UAE universities are taking practical steps to graduate entrepreneurs and transform them into areas that allow students to engage in economic and creative activity in the framework of implementing Article 6 of the 50th document issued by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. Items that include aspects of His Highness's vision for the future city of Dubai, and the life he wishes for everyone who lives in its community.
"At this stage, universities need to discuss the legal, financial and social dimensions of establishing cooperative companies owned by citizens in the educational sector. A long-term program, as confirmed in item VIII of the document ».
The University has taken practical measures to implement the sixth item, which aims at transforming the universities into free economic and creative zones. The university has developed a plan of action to establish a club for students specializing in business and projects, and a council for business owners whose aim is to guide students to safe areas And the sources of successful work, as a step towards the establishment of a company belonging to the Free Zone University aims to organize, develop, commercialize and launch the free zone at the University of Dubai, noting that the University has since adopted a period of entrepreneurship, through partnership with three companies that adopt the training and rehabilitation of students, In the next phase, the university plans to partner with two other companies in this field.
For his part, President of the University of Dubai, Dr. Issa Bastaki, stressed that the establishment of free zones in the universities gives students a new right of civil rights to do business early, before engaging in working life, and achieving the efforts and visions of leadership in the country to enable young people to contribute to increasing the GDP With their innovations and skills, leaving an important mark on the local and global markets. We have for a long time launched the slogan "Made in the UAE and sold globally" to express our desire to achieve this dream.
He added that the idea of creating a free zone in the universities is a pioneering, pioneering and rich idea, especially in the area of creativity and innovation. Since entering the University of Dubai, students will be able to start thinking about small projects with great objectives. Marketing and finance for any project, in addition to supporting the College of Engineering and Information Technology students projects in terms of engineering, information technology and electronic programs.
Dr. Abdul Latif Al Shamsi, Director of the Higher Colleges of Technology, said that the promotion of job opportunities for students is focused on entrepreneurship. The colleges aim to graduate 5% of their students as entrepreneurs by 2021 and encourage all students to be entrepreneurs in their various disciplines. Study courses to achieve this goal, and provide incubators to develop and support their ideas to be future colleges of the center to produce ideas and support the national economy.
Tutorial file
The President of Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al-Hakim University, Dr. Mansour Al-Awar, stressed the importance of the student's educational file, which is an integrated biography, and a detailed identity of the student from the beginning of his education years until the completion of university education.
He pointed out that the university is currently working on the implementation of the fourth item of the document of the fiftieth of the electronic file of electronic education for each citizen through the system followed by the university, so that the educational file includes all the certificates obtained, the lessons received and the courses and conferences that attend, in addition to the development of educational plans that Commensurate with the situation of every citizen, within one year.