American University of Sharjah

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American University of Sharjah

About American University of Sharjah

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. Consciously based upon American institutions of higher education, AUS is thoroughly grounded in Arab culture and is part of a larger process of the revitalization of intellectual life in the Middle East. AUS is a leading comprehensive coeducational university in the Gulf, serving students from the region and around the world.

Fall 2011 Top Ten Nationalities of all AUS Students.

Top ten nationalities fall 2011

Fall 2011 Student Enrollment

Student enrollment fall 2011
Total Fall 2011 enrollment: 5,578

Fall 2011 Enrollment Head Count
Undergraduate 4860
Graduate 398
Total 5258
Achievement Academy 320
Total Fall AUS Enrollment 5578

Fall 2011 Undergraduate Student Information

Average high school GPA of Fall 2011 freshman class 91.00%
Average TOEFL score 573
Gender of all students
Female 46.22%
Male 53.78%
Undergraduate Class Size
Headcount Enrollment 3-9 10-19 20-29
30-39
40-49
50-99
100+
Total
Number of Sections
59 259 415 176 22 32 8 971
Average class size = 24.8
Most common section size = 20
Median section size = 21

Campus Life

Percentage of all female students who live on campus 39.88%
Percentage of all male students who live on campus 38.80%
Percentage of all AUS students who live on campus 39.30%
  • AUS has 22 sports teams: 13 for males and 9 for females
  • AUS has 62 student clubs: 30 cultural clubs and 32 non-cultural clubs
  • 500 students participated in community service this fall
  • AUS has 422 students working on campus
  • 300 students are active in the Student Multicultural Learning Program

About Our Faculty

Number of full time faculty fall 2011

  • There are 353 full-time undergraduate/graduate faculty and 19 AABP faculty
  • 53.5% of the undergraduate/graduate faculty members are either US or Canadian citizens
  • 6.5% of the undergraduate/graduate faculty teaching in Fall 2011 are part time
  • 88.1% of undergraduate/graduate faculty members have a terminal degree
  • Over 47 nationalities are represented among the faculty

About Our Alumni

In a recent alumni survey, 94.7% of the respondents indicated that they were working in a field related to their degree.

Top ten alumni nationalities fall 2011

Total number of alumni nationalities: 77

As of Fall 2011 AUS has awarded 6,088 bachelor degrees and 654 master's degrees.

Below is the most recent information about where AUS Alumni are living.

Percentage of all alumni who live in the UAE 76.00%
Percentage of all alumni who live in Dubai 18.00%
Percentage of all alumni who live in Sharjah 34.00%
Percentage of all alumni who live in Abu Dhabi 29.00 %