Monday, September 11, 2006

I am delighted with my courses and professors this semester.
My overall university experience in the business college has exceed my expectations.
Every semester it just gets better and better. Inshallah it will continue in this way.

As usual there are many misconceptions about UAEU.

The first thing is that all the courses are taught in arabic.
That is NOT true.

The teaching methods are old fashion or outdated.
Another false statement.

Our curriculum isnt up to date.
that statement actually hurts me. It is one of the accreditated universities in the middle east. Our business college is the best in the Middle east. The college of Education is the first accredited college of education in the whole middle east. We have one of the best medical schools, IT college and Engineering.

Our sister schools include some of the best universities in the US. My brother studied one year at the engineering college at UAEU before transfering to the US. The courses he took were transfered without a problem to Georgia Tech, Purdue, The University of Michigan and the University of Chicago. He even got a full scholarship to attend the Georgia Tech engineering program.

This university is up to the academic standards. I just think its time for people to realize that. This isnt the same university that people have in mind 6 years ago. It is so different that people are astonished when they realize this is UAEU.

I can not neglect to mention the teaching staff. The staff that was hired about 6 years ago and onwards are great. There are some professors that have been teaching at the university for some time now, legends as we say, are so good :)

I love that my professors are from all over and they bring all that they have to the classroom.
Different nationalities but the same passion .

Statistics -Tunisian
Macroeconomics-Egyptian
Marketing-Palistinian
Financial Mangement-Emiraty
Health 101- Somalia
Nutrition 101-Indonesia

Each professor is so different from the next one, but its so awesome to hear them speak, lending us some of their knowledge and experiences. I love hearing the stories or ancedotes from their lives.

If only I could write about all the professors I have met and share their stories.
One professor speaks 13 languages!
The other is a Tia Chi master.
Another owns a famous ballet school in California.
One sailed around the world by herself in a small boat.
Another professor spent some time in Africa doing humanitary work, building water wells.

I will never forget about the time I spent in Al Ain or at UAEU.

4 Comments:

Blogger BeeCrazy said...

Mashallah, that sounds like an awesome university, lots of diversity and very interesting, stimulating place to study. Your professors sound fascinating--I bet you learn even more from them than what is merely on the syllabus. Glad you love your field more with every semester--that's vital!

7:02 PM  
Blogger 1234dsfs said...

Good to hear something positive about UAEU.

I heard that UAEU credits cannot be transferred to most European universities - again just heard. No word on how true it is.

3:05 AM  
Blogger Arabized said...

hey digital nomad,
You are one of the few that thinks so. It is a very strict university, so many people cant look past the rules and regulations. The university has so much to offer! Also a lot of people dont know much about the university because they dont publicize it much, there isnt much marketing.

Yea I agree we learn more than whats on the syllabus.
My favorite courses at the moment are financial mangement, macro and marketing (of course).

Ahmed,
Im not sure about transfering to European universities. Most of the students from UAEU transfer to the US or go on to get their higher degrees there. It is probably different systems, but again im not sure.
I can look into it, and I will get you the Correct Information.
People say a lot of things, majority of the time its not true. People love to talk smack and they love to hate.

4:38 AM  
Blogger MJ said...

Most of the colleges in the university are accredited or about to get the accreditation, so if the credits can't be transfered the problem would be in the European colleges...

9:03 AM  

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