Vision & Mission
Our Vision
We are a smart leading university that competes regionally and internationally by providing opportunities for education and for outstanding learning that entrenches the spirit of creativity and the open innovation to serve the community, the interdisciplinary scientific research, and the culture of entrepreneurship.
Our Mission
To produce and disseminate knowledge and encourage innovation to support human development and meet the needs of the community and the sustainable development plans by preparing leaders for the future and qualified human resources for emerging future jobs and for the local, regional and international job market within the framework of the university’s core value by providing distinguished academic and professional programs, establishing scientific and applied research centers, and maximizing effective local and international partnerships.
Strategic Directions
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Providing effective and developed levels of education that improve and support students’ educational and research capabilities
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Achieving excellence and leadership at the level of graduates and maximizing their abilities in moving from the stage of acquiring knowledge to the stage of employing it in finding innovative solutions to serve the community.
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Keeping pace with the requirements of future jobs, shifting from the consumption of knowledge to its production, and entrenching the idea of the society and economy of knowledge
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Competing in the field of applied sciences and technology and employing them for the progress of the society while maintaining identity and in a way that promotes Arab, African, and global ties
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Presenting a flexible intellectual framework for cooperation with industry that allows for continuous improvement and preservation of societal values and ethics while keeping abreast of scientific and technological development
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Providing the community with future leaders who can make tangible changes for themselves, their community, and their regional environment and maximize their ability to reach innovative scientific solutions as entrepreneurs promising the possibility of life-long development of their capabilities
AIU Strategic Pillars
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Pillar One: Academic Excellence
To foster academic excellence through embracing a student-centered milieu that produces graduates as responsible global citizens armed with competencies and insights needed for emerging future careers and lifelong learning to become vigorous contributors to the global economy.
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Pillar Two: Impactful Research
To establish a world-class research hub at AIU that undertakes multi-disciplinary investigation responding to national, regional as well as global needs, attracts renowned researchers, and trains junior scientists with impactful contribution to the emerging knowledge and green economy.
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Pillar Three: Internationalization and Global Engagement
To foster impactful international engagement through strategic alliance and commitment, and to infuse international, intercultural, and comparative perspectives and dimensions throughout the teaching, research, and service missions of the university to promote AIU visibility on regional and global level.
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Pillar Four: Institutional Effectiveness
To continuously improve institutional capacity to ensure sustainability and growth and effective implementation of university’s mission and goals.
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Pillar Five: Innovation and Creativity
To embed innovation into all strategies of AIU as an integral component to establish AIU as an open innovation institution/space through collaboration with national and international professionals, scientists, entrepreneurs, to provide academic and research excellence, to foster internationalization and global engagement, to achieve institutional effectiveness, and to empower society
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Pillar Six: Sustainable, Green, Health Promoting and Civically Engaged
To create, cultivate, and sustain healthy individuals and the environment; to embed sustainability into all angles of our work; and to civic engagement action and collaboration, locally and globally while constantly strengthening the university’s capacity as a healthy setting for living, learning, and working.