Internships, out-of-class interactions, and extracurricular activities were the most valuable part of my university experience. Interacting with students from different backgrounds shaped who I am today.
Academic Programs
NYU Abu Dhabi engineering programs are designed to create technological leaders with a global perspective, a broad education, and the capacity to think creatively. The uniqueness of each program lies in the integration of invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship into all phases of study. Students enjoy a learning environment conducive to creativity, which is at the heart of tomorrow’s technological innovations and enterprises.
Undergraduate Majors
Why Study Engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi?
We Prepare You for a Career or Further Study
- Pursue a diverse range of careers in research, academia, industry, or government.
- Seek continuous professional development and life-long learning through graduate school studies, continuing educational courses, and/or professional registration.
- Utilize their NYUAD education to develop innovative, ethical and socially responsible solutions to a range of local, regional or global problems.
- Be effective communicators and demonstrate collaborative, entrepreneurial and leadership qualities.
Build Important Skills and Knowledge
The primary pedagogical goals of the Engineering Division, across all majors, are to:
- Immerse students in a coherent integrated engineering curriculum that interconnects various engineering specializations with the liberal arts and sciences;
- Develop in students a broad understanding of engineering principles across traditional disciplines while providing depth in a chosen disciplinary filed or thematic area;
- Impart to students a knowledge of available techniques in the practice of leadership and innovation, inventiveness, and entrepreneurship (i2e), and prepare them to be leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs;
- Prepare students to apply engineering principles in conjunction with social, economic, ethical, and other considerations in identifying and solving problems; and
- Guide students to think critically, analytically, creatively, and independently while fostering the ability to conduct research, evaluate evidence and results, and formulate hypothesis and solutions while recognizing constraints.
Choosing a Major
Computer Engineering
I have always wanted to make robots that can contribute to communities in innovative ways.
Computer Science
Algorithms provides me the foundation for a computer science degree in understanding algorithms and sets of instructions to perform a particular operation.
