The American University of Sharjah (AUS) is a coeducational higher educational institution in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, founded in 1997. Its medium of instruction is English, and it is based on American-style universities.
Although, like most other "American Universities," it is not a branch of the American University in Washington, DC, USA, it does have a close affiliation with that school. Both institutions are linked by a five year contract recently renewed until 2009. The campus is located in Sharjah's university city, which incorporates a number of other universities amongst which is the University of Sharjah.
AUS is organized into four main schools: Engineering, Arts and Sciences, Architecture and Design, and Business and Management. All of these schools have their own majors and studies. The American University of Sharjah aspires to be one of the best universities in the Persian Gulf region and annually receives hundreds of foreign students. Its student body consists of around 20% Emirati, another 20% from other GCC countries, around 30% from the rest of the Arab world including Jordan, the Palestinian Territories, Egypt and Sudan, and the rest come from everywhere else, with significant numbers of Iranians, Indians, and Pakistanis. Its full enrollment just over 5,000 students.
On July 3, 2004, The American University of Sharjah (AUS) has been granted accreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education in the United States of America, In its final report granting the university accreditation, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, one of nine regional U.S. accrediting agencies, congratulated AUS on its excellent roster of undergraduate and graduate programs, its state-of-the-art campus facilities, its highly qualified faculty and staff, and its dynamic student body.
An evaluation team from the Commission visited the university in March that year. The team, which included administrators and faculty from the United States, reviewed the self-study completed by the university, visited the campus and met with faculty, staff, students, administrators, alumni and employers of AUS graduates. Upon its return to the United States, the team submitted a report as well as its recommendation to the Commission for deliberation in its June meeting the campus and met with faculty, staff, students, administrators, alumni and employers of AUS graduates.
On September 17th 2006, all six of the bachelor of science programs in the School of Engineering (now College of Engineering) at American University of Sharjah have been granted accreditation by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), of the United States of America. With this prestigious international accreditation, AUS has become the first university in the region and the second outside the United States to receive ABET accreditation.
Although, like most other "American Universities," it is not a branch of the American University in Washington, DC, USA, it does have a close affiliation with that school. Both institutions are linked by a five year contract recently renewed until 2009. The campus is located in Sharjah's university city, which incorporates a number of other universities amongst which is the University of Sharjah.
AUS is organized into four main schools: Engineering, Arts and Sciences, Architecture and Design, and Business and Management. All of these schools have their own majors and studies. The American University of Sharjah aspires to be one of the best universities in the Persian Gulf region and annually receives hundreds of foreign students. Its student body consists of around 20% Emirati, another 20% from other GCC countries, around 30% from the rest of the Arab world including Jordan, the Palestinian Territories, Egypt and Sudan, and the rest come from everywhere else, with significant numbers of Iranians, Indians, and Pakistanis. Its full enrollment just over 5,000 students.
On July 3, 2004, The American University of Sharjah (AUS) has been granted accreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education in the United States of America, In its final report granting the university accreditation, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, one of nine regional U.S. accrediting agencies, congratulated AUS on its excellent roster of undergraduate and graduate programs, its state-of-the-art campus facilities, its highly qualified faculty and staff, and its dynamic student body.
An evaluation team from the Commission visited the university in March that year. The team, which included administrators and faculty from the United States, reviewed the self-study completed by the university, visited the campus and met with faculty, staff, students, administrators, alumni and employers of AUS graduates. Upon its return to the United States, the team submitted a report as well as its recommendation to the Commission for deliberation in its June meeting the campus and met with faculty, staff, students, administrators, alumni and employers of AUS graduates.
On September 17th 2006, all six of the bachelor of science programs in the School of Engineering (now College of Engineering) at American University of Sharjah have been granted accreditation by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), of the United States of America. With this prestigious international accreditation, AUS has become the first university in the region and the second outside the United States to receive ABET accreditation.
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