AUS commits itself to serving its broader community through building mutually productive relationships with partners and stakeholders. The university strives to contribute to the common good within the Emirate of Sharjah, the UAE and the region as a whole through broadening its outreach activities. 

Community partnerships provide many benefits for AUS and its partners, including:

• access for AUS’s many stakeholders to the human and material resources of the university
• experiential, educational, professional and scholarly benefits through building productive relationships with the external community 
• material support for the operation of the university in the form of scholarships, sponsorships, gifts and endowments