Rochester Institute of Technology, Dubai

Rochester Institute of Technology - Dubai
Established 2007
Type Private
President Dr. Mustafa A.G. Abushagur[1]
Location Dubai, UAE
Colors Orange and Burnt umber[2]
         
Nickname Tigers
Mascot RITchie (Tiger) [3][4]
Website http://dubai.rit.edu/

RIT Dubai is a satellite campus of Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, USA in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[5] The college, is located in the Dubai Silicon Oasis[6] and started offering post graduate courses in Fall 2008. In 2009, the university began its full-time graduate program. RIT Dubai's first graduating class was in 2010, with the graduation ceremony taking place in Rochester, NY.[7] In 2010, a full-time undergraduate program was started as part of the university's planned expansion. In the fall of 2011, RIT Dubai moved its campus to a new facility to accommodate the growing student body.[8] By 2019, RIT plans to expand the campus to 1,000,000 square feet (93,000 m2) to provide facilities for 4,000 students.[9]

The RIT Dubai campus is the American university's third international campus. The university's other satellite campuses are located in Croatia and Kosovo.[10]

Contents

Programs Offered

Undergraduate Programs

  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Management Information Systems
  • International Business
  • Information Technology
  • Applied Networking
  • Information Security and Forensics
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

Graduate Programs

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Finance
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Service Leadership and Innovation
  • Networking and Systems Administration
  • Human Resource Development

Advanced Graduate Certificates

References

  1. ^ http://www.ameinfo.com/163823.html
  2. ^ http://www.rit.edu/upub/identity_manual.pdf
  3. ^ "RIT - Prospectus" (PDF). Rochester Institute of Technology. http://www.rit.edu/~932www/pdfs/Prospectus.pdf. Retrieved 2008-04-03. 
  4. ^ "RIT - RIT Archives - Spirit of RIT". Rochester Institute of Technology. http://library.rit.edu/depts/archives/tigerpage/. Retrieved 2008-04-03. 
  5. ^ http://www.rit.edu/news/?v=45936
  6. ^ http://www.dso.ae/en/rit-dubai.jsp
  7. ^ http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=47661
  8. ^ http://www.albawaba.com/business/pr/hh-sheikh-nahyan-bin-mubarak-inaugurates-rit-dubai-new-campus-dubai-silicon-oasis-398292
  9. ^ RIT goes to the UAE
  10. ^ http://www.rit.edu/emcs/ptgrad/international/international_campus.php

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