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This is the best place to work in Qatar as a teacher. However, it depends on which college you teach at - there are about 8, American with 1 Brit and 1 French.



Qatar Plans to Build Law School With Harvard Institute�s Help
The Persian Gulf kingdom of Qatar says it plans to establish a law school as part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University, which includes Doha�s Education City, reports Gulf News. The Qatar Foundation, which finances and oversees the university, has enlisted the aid of Harvard Law School�s Institute for Global Law and Policy to provide advice on the development of the new school�s academic program, admissions policy, and administration. The institute will also hold workshops in Qatar for legal scholars and researchers. Several American universities operate branch campuses at Education City, including Carnegie Mellon, Northwestern, and Texas A&M.


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At Foreign Schools in the Gulf, a More Local Push

By SARA HAMDAN
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DUBAI � Leaving the desert behind, a driver to Education City in Doha, the Qatari capital, has the impression of entering another world. It still has the look of the modern Gulf: Huge, shiny buildings sit side by side, and Range Rovers and Audis fill student parking lots. Inside, however, the common areas and cafes look like they could be on any U.S. campus. Young men and women cluster to talk over a presentation in one corner, while techies crowd around a computer in another.
The difference is that many of the students are Qataris, with women wearing traditional black abayas and men in white kandouras. The Gulf dialect echoes in the corridors. Qatari students, the majority of whom are attending a mixed-gender school environment for the first time, make up about a third of the student body.The complex, which houses the local campuses of eight Western universities, is spread over 14 square kilometers, or 5.4 square miles. Founded in 2001 by a government rich with oil and natural gas money, it was meant to bring big-name Western education to the Gulf.
But some analysts say the universities, locally financed but serving student bodies that are still dominated by foreigners, seem like bubbles cut off from Gulf culture and society. �I�m so happy to see huge investments in education in this way, but these universities are not organically linked to the cultural or social themes of their immediate environments, and have a responsibility to do so,� said Khaled Fahmy, a professor and chair of the history department at the American University of Cairo, which is not related to Education City. �The idea of being cosmopolitan is romanticized, and if not enough attention is given to incorporating local context in an embedded, serious way rather than as an afterthought, the repercussions will be serious,� he said. �It will create generations of Emiratis or Qataris who are very well educated but are disconnected from their country�s history, culture and language.�
The lineup of partner U.S. schools with Qatari branches or campuses is impressive: Georgetown, Northwestern, Virginia Commonwealth University, the Weill Cornell Medical College, Texas A&M and Carnegie Mellon.University College London welcomed its first cohort in Qatar last September, as did the �cole des Hautes �tudes Commerciales de Paris, or HEC. Abu Dhabi, in the neighboring United Arab Emirates, has also attracted some of the world�s top schools, including the Sorbonne in Paris, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Insead, a business school based in France.But these institutions realize that simply importing a Western education system is not enough: They have to ensure that Qatari and Emirati students fit in culturally and academically.
One problem is that many local high school students are not qualified to immediately enter elite institutions like Northwestern or Georgetown, highly competitive schools that typically admit less than one in five applicants in the United States. There are no formal quotas on the number of local students admitted to the Gulf campuses. To bridge the gap, overseas campuses have resorted to using conditional admissions, bridge programs or foundation years to help local students catch up. In some cases, these extra courses are taught by professors from home campuses who are visiting the Middle East for the first time.
For the most part, construction of the Gulf campuses of these Western universities was fully paid for by the Qatari or Emirati governments. Local citizens generally attend on full government scholarships, regardless of financial need. Foreign students pay tuition costs similar to the corresponding U.S. schools and can apply for local scholarships and grants.
