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A NEW MODEL OF GLOBAL EDUCATION
With us, you’ll experience a pioneering model of education, combining rigorous academics, innovative research, and extraordinary opportunities for growth.
Your world just got bigger.
CAMPUS LIFE
Connect to the wider world through music, sports, activities and cultural exchange. Ours is an international student experience like no other.
ACADEMIC DIVISIONS
Build new skills, grow as a leader, meet new people… and have fun while you do it.
Archery? Afrobeats? Anime? Meet other like-minded people and share your passions.
115 nationalities
and counting
NYU Abu Dhabi’s campus on Saadiyat Island is structured to promote interaction and foster community spirit between students, faculty, and staff who reside on campus.
Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi,
United Arab Emirates
Why Choose
NYU ABU DHABI?
Join a community of high-achieving students and world-renowned faculty from across the world who thrive on collaboration, inclusion, and innovation for the greater good.
Every transformative experience you’ll have — from studying away in our global network to getting hands-on with cutting-edge research and interacting with the vibrant community here in Abu Dhabi — serves as a launchpad for your future career.
2000+
Undergraduates
100+
Languages Spoken
16QS
Graduate
Emploability
Rankings
22
Rhodes Scholars
26
Undergraduate majors
15
NYU Global
Academic
Study Sites
Why Choose
NYU ABU DHABI?
Join a community of high-achieving students and world-renowned faculty from across the world who thrive on collaboration, inclusion, and innovation for the greater good.
Every transformative experience you’ll have — from studying away in our global network to getting hands-on with cutting-edge research and interacting with the vibrant community here in Abu Dhabi — serves as a launchpad for your future career.
2000+
Undergraduates
100+
Languages Spoken
16QS
Graduate
Emploability
Rankings
22
Rhodes Scholars
26
Undergraduate majors
15
NYU Global
Academic
Study Sites
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A CAMPUS THAT’S YOURS TO SHAPE
At NYU Abu Dhabi, learning is a two-way street. You’ll be enriched by outstanding faculty and world-class research, but we want you to share your perspectives, too. Find the future you want to build and let’s build it together.
2000+
Undergraduates
16QS
Graduate Employability
Rankings
25
Rhodes
Scholars
16
NYU Global Academic
Study Sites
26
Undergraduate majors
75+
Languages Spoken
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