| 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.
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About Our Current Students
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Spring 2010 Top Ten
Nationalities of All AUS Students
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Total number of nationalities at AUS Spring 2010: 80 |
Spring 2010 Student Enrollment |
Spring 2010 Undergraduate Student Information |
Total Spring 2010 enrollment:
5,166 |
| Average high school GPA of Spring 2010 freshman class |
90.8%
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| Average TOEFL score |
570 |
Student-Faculty Ratio: 15 to 1.
Gender of all students
Undergraduate
Class Size
| Number of
Students
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2-19
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20-29
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30-39
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40-49 |
50-59
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60-99 |
100+ |
Total
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| Number of
Classes |
298 |
301
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178
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60 |
8
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15 |
4 |
950
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Average class size = 26
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Campus Life
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| Percentage of all female students who live on campus |
41.29%
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| Percentage of all male students who live on campus |
41.04% |
| Percentage of all AUS students who live on campus |
41.16% |
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AUS has 24 sports teams: 14 for males and 10 for females
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AUS has 65 student clubs: 33 cultural clubs and 32 non-cultural clubs
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Over 200 students participated in community service this spring
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AUS has 451 students working on campus
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48 students participated in local and international Student Leadership events
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About Our Faculty |
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There are 328 full-time undergraduate/graduate faculty and 23 IEP faculty.
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54% of the undergraduate/graduate faculty are US or Canadian citizens.
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5.5% of the undergraduate/graduate faculty teaching in Spring 2010 are part time.
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86% of undergraduate/graduate faculty have a terminal degree.
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Over 49 nationalities are represented among the faculty.
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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.
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Top Ten Nationalities of
AUS Alumni
Total number of alumni nationalities: 71
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As of Fall 2009 AUS has awarded
4,552
bachelor degrees and 499 master's degrees.
Below is the most recent information about where AUS Alumni are living.
| Percentage of all alumni who live in the UAE |
76.7%
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| Percentage of all alumni who live in Dubai |
30.5% |
| Percentage of all alumni who live in Sharjah |
24.7% |
| Percentage of all alumni who live in Abu Dhabi |
16.6% |
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