Employment

NYU Abu Dhabi alumni are employed around the world in industries ranging from consulting to technology, startups, and the arts. Many chose to stay in the UAE.

National Contributions

How NYUAD alumni are shaping their adopted home.

Lan Duong, Class of 2015

For Lan Duong, who grew up in Los Angeles, building Abu Dhabi is a literal obsession.

Patrick Wee, Class of 2017

Sometimes the best way to improve a city is to dive right in.

Emina Osmandzikovic, Class of 2017

In the years ahead, Osmandzikovic believes that her work, and the work of researchers like her, will help power the UAE’s continued upward trajectory.

Lamees Al Makkawi, Class of 2016

To Lamees Al Makkawi, culture is the architecture of urban greatness.

Working for a More Sustainable Future

When going green becomes the strategic, social, and straightforward thing to do.

Dana Al Hosani, Class of 2018

My generation is constantly thinking about climate change.
Brian Ndirangu, Class of 2014

At the World Bank, developing strategies to conserve natural habitats.
Andres Fernandez, Class of 2015

Even well-meaning projects can have a rocky start.
Kate Melville-Rea, Class of 2018

Melville-Rea educates people to the threats of water pollution.

Startups With Saadiyat Roots

Businesses born on campus have a certain appeal in popular culture; thanks to Hollywood, we all know the origins of Facebook.

But as unlikely as a college startup might seem, great universities produce them in abundance. Startups with Saadiyat roots are proliferating.

Did You Know?

NYUAD graduates are employed in 66 different countries across the globe.

Tooth n' Fang

They knew what kind of art they wanted to create after graduation. When they didn’t find these opportunities, they decided to create them, together, with Tooth n’ Fang, a global-arts collective.

The idea that we’re not limited by borders, by cultures, and that we can actually learn from them and navigate them and move through them with our art, that is something uniquely NYU Abu Dhabi.

Alejandro Mora, Class of 2018