Demand for enrollment in Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Science, Internet of Things, and Renewable Energy programs

Future jobs direct university students to new majors

“Najah” helped students make decisions about their future directions.

Photography: Najeeb Mohamed

The activities of the 16th Najah Education Exhibition in Abu Dhabi concluded with the participation of 100 local and international universities, which lasted for three days, with a wide participation of school students and parents, who were keen to learn about the academic disciplines that allow them to work in future jobs, which focus on Technology and artificial intelligence.

While the academic guidance officials at the universities confirmed that the exhibition contributed to enhancing the awareness of students and their parents about academic opportunities and options in the field of higher education and its advantages, by bringing them together with admissions officials at local and international universities, under one umbrella.

In detail, the Najah Education Exhibition witnessed a great turnout from students wishing to learn about the academic programs of the universities.

"Emirates Today" monitored the students' interest, during their tour inside the university pavilions, by asking about the academic disciplines that, after graduation, would enable them to join job groups that include space, robotics, life sciences, health, computer science, energy, communications, electronic security, big data science, and the Internet of things, in addition to reality. Enhanced default.

The students and their families affirmed that the exhibition provided them with an opportunity to meet admission officials of local and international universities and officials of international universities, to speak with them directly, to raise their questions and inquiries regarding their academic and professional future, and to know the best ways to apply to these universities, including admission and registration requirements, and how to obtain a travel visa. To study abroad and know the academic environment, as educational counselors and experts who are qualified and professional provide guidance and professional development services for students in everything related to their academic future.

The student, Bilal Abdullah, in the twelfth grade, explained that the exhibition saves a lot of time and effort for high school students in choosing the university and the specialization they wish to study, noting that it was registered in the field of robotics engineering at an American university, and his colleague Muhammad Al-Hosani supported him in the opinion, pointing out He pointed out that the exhibition provides effort for students to search for a distinguished university or academic program, and this is what the exhibition provided for students, especially since those universities are from many different countries, in addition to identifying the Emirati universities and the specializations available in them and the grants offered to national students, pointing out that he registered Specialized in medicine in more than one local and international university.

In the same context, the 12th grade students, Shurooq Khaled, Mahra Al Balushi, and Marwa Al Saadi, said that the exhibition has a distinct diversity in universities, and they have registered with many students their names in many universities, whether at home or abroad, with the help of their school’s academic advisors and affiliated academic advisors. For those universities, pointing out that they found the majors they want to study at the undergraduate level at the local and international universities that are on display.

Many students who visited the exhibition, whether in student groups organized by their schools, or in family visits with their families, unanimously agreed on the great benefit that they obtained from their visit to the exhibition, especially since the various accredited local and international universities and colleges are under one roof, which provides a lot of The time and effort for the student to get acquainted with the conditions of admission to those colleges, and to answer all inquiries about scholarships abroad, and university admission procedures in the disciplines they wish to study, in addition to meeting officials of foreign embassies who are inside the wings of foreign universities of their countries, to familiarize them with the procedures for obtaining Travel visas to study, and other details of living in the foreign countries where these universities are located.

They pointed out that the presence of this number of universities helped students make decisions about their future directions, by identifying scholarship programs in universities, opportunities for financial aid, admission and study abroad, and exploring opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate specializations for future education, and professional experiences.

Academic advisors, Mamdouh Al-Jamal, Fahd Al-Balushi, and Carmen Tayel, explained that their role, during their presence with the students in the exhibition, is to introduce them to the specialization appropriate to their ambitions and inclinations, and its suitability with the development taking place, noting that they introduce the students to the new specializations that have entered the labor market, which are the jobs of the future. Among the most important are renewable and alternative energy, robotics, artificial intelligence, augmented virtual reality, big data science, the Internet of Things, network security, e-learning, in addition to social innovation.

5000 students

The Director of the Deanship of Admission and Registration at the UAE University, Saud Al-Amiri, stressed the importance of the participation of the UAE University in educational exhibitions that aim to spread awareness and information of interest to the student and his guardian, before joining the university, pointing out that the exhibition received many school trips to visit the exhibition, where the University pavilion received The UAE has more than 5,000 students from various schools in the country, in addition to students' parents.

• 100 local and international universities participated in the activities of the Najah Education Exhibition in Abu Dhabi.

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