Abu Dhabi varsity offers discounted tuition fees

The Abu Dhabi University (ADU) has announced that its tuition fees will remain unchanged throughout the coming academic year with students being offered a quarter off from their tuition fees.

In addition to the unchanged tuition, ADU’s merit-based masters level tuition policy offers students, who graduated from any institution with a minimum CGPA of 3.5 or equivalent, a significant discount of 25 per cent discount in tuition fees. ADU alumni who wish to pursue Masters degrees will receive a 20 per cent tuition discount.

The tuition freeze is part of ADU’s strategy of establishing a state of equilibrium between highly competitive academic standards and value for money. It is partly designed to help the UAE retain its most gifted academic talents at local centres of academic excellence, as a more attractive alternative than traveling abroad for tertiary education.

The move is in stark contrast to the escalating tuition costs experienced at popular destinations like the US, where tuition fees have increased by as much as 32 per cent. In the UK, tuition increases have been blamed for a 7.7 per cent decline in applications over the past year.

“In today’s ultra-competitive job market, postgraduate degrees distinguish candidates above the overwhelming majority of other job seekers. This builds on our highly unique Bachelors programmes which have been crafted according to the highest global standards and enables more than 90 per cent of our graduates to find employment within a year after graduation,” ADU chancellor Dr Nabil Ibrahim said.

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