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UNIVERSITY OVERVIEW<br />

Philosophy<br />

<strong>ALHOSN</strong> <strong>University</strong> aims to play a prominent role in fostering the growth of engineering, science,<br />

business and arts and social sciences in the UAE to help the country educate the workforce and<br />

become more self-reliant.<br />

<strong>University</strong> <strong>Vision</strong><br />

<strong>ALHOSN</strong> <strong>University</strong> envisions becoming internationally recognized as a university where all of its<br />

members are committed to producing graduates <strong>with</strong> a solid foundation of career and life skills. In<br />

order to accomplish this, <strong>ALHOSN</strong> <strong>University</strong> intends to create a community of learners, who are<br />

empowered, informed, and responsible.<br />

<strong>ALHOSN</strong> <strong>University</strong> will:<br />

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Be recognized as one of the top private educational and research universities in the United<br />

Arab Emirates, attracting the best students, faculty, and staff.<br />

Prepare students to be leaders and decision makers, articulate and principled, innovative<br />

and confident, and able to think critically <strong>with</strong> sound reasoning.<br />

Be research-intensive institution where faculty discovery enhances learning and prepares<br />

students to compete in a knowledge-based society.<br />

Be engaged in local, national, and regional social and economic development for the benefit<br />

of both the public and private sectors.<br />

<strong>University</strong> Mission<br />

<strong>ALHOSN</strong> <strong>University</strong> believes in educating professionals to be leaders for a modern community. As<br />

an institution of higher education, it prides itself on being a creative agent for change and diversity. It<br />

pledges to emphasize a faculty-student learning community that promotes the value of service and<br />

research and employs collaborative educational strategies that develop teamwork, utilizes real-life<br />

experience, fosters caring, and prepares for the realities of the marketplace of the future.<br />

<strong>University</strong> Goals<br />

<strong>ALHOSN</strong> <strong>University</strong> expresses its commitment to its mission by pursuing the following goals:<br />

1. Growth - Expanding and diversifying our financial base to enable us achieve our mission.<br />

2. People - Valuing people and creating a well performing organization. Enhancing its current<br />

programs and establishing new programs to recruit, retain, and develop the best students,<br />

faculty, and staff who will have an important impact in their professions and communities.<br />

3. Academic Excellence - Attaining national recognition as a top private education and research<br />

university.<br />

4. Outreach - Seeking to broaden its role in the community through regular engagement of its<br />

alumni and enhanced interaction <strong>with</strong> the community, institutions, and agencies.<br />

5. Resources and Infrastructure - Secure the resources – human, financial and infrastructure –<br />

necessary to support its academic and research programs in a learning and working<br />

environment of the highest possible quality. <strong>ALHOSN</strong> <strong>University</strong> will identify the resources<br />

needed to implement these goals and to address any resulting concerns.<br />

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