{{Short description|Major private research university in Dubai, UAE}} {{more citations needed|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox university | name = Islamic Azad University, UAE Branch | native_name = {{unbulleted list |{{lang|fa| دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد امارات متحده }}}}<br /> ''Dāneshgāh-e Āzād-e Eslāmi Vāhed-e Emārāt-e Mottahede'' | native_name_lang = Persian | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | latin_name = | other_name = Azad University of Dubai | former_name = <!--or, former_names--> | motto = ''یاد بگیرید و زندگی کنید'' | motto_lang = Persian | mottoeng = Learn and live | top_free_label = | top_free = | type = Private Research university<ref name="Encyclopædia Iranica 1935">{{cite web | title=EDUCATION vii. SURVEY OF MODERN EDUCATION – Encyclopaedia Iranica | website=Encyclopædia Iranica | date=1935-02-04 | url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/education-vii-general-survey-of-modern-education | access-date=2020-03-17}}</ref>
| established = {{start date|1982}} | closed = <!-- {{end date|YYYY}} --> | founder = | parent = | affiliation = Islamic Azad University | religious_affiliation = | academic_affiliation = | endