Emirates Aviation University (EAU) has celebrated its 26th annual graduation ceremony, honouring more than 145 students.
Since its founding year in 1991, EAU now has a pool of nearly 15,000 graduates.
Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al-Maktoum, chairman and chief executive of Emirates Airline and Group, awarded degrees across multiple disciplines with hundreds of family members and friends in attendance.
The graduating class of 2016 consisted of 97 students from the undergraduate programmes, 45 from the postgraduate programmes and 10 UAE national students who received an advanced Diploma in Aviation Maintenance Engineering.
Emirates Aviation University continues to “provide highly-specialised resources to meet the growing demands of the aviation industry and it remains to be the centre of aviation excellence in the Mena region” since its inception more than two decades ago, according to a statement.
Moving to its new campus in Dubai Academic City in 2014, EAU is now “fully set and equipped to meet the growing student demand”, which is expected to double in the next few years, the statement adds.
In October, the university introduced a new Executive MBA Programme in Aviation Management in collaboration with Coventry University in the UK. The fully-accredited programme, which will begin in January 2017, is designed for students who plan to pursue a career in aviation management or want to transition from an operational role into a general management role.
The university also offers Master degrees in Aviation Security, Aviation Safety, Human Resource Management and, MBAs in Aviation Management; Bachelor degrees in Aerospace Technology, Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Avionics Technology, Aeronautical Engineering, Aviation Management and Business Management, Mechanical Engineering and Optimisation and Statistics.
Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al-Maktoum awarded degrees to 145 graduates.
