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About AUS
American University of Sharjah
(AUS) was founded in 1997 by His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan
Bin Mohammad Al Qassimi, Member of the Supreme Council of the
UAE and Ruler of Sharjah, who envisioned the university as
a leading educational institution in the Gulf region. American
University of Sharjah is an independent, not-for-profit coeducational
institution. Although consciously based on upon American institutions
of higher education, AUS is also expected to be thoroughly
grounded in Arab culture and to be part of a larger process
of the revitalization of intellectual life in the Middle East.
AUS is emerging as a leading comprehensive coeducational university
in the Gulf, serving students from the region and around the
world.
American University of
Sharjah is licensed in the United States by the Department
of Education of the State of Delaware. It is accredited by
the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association
of Colleges and Schools (3624 Market Street, Philadelphia,
PA 19104, 215 662 5606). AUS is also licensed by the UAE Ministry
of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and all undergraduate and graduate programs are
recognized by the ministry and have been awarded either accreditation
or accreditation-eligible status. All six of the bachelor degree programs in the AUS College of Engineering are accredited by ABET of the United States.
AUS offers 21 bachelor's degrees, 41 minors and eight master's degrees programs through the following academic divisions:
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