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NYU Abu Dhabi

NYU President John Sexton's Memorandum

I am pleased to tell you about an extraordinarily exciting development for NYU: the University has completed an agreement with representatives of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi to create "NYU Abu Dhabi," the first comprehensive liberal arts campus to be operated abroad by a major U.S. research university. This campus, when completed, is expected to serve upwards of 2,000 students, principally from the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Europe. Site selection and campus planning will begin soon, and we expect to start operations at the campus in 2010. » Read more