�We do realize that the whole operation in Education City is funded by Qatar, so we want to maintain our standards without dropping to a low percentage of Qataris or having no link to society,� said Gerd Nonneman, dean of Georgetown University�s School of Foreign Service in Qatar. Local citizens make up about a third of the student body at the Gulf campuses of Georgetown and the Sorbonne.
That is not the case at N.Y.U. Abu Dhabi, where more than 9,000 students applied for the graduating class of 2014, who began their studies in 2010. Of the 148 students who entered with that class, approximately one-third were from North America, and six were Emirati students. The number of Emirati students rose to nine for the class of 2015, and then 17 for the class of 2016. N.Y.U. does not yet have data for the class of 2017, who will begin their studies later this year.
For Emirati students who show promise but require additional schooling, conditional admission will be granted through a bridge program, taught on campus by N.Y.U. professors and paid for by the U.A.E. government. �Generally, to lend their brand name, these universities insist on keeping the student recruitment standards high and may open a foundation or bridge program for nationals who don�t meet requirements, without quotas,� said Leila Hoteit, a research analyst at Booz & Co. who specializes in human capital, education and culture.�These bridge programs are not a long-term solution, and many universities have noted that even an effective full-year program will not be able to address fully the gaps left by below-par K-12 education.� �All over the world, you have people coming to international universities with diverse cultural backgrounds,� said �ric Fouache, vice chancellor of Sorbonne Abu Dhabi.
�This is a nice way to group together good students who lack some basics because they come from different programs to do the same degree.�All the universities at Education City in Doha use the same outside provider for additional coursework: the Academic Bridge Program, founded by the Qatar Foundation, the same organization that finances Education City. It teaches math, science and English as well as critical thinking and problem solving.
Of Northwestern University�s 160 students in Doha, about 45 percent are Qatari citizens, many of whom completed that bridge program after high school. �By far our focus is serving the Qatari community, and each year the number of Qatari students attending universities in Education City is increasing,� said Mark Newmark, assistant director of academic affairs at the Academic Bridge Program. �It�s a great way to fill in gaps, and for many Qataris it�s the first taste of a mixed-gender school environment.� �I like the Academic Bridge Program because it doesn�t cut people off at a test � a student is not forever denied the opportunity to get a good education and develop,� said Everette Dennis, dean of Northwestern University Doha. �It�s a wake-up call for students who thought they did well in high school but didn�t perform well on standardized tests � and usually, students in academic bridge programs are motivated and want to go to the next step.�
One question at branch campuses all over the world � from the Middle East to Asia � is whether far-smaller, distant outposts can provide the same experience as home campuses. In most cases, the schools stay true to the core curricula used at the main university, and grant the same degrees. �There are opportunities here that don�t exist in the main campus � be it an elective course or an activity or research project,� Mr. Nonneman said. �We are invited to Qatar not to compromise on standards,� he added. �And our valedictorian two years ago was a Qatari student.� �This is a golden opportunity to think of the tremendous benefits of adapting core curriculums to local environments,� Mr. Fahmy said. �If these institutions engage seriously in making less euro-centric programs and incorporating Indian philosophy, Islamic science, Arabic literature and Chinese art, we�ll have diversity and original research at a level that truly raises global standards.�
Sorbonne Abu Dhabi has introduced courses in museum studies and art history to prepare graduates for jobs at two museum projects. While both have been beset by delays, the local branch of the Louvre is now expected to open in 2015, and the Guggenheim in 2017.
�We�re not trying to just plant American institutions in the Middle East and simply adapt what we already have,� Mr. Dennis said. �We have to make sure faculty and students are involved in the local culture and society�s needs here, through specific classes and internships. Otherwise it just won�t work.�
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:
Correction: March 18, 2013

