Abu Dhabi University dedicated AED 5,359,512 on computer upgrades on both campuses

With the upcoming semester just around the corner, Abu Dhabi University has completed an AED 5,359,512 project that targeted the modernization of 529 computers and 124 projectors distributed across classrooms, labs, staff and faculty offices on both of the University’s campuses in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain. The project is part of a comprehensive development plan that ADU is implementing as it gears up to welcome students in 31 undergraduate and 18 postgraduate programs with the start of the academic year 2015-2016 in September. 

Commenting on this new extensive project H.E Ali Saeed Bin Harmal Al Dhaheri Chairman of Abu Dhabi University’s Executive Board asserted that these upgrades are a vital part of ADU’s strategic plan to enhance its on campus infrastructure according to the highest international standards and specifications adopted in Universities around the world. “We’re always keen on providing a student-centered global learning environment, which aims to build character, instill national values, and prepare our graduates with the theoretical and technical knowledge as well as skills that broaden their horizons and enable them to tackle the challenges of the 21^st century. Consequently, these upgrades were preceded with quite a comprehensive development process that included an increase in the University’s on-campus internet bandwidth from 30 mbps to 200 mbps, ensuring that more than 40 students in each classroom can have an uninterrupted connection at the same time, even with multiple devices”, explained Bin Harmal.

Bin Harmal went on to point out that these continuous investments in its campuses, represent additional value to the University pursuit of international academic accreditation, especially since it was awarded candidacy status from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). “Abu Dhabi University is committed to excellence and quality assurance in performance, teaching, programs offered and its relationship with the community, in line with the directives of H.H Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Ruler’s Representative in the Western Region and President of Abu Dhabi University’s Board of Regents,” concluded Bin Harmal.