Fast Facts

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.

Fall 2011 Student Enrollment

Total Fall 2011 enrollment: 5,578

Fall 2011 Undergraduate Student Information

Campus Life

• 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

• 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.

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.