An earlier version of this article said that 4,000 students applied for the N.Y.U. Abu Dhabi's Class of 2014; the number was actually 9,000. An earlier version also said that N.Y.U. Abu Dhabi was expected to admit six Emirati students in 2014, nine in 2015 and 17 in 2016. In fact, these are the figures for the graduating classes of 2014, 2015 and 2016, who were admitted in 2010, 2011 and 2012, respectively. N.Y.U. Abu Dhabi does not predict the number students it will admit in future years.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/28/world/middleeast/iht-elite-schools-find-new-base-in-emirates.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Elite Schools Find New Base in Emirates
By SARA HAMDAN

DUBAI � When Shaikha al-Falasi was filling out university applications last year, she was torn between a desire to challenge herself at a competitive school in the United States or stay close to her family in her native United Arab Emirates.
When New York University�s Abu Dhabi campus opened its doors in 2010, she was determined to enroll. �I am a girl and there are some cultural restrictions that come with the idea of studying abroad, although my family was supportive of me doing it,� said Ms. Falasi, now 18, who entered N.Y.U. at the age of 17. �Why would I go abroad, if I can get the same degree, with the same access to quality, here?� After talks with potential investors in 2008 � and a $50 million gift made by Omar Saif Ghobash, an Emirati donor � N.Y.U. opened its first full-size campus outside the United States in the autumn of 2010. Paris-Sorbonne University; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; and Insead, a business school based in France, have also set up branches in the Emirates in the past few years. Foreign schools face challenges and growing pains, however, in a region where entry requirements for local universities may not be as stringent as those for top schools like N.Y.U. or the Sorbonne.
To encourage local residents without relaxing admission standards, the universities have asked promising Emirati and Qatari students who do not meet qualifications to complete �academic bridge� programs, which often mean an extra year of study after high school.�The government is putting effort to reform the high school system and improve student skills � we did have students who were not able to stay on board or were asked to do a year of extra training before attending,� said Jean-Yves de Cara, executive director of the Sorbonne Abu Dhabi. �We cannot change our high standards and risk the reputation of our institution.�Foreign academic institutions, seeded with local government money, have drawn wide interest. According to N.Y.U., 43,000 students applied to the university last year, 15,489 of whom expressed interest in studying at the Abu Dhabi campus, which offered only 150 spots in 2012. Students come from more than 70 countries, while professors are from N.Y.U.�s New York campus, as well as Harvard, Stanford and the Paris School of Economics.
N.Y.U.�s initial success has led to other plans. A bigger campus on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi is expected to be ready in 2014 and should accommodate as many as 2,200 undergraduate and 600 graduate students. Meanwhile the university plans a second �portal campus� in Shanghai in 2013.�We knew there was a thirst for a different kind of global education, but were still surprised by the numbers,� said Josh Taylor, assistant vice chancellor of N.Y.U. Abu Dhabi. �Initially, N.Y.U. just wanted to set up an exchange program in the Mideast, but it was clearly the right move to establish a full-blown campus.�
Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, which is fully funded by the Abu Dhabi government, officially opened in February 2011, although classes have been held since December 2009. The French-language university has 650 humanities students from 64 nationalities.Its curriculum has been designed to meet local needs. For example, art history and museum studies classes could prepare students for jobs at Abu Dhabi branches of the Louvre and the Guggenheim museums, which are expected to open in 2013 and 2014.�They are opening museums and exhibitions, eager to be involved in the art market, and people need training to navigate this market,� said Dr. de Cara of the Sorbonne Abu Dhabi. �These programs are not necessarily ones we have in Paris, but often specially customized for the needs of the country.