Communications of the ACM
AI University Opens Admissions Cycle for Fall 2021
MBZUAI will offer master of science and Ph.D. programs in computer vision and machine learning.
Credit: MBZUAI
The Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), a graduate-level, research-based artificial intelligence (AI) university located in Abu Dhabi, has opened its admissions cycle, which will see accepted students begin their AI education at the state-of-the-art Masdar City campus in Fall 2021.
MBZUAI has also recently extended admission offers to 100 students for the first academic year commencing in January 2021, with nearly 90 percent of the admitted students having already accepted their offers.
Students accepted into the first cohort were selected from a high caliber group of 2,223 applicants of 97 different nationalities. Admitted students come from 31 countries, with a majority from outside the Middle East and North Africa region.
Since its launch last October, MBZUAI has completed its state-of-the-art Masdar City campus and its first admissions cycle.
In addition to appointing senior faculty members and leadership team, MBZUAI has received licensing and accreditation from the Commission for Academic Accreditation, and has launched a series of expert-led webinars to build awareness and understanding of AI amongst the global community.
Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Chairman of the MBZUAI Board of Trustees and Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, says: "In line with the country's wise leadership vision, the university seeks to develop the necessary skills to achieve growth, progress, and advancement. Technology, and artificial intelligence in particular, is the driving force of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and a core component of a sustainable and prosperous future.
Al Jaber says the university has formed strategic partnerships for AI research and excellence with internationally renowned organizations, such as Virgin Hyperloop, and has hosted numerous delegations of international political and academic leaders.
Applications are being accepted for a Fall 2021 start in MBZUAI's master of science and Ph.D. programs in computer vision and machine learning. The programs will be taught by a world-class faculty, overseen by the University's Board of Trustees, which comprises internationally renowned experts in the field of AI.
In addition to Al Jaber, the board includes MBZUAI interim President Sir Michael Brady, professor at the University of Oxford; Anil K. Jain, a University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University; Kai-Fu Lee, a technology executive and venture capitalist based in Beijing; Daniela Rus, director of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory; and Peng Xiao, CEO of Group 42.
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