The British University in Dubai Celebrates 20 Years Anniversary

The British University in Dubai (BUiD) celebrated its 20 years anniversary as the first programme was offered in 2004. BUiD was established as a not-for-profit entity by law number 5 in 2003 by His Highness the late Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai. The University grew out of collaborations between British and Dubai academic, government and commercial organisations to be the region’s leading research-based university, facilitating world-class education, training and research providing an important and growing community and resource for young professionals, leading academics, corporate managers and aspiring leaders of all description.

The university has attracted academic experts to develop regionally tailored programmes, in which they challenge the boundaries of knowledge, understanding and research. BUiD’s library hosts more than 1800 dissertations and theses, while students and faculty research exceed 1200 Scopus indexed research.

The British University in Dubai as it marks the second successful decade of its establishment with pride looks forward to many decades of contributions, development and success. Over the last 20 years, BUiD has graduated hundreds of masters and Doctoral students in the fields of Education, Engineering, Management, Business, Law and IT while the first batch of Bachelor students graduated in 2022. The University boasts 7 doctoral programmes, 10 master programmes and 4 undergraduate programmes including the first AI programme in the UAE.

As stepping into its third decade, BUiD will remain true to its mission to become the premier institution in the UAE in research –based higher education while promoting and developing a high standard of education and open new horizons offering new programmes that contributes to the UAE’s knowledge-based economy. BUiD recently has been placed in the top group for the university employability and relevance and in group 2 for top higher education institutions in the latest UAE Ministry of Education classification.

BUiD Vice chancellor, Prof Abdullah Alshamsi, commented,” I’m very proud of BUiD and the progress it has achieved over the years. We are happy that we were able to provide unique postgraduates programmes highlighting the importance of research and offering up to date undergraduate programmes. We are looking forward for our next milestone with expansion of our programmes and research facilities to play a leading role in elevating the quality of higher education offerings in the UAE.”

BUiD is licensed by the UAE Ministry of Education, and it has achieved global quality accreditation through the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA). Our internal quality assurance includes processes that ensure our programmes and students’ achievements are of standards on a par with those of our UK university partners. These universities include the University of Edinburgh, the University of Glasgow, and the University of Manchester - all in the world’s top 100.