�Law degrees are also proving popular, since the local legal tradition is derived from French civil code, while tourism is widely chosen as a concentration for business majors.The universities are also contributing to much-needed original research on the Middle East, which education experts say can be patchy and outdated. The N.Y.U. Abu Dhabi Institute is spending $35 million on research into Middle Eastern issues. Wharton Abu Dhabi, an office that opened in early 2010, is supervising 30 research projects funded by the CERT Foundation, the entrepreneurial arm of the Higher Colleges of Technology in Abu Dhabi.�Our goal is to create and disseminate knowledge in the region and the best way to do that was to set up an office in the Mideast,� said Pankaj Paul, regional manager for Wharton�s U.A.E. office, the business school�s sole presence outside the United States.
In 2001, Qatar built a large complex called Education City on the outskirts of Doha, which is now home to the branch campuses of six universities from the United States, plus one each from Britain and France. Last year, �cole des Hautes �tudes Commerciales de Paris and University College London opened there, joining schools like Georgetown and Carnegie Mellon.Journalism courses from Northwestern University in Illinois are available at its Education City branch, which will graduate its first senior class of 36 students this May. Students enjoy small class sizes, with a total of 140 students learning from visiting faculty members.�We designed a program based on American know-how and calibrated it to the needs of the country and the region,� said Everette Dennis, dean and chief executive officer of Northwestern University Qatar. �Our aim is to educate and train people who could be a part of any global media work force.�He added that a challenge in designing a media and communications curriculum is doing so in a region where freedom of expression can be curtailed.�There are thriving media enterprises in the region, but the public perception of media is slower to catch up,� Mr. Dennis said. �Changes are happening, however, that are encouraging.�
At Northwestern University Qatar, 36 percent of the student population is comprised of Qatari nationals, many of whom joined after completing an academic bridge program. Similarly, 33 percent of students at the Sorbonne�s local branch are Emirati.�There is no quota to fill or anything like that, but there is a strong urge to have a substantial number of Qataris, given that Qatar brought us here,� Mr. Dennis said. �But they have to fulfill the same academic requirements as students at our American campus, so the academic bridge program is a good way to help them prepare for rigorous study while allowing us to maintain our high standards.�Not all attempts to establish foreign university offshoots have been successful. Michigan State University, which opened a branch in Dubai in 2008, shut down in 2010 after two years and millions of dollars in losses.
That case had mostly to do with funding difficulties, according to local newspaper reports. The governments of Abu Dhabi and Qatar are trying to avoid that problem by heavily funding their initiatives for increasing research and improving the quality of the teaching staffs.Education analysts say there are benefits for the universities as well.�Setting up campuses in Abu Dhabi and Qatar gives such foreign institutions the opportunity to test new models of education in developing markets and ultimately, to bring back lessons about education and development paradigms to the parent organization,� said Mark Juszczak, director of curriculum development at Ebtikarat Education, a Saudi education development company.
�The institutions that already exist in Abu Dhabi are still in growth phase in terms of student capacity and research plans,� said Jihad Mohaidat, division manager of global partnerships at the Abu Dhabi Education Council. �The budget for education has increased every year so far.�And with it, student applications continue to rise. �We get many of the same professors that they do in the main N.Y.U. branch, and here, the professors even live in the same buildings as we do, so we bump into them at dinner and interact with them a lot more,� Ms. Falasi said. �It�s such a benefit for us.�


