His Highness Sheikh Rashid bin Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla, Crown Prince of Umm Al Quwain, in the presence of Sheikh Abdullah bin Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla, Head of the Finance Department and Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of Umm Al Quwain University, headed the meeting of the Board of Trustees of Umm Al Quwain University
At the beginning of the meeting, which was held at the university campus, His Highness welcomed the members of the council and their efforts and interest in all the university's affairs, academic programs, and its development in various scientific and administrative fields, and the levels that the university could reach as one of the distinguished and pioneering educational institutions at the state level, in order to achieve the university's mission to graduate generations and leaders of High level of education.
During the meeting, the Board of Trustees approved the Master's program in law which will be submitted to the Commission of Academic Accreditation at the Ministry of Education for final approval, in addition to working on offering a master's program in other specializations in the Colleges of Mass Communication Business Administration.
The Board of Trustees of Umm Al Quwain University also approved the establishment of the College of Engineering and Information Technology to be added to the rest of the colleges at the university, College of Mass Communication, College of Business Administration, College of Law, and College of Arts and Sciences.
His Highness Sheikh Rashid bin Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, urged to benefit from the experiences of the members of the Board of Trustees in the process of development plans for the programs and the university strategy for the coming period, and to contribute to its support in all scientific and social fields, and to offer new programs and initiatives that keep pace with the labor market and establish more cooperation relations with scientific academic institutions.
For his part, Sheikh Abdullah bin Saud bin Rashid Al-Mualla stressed that the directives of His Highness the Chairman of the Board of Trustees will be appreciated and taken into account when offering programs and strategic plans for the university, stressing that the university always works on updating the academic programs in various majors according to the needs of the labor market and importance to develop the learning outcomes and benefit from the modern methods used in international universities to attract academic expertise.
The meeting was attended by members of the University’s Board of Trustees, His Excellency Dr. Mohammed Saif Al Talay, Director General of the Umm Al Quwain Financial Control Department, His Excellency Humaid Rashid Al Shamsi, Director General of Umm Al Quwain Municipality, Mr. Omar Ziad Galadari, and His Excellency Prof.Galal Hatem, Chancellor of Umm Al Quwain University.