University College
The College has been designed to provide an academic home to new students who are just beginning their postsecondary studies.
Mission
The Mission of The University College (UC) is to provide an integrated learning experience through a universal body of knowledge that form the liberal arts foundation for all the baccalaureate degrees offered at ADU.
The University Requirement courses in the UC have been organized in a manner that builds students' capacity to function in the contemporary international society of the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf region. In addition, the UC experience promotes understanding of the interrelationship between language capacity; knowledge of the history and customs of the UAE; and the role of mathematics and information technology, science and social science in one's personal and professional life. The UC experience for undergraduate students equips them to engage in the successful pursuit of their chosen major in one of the academic colleges of the University, in their professional career after ADU, and in the context of a well-educated member of society. Upon completion of the University Requirement courses in the UC, ADU students will have the capacity to critically analyze information that is presented to them both within the confines of the college classroom and in their professional capacities, by providing them with the skills and knowledge to be leaders in their chosen careers. Concurrently, students are prepared in the UC through an integrated liberal arts education, to engage in advanced academic study in the major field of their choice in business, engineering, education, computer science or one of the many other career degree choices available at the University.
