS was the first university in the Gulf region and the second outside the United States to receive this accreditation.The Bachelor of Architecture program of the College of Architecture, Art and Design is accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) of the United States. This is the first program outside of North America to receive this prestigious accreditation. NAAB is the only organization authorized to accredit professional degree programs in architecture in the United States.The School of Business Administration is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business(AACSB).