What Makes AUS Different?

An Inclusive Community Based Only on Qualifications
The UAE is distinguished by its tolerance toward the large expatriate communities of diverse nationalities and religious beliefs. In that progressive spirit, AUS admits men and women students solely on the basis of their academic qualifications regardless of race, color, gender, religion, disabilities, age or national origin.

The University Exploits Its Strategic Location
Sharjah is situated strategically between the Far East and the West, between Africa and Asia. Today, as in ancient times, it is a global trade center. Modern Sharjah is also a major center of learning and the arts as confirmed by its designation in 1998 by UNESCO as the Cultural Capital of the Arab World. This context facilities the university's intention to be an academic center at the intersection of ancient cultural traditions and contemporary intellectual currents.

Breadth and Specialization
AUS integrates liberal studies and professional education to give its graduates both breadth and specialization. AUS gives its students access to the resources of art and poetry and religion accumulated by earlier generations in various civilizations as well as the latest skills and technologies of the information age.

The American Model Adapted to Arab Culture
AUS takes the example of the great American universities of the 20th century as its point of departure and then carefully adapts that model to the cultural setting of the Gulf in preparation for serving the educational needs of the world of the 21st century.