Taking your college education overseas? We like the way you think. Everything you do at NYU Abu Dhabi — from the classes you take to the clubs you join and trips you take — is a global experience only possible at a global crossroads like the UAE. Build a network without borders, transform into a citizen of the world, and have the college experience of a lifetime.
Our liberal arts and sciences curriculum equips high-caliber students with the skills to navigate and communicate across disciplines. You’ll be empowered to tackle global challenges, and your solutions will unfold through research alongside supportive faculty from around the world.
NYU Abu Dhabi’s 38-acre, pedestrian-only campus on Saadiyat Island is designed to foster an inclusive community in which students from across the globe live together, learn from one another, and form lifelong bonds. Look forward to:
Abu Dhabi is the cosmopolitan capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Known for its beautiful landscapes of beaches and sand dunes, this multi-cultural city is teeming with things to see, do and eat. You’ll use Abu Dhabi and the UAE as a tool for cultural and intellectual discovery through coursework, internships, community service, and individual exploration. It’s also a convenient launch pad for even more international adventures.
There's so many different things going on. It's such a different place.
I wanted to be an engineer, but more fundamentally I wanted to begin interacting with the wider world.
Studying hard is important but [J-Term in] Sydney taught me that taking care of myself was just as important.
I wanted to go somewhere where I would be making theater with people all over the world.
By mid semester, we had gone over the basic concepts of electricity and magnetism, and had a fairly solid understanding of them. Then we started learning about special relativity.
The people that we're surrounded with, they come from all over the world, with so many different backgrounds and experiences.