Dubai International Academic City Hosts High-Profile Delegation from University of Maryland

Dubai International Academic City (DIAC), the region’s leading destination for higher education and a member of TECOM Investments Education Cluster, today announced it hosted a delegation of Executive Deans from the University of Maryland, US.

The visiting delegation’s tour of the UAE came as part of an endeavour to explore and evaluate current and potential interest and opportunities for higher education institutions in the country and the region.

Dr Ayoub Kazim, Managing Director, TECOM Investments Education Cluster, received the delegation that was led by G. Anandalingam, Dean of the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

Other members of the delegation included Hugh Courtney, Associate Dean of Executive Programs and Professor of the Practice of Strategy at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business; Amir Farmanesh, Governance Economist with the World Bank Governance Group - Policy Fellow with the US National Academy of Sciences; Tom Kennedy, Director of the Office of Executive Programs at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, and William L. Powers, Executive Dean of the University of Maryland School of Public Policy.

Dubai International Academic City hosts over 30 institutions from 13 different countries including the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, India, France, Singapore, Russia, Pakistan, Iran, Lebanon and the UAE. Approximately 15,000 students are currently enrolled into the various programmes offered at the campuses within DIAC.