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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/28/world/middleeast/iht-elite-schools-find-new-base-in-emirates.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Elite Schools Find New Base in Emirates
By SARA HAMDAN

DUBAI � When Shaikha al-Falasi was filling out university applications last year, she was torn between a desire to challenge herself at a competitive school in the United States or stay close to her family in her native United Arab Emirates.
When New York University�s Abu Dhabi campus opened its doors in 2010, she was determined to enroll. �I am a girl and there are some cultural restrictions that come with the idea of studying abroad, although my family was supportive of me doing it,� said Ms. Falasi, now 18, who entered N.Y.U. at the age of 17. �Why would I go abroad, if I can get the same degree, with the same access to quality, here?� After talks with potential investors in 2008 � and a $50 million gift made by Omar Saif Ghobash, an Emirati donor � N.Y.U. opened its first full-size campus outside the United States in the autumn of 2010. Paris-Sorbonne University; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; and Insead, a business school based in France, have also set up branches in the Emirates in the past few years. Foreign schools face challenges and growing pains, however, in a region where entry requirements for local universities may not be as stringent as those for top schools like N.Y.U. or the Sorbonne.
To encourage local residents without relaxing admission standards, the universities have asked promising Emirati and Qatari students who do not meet qualifications to complete �academic bridge� programs, which often mean an extra year of study after high school.�The government is putting effort to reform the high school system and improve student skills � we did have students who were not able to stay on board or were asked to do a year of extra training before attending,� said Jean-Yves de Cara, executive director of the Sorbonne Abu Dhabi. �We cannot change our high standards and risk the reputation of our institution.�Foreign academic institutions, seeded with local government money, have drawn wide interest. According to N.Y.U., 43,000 students applied to the university last year, 15,489 of whom expressed interest in studying at the Abu Dhabi campus, which offered only 150 spots in 2012. Students come from more than 70 countries, while professors are from N.Y.U.�s New York campus, as well as Harvard, Stanford and the Paris School of Economics.
N.Y.U.�s initial success has led to other plans. A bigger campus on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi is expected to be ready in 2014 and should accommodate as many as 2,200 undergraduate and 600 graduate students. Meanwhile the university plans a second �portal campus� in Shanghai in 2013.�We knew there was a thirst for a different kind of global education, but were still surprised by the numbers,� said Josh Taylor, assistant vice chancellor of N.Y.U. Abu Dhabi. �Initially, N.Y.U. just wanted to set up an exchange program in the Mideast, but it was clearly the right move to establish a full-blown campus.�
Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, which is fully funded by the Abu Dhabi government, officially opened in February 2011, although classes have been held since December 2009. The French-language university has 650 humanities students from 64 nationalities.Its curriculum has been designed to meet local needs. For example, art history and museum studies classes could prepare students for jobs at Abu Dhabi branches of the Louvre and the Guggenheim museums, which are expected to open in 2013 and 2014.�They are opening museums and exhibitions, eager to be involved in the art market, and people need training to navigate this market,� said Dr. de Cara of the Sorbonne Abu Dhabi. �These programs are not necessarily ones we have in Paris, but often specially customized for the needs of the country.�Law degrees are also proving popular, since the local legal tradition is derived from French civil code, while tourism is widely chosen as a concentration for business majors.The universities are also contributing to much-needed original research on the Middle East, which education experts say can be patchy and outdated. The N.Y.U. Abu Dhabi Institute is spending $35 million on research into Middle Eastern issues. Wharton Abu Dhabi, an office that opened in early 2010, is supervising 30 research projects funded by the CERT Foundation, the entrepreneurial arm of the Higher Colleges of Technology in Abu Dhabi.�Our goal is to create and disseminate knowledge in the region and the best way to do that was to set up an office in the Mideast,� said Pankaj Paul, regional manager for Wharton�s U.A.E. office, the business school�s sole presence outside the United States.
In 2001, Qatar built a large complex called Education City on the outskirts of Doha, which is now home to the branch campuses of six universities from the United States, plus one each from Britain and France. Last year, �cole des Hautes �tudes Commerciales de Paris and University College London opened there, joining schools like Georgetown and Carnegie Mellon.Journalism courses from Northwestern University in Illinois are available at its Education City branch, which will graduate its first senior class of 36 students this May. Students enjoy small class sizes, with a total of 140 students learning from visiting faculty members.�We designed a program based on American know-how and calibrated it to the needs of the country and the region,� said Everette Dennis, dean and chief executive officer of Northwestern University Qatar. �Our aim is to educate and train people who could be a part of any global media work force.�He added that a challenge in designing a media and communications curriculum is doing so in a region where freedom of expression can be curtailed.�There are thriving media enterprises in the region, but the public perception of media is slower to catch up,� Mr. Dennis said. �Changes are happening, however, that are encouraging.�
At Northwestern University Qatar, 36 percent of the student population is comprised of Qatari nationals, many of whom joined after completing an academic bridge program. Similarly, 33 percent of students at the Sorbonne�s local branch are Emirati.�There is no quota to fill or anything like that, but there is a strong urge to have a substantial number of Qataris, given that Qatar brought us here,� Mr. Dennis said. �But they have to fulfill the same academic requirements as students at our American campus, so the academic bridge program is a good way to help them prepare for rigorous study while allowing us to maintain our high standards.�Not all attempts to establish foreign university offshoots have been successful. Michigan State University, which opened a branch in Dubai in 2008, shut down in 2010 after two years and millions of dollars in losses.
That case had mostly to do with funding difficulties, according to local newspaper reports. The governments of Abu Dhabi and Qatar are trying to avoid that problem by heavily funding their initiatives for increasing research and improving the quality of the teaching staffs.Education analysts say there are benefits for the universities as well.�Setting up campuses in Abu Dhabi and Qatar gives such foreign institutions the opportunity to test new models of education in developing markets and ultimately, to bring back lessons about education and development paradigms to the parent organization,� said Mark Juszczak, director of curriculum development at Ebtikarat Education, a Saudi education development company.
�The institutions that already exist in Abu Dhabi are still in growth phase in terms of student capacity and research plans,� said Jihad Mohaidat, division manager of global partnerships at the Abu Dhabi Education Council. �The budget for education has increased every year so far.�And with it, student applications continue to rise. �We get many of the same professors that they do in the main N.Y.U. branch, and here, the professors even live in the same buildings as we do, so we bump into them at dinner and interact with them a lot more,� Ms. Falasi said. �It�s such a benefit for us.�


http://chronicle.com/blogs/global/qatar-plans-to-build-law-school-with-harvard-institutes-help/34067

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At Foreign Schools in the Gulf, a More Local Push

Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi
Local citizens make up about a third of the student body at the Sorbonne Abu Dhabi.
By SARA HAMDAN
Published: March 17, 2013
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DUBAI � Leaving the desert behind, a driver to Education City in Doha, the Qatari capital, has the impression of entering another world. It still has the look of the modern Gulf: Huge, shiny buildings sit side by side, and Range Rovers and Audis fill student parking lots. Inside, however, the common areas and cafes look like they could be on any U.S. campus.
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Young men and women cluster to talk over a presentation in one corner, while techies crowd around a computer in another.
The difference is that many of the students are Qataris, with women wearing traditional black abayas and men in white kandouras. The Gulf dialect echoes in the corridors. Qatari students, the majority of whom are attending a mixed-gender school environment for the first time, make up about a third of the student body.
The complex, which houses the local campuses of eight Western universities, is spread over 14 square kilometers, or 5.4 square miles. Founded in 2001 by a government rich with oil and natural gas money, it was meant to bring big-name Western education to the Gulf. But some analysts say the universities, locally financed but serving student bodies that are still dominated by foreigners, seem like bubbles cut off from Gulf culture and society.
�I�m so happy to see huge investments in education in this way, but these universities are not organically linked to the cultural or social themes of their immediate environments, and have a responsibility to do so,� said Khaled Fahmy, a professor and chair of the history department at the American University of Cairo, which is not related to Education City.
�The idea of being cosmopolitan is romanticized, and if not enough attention is given to incorporating local context in an embedded, serious way rather than as an afterthought, the repercussions will be serious,� he said. �It will create generations of Emiratis or Qataris who are very well educated but are disconnected from their country�s history, culture and language.�
The lineup of partner U.S. schools with Qatari branches or campuses is impressive: Georgetown, Northwestern, Virginia Commonwealth University, the Weill Cornell Medical College, Texas A&M and Carnegie Mellon. University College London welcomed its first cohort in Qatar last September, as did the �cole des Hautes �tudes Commerciales de Paris, or HEC.
Abu Dhabi, in the neighboring United Arab Emirates, has also attracted some of the world�s top schools, including the Sorbonne in Paris, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Insead, a business school based in France.
But these institutions realize that simply importing a Western education system is not enough: They have to ensure that Qatari and Emirati students fit in culturally and academically.
One problem is that many local high school students are not qualified to immediately enter elite institutions like Northwestern or Georgetown, highly competitive schools that typically admit less than one in five applicants in the United States. There are no formal quotas on the number of local students admitted to the Gulf campuses.
To bridge the gap, overseas campuses have resorted to using conditional admissions, bridge programs or foundation years to help local students catch up. In some cases, these extra courses are taught by professors from home campuses who are visiting the Middle East for the first time. For the most part, construction of the Gulf campuses of these Western universities was fully paid for by the Qatari or Emirati governments. Local citizens generally attend on full government scholarships, regardless of financial need. Foreign students pay tuition costs similar to the corresponding U.S. schools and can apply for local scholarships and grants.
�We do realize that the whole operation in Education City is funded by Qatar, so we want to maintain our standards without dropping to a low percentage of Qataris or having no link to society,� said Gerd Nonneman, dean of Georgetown University�s School of Foreign Service in Qatar.
Local citizens make up about a third of the student body at the Gulf campuses of Georgetown and the Sorbonne.
That is not the case at N.Y.U. Abu Dhabi, where more than 9,000 students applied for the graduating class of 2014, who began their studies in 2010. Of the 148 students who entered with that class, approximately one-third were from North America, and six were Emirati students. The number of Emirati students rose to nine for the class of 2015, and then 17 for the class of 2016. N.Y.U. does not yet have data for the class of 2017, who will begin their studies later this year.
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:
Correction: March 18, 2013

An earlier version of this article said that 4,000 students applied for the N.Y.U. Abu Dhabi's Class of 2014; the number was actually 9,000. An earlier version also said that N.Y.U. Abu Dhabi was expected to admit six Emirati students in 2014, nine in 2015 and 17 in 2016. In fact, these are the figures for the graduating classes of 2014, 2015 and 2016, who were admitted in 2010, 2011 and 2012, respectively. N.Y.U. Abu Dhabi does not predict the number students it will admit in future years.
A version of this article appeared in print on March 18, 2013, in The International Herald Trib

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Education City
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