His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has directed that a new building be allocated to the headquarters of the Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies in the Institutes Area near the University City of Sharjah, instead of the existing headquarters located in Abu Dhanq area, which was established in 1983.
“This is a continuation of the keenness of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah,” said Jamal Al Jasmi, Director General of the Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies (EIBFS). His Highness directed the allocation of a modern building to the Institute of Banking and Financial Studies to be a new headquarters for the Institute, and to add to this blessed land a new educational edifice as significant as its counterparts. Colleges and Institutes ".
He pointed out that under the directives of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah, work is underway to equip the new headquarters of the Institute of Banking and Financial Studies with the latest service and educational facilities to be ready to receive students and trainees from the banking sector.
He praised His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah and said that the unlimited support of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi to develop the education process and follow-up His Highness the development movement, motivated those planning and implementation, to adopt promising development initiatives and programs, which are commensurate with His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah has set the appropriate scientific and academic environment for the students of the Institute and other universities in the Emirate of Sharjah, with all the necessary elements of scientific and academic creativity.
He pointed to the achievements of Sharjah in the level of public and university education, the remarkable progress and in record time, in implementation of the vision and approach of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah, stressing that universities and institutes in Sharjah has witnessed a great leap in the development of its facilities and infrastructure, and provide it with modern technologies and advanced scientific laboratories, as well as It has distinguished educational experiences and competencies, as well as the attention of His Highness, or the provision of decent care or important opportunities for training and professional development, believing in the importance of the human element, and the noble message of education, and the role of the teacher and headmaster and guide in the preparation of generations and rehabilitation A life and a future.
The new headquarters of the institute, which is characterized by beautiful design and distinctive geometric shape, consists of a total area of 25 thousand square meters, and on a land decorated with green spaces outside the building floor, and contains parking up to more than 250 positions distributed between the basement floor and external parking.
The Institute's building contains more than 22 classrooms, a center for banking and financial studies, a technical and technical laboratory, a multi-purpose hall with an area of 200 square meters, in addition to the library, which has a total area of 300 square meters, and includes a collection of books and references on the financial sector And banking.
The new headquarters of the institute also includes a virtual trading room for students, which is the first of its kind in the UAE and equipped with the most modern scientific techniques, and supports experiential learning based on technology by providing a real environment for the trading of stocks and documents for learners and students, and includes 22 stations equipped with all tools The internationally accredited market, which utilizes global systems fully equipped with market and simulation software tools, to provide the latest banking training expertise, in line with the Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies' strategy to keep abreast of the latest technology. Modern education in the banking sector.
In its new headquarters, the Institute has an Innovation Lab to highlight the innovations and achievements in the banking and financial sector achieved by the students of the Institute, to be in an environment that develops and develops innovation according to methods that encourage and develop talent and encourage innovative scientific thinking to achieve leadership in performance and excellence.
The Institute continues to work towards providing a global learning environment for all students, in addition to continuous development in terms of curriculum, courses and duration; to suit the requirements of the labor market, as well as the opportunity to benefit from students, Bangor University program, one of the best universities in the world to finish Their last year of study in Britain and a bachelor's degree from Bangor University in Britain.
The Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies (EIBFS) has high-level academic programs accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and recognized by leading financial institutions and institutions in the UAE and around the world to help students interested in building their careers in the financial and banking sector. In the banking and finance sciences, accounting, Islamic banking diploma and banking diploma, the Institute recently launched the first accredited certificate for the study of financial technology.
The Institute plays a vital role in providing the banking sector with national competencies and increasing the rate of Emiratisation in the banking and financial sector. The Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies has set a record number of participants in its programs since the beginning of this year, where the Institute has implemented 351 educational and training programs. Trainees, including 2,000 UAE nationals working in the financial and banking sector during the first half of this year.
The Institute believes in its mission and national goals through training and education in the banking and financial sector and support human competitiveness capable in the labor market according to high competitive frameworks through which the plans and curricula of the Institute to cope with local and global challenges, since the Institute has trained more than 201 thousand and 784 trainees from Including 64 thousand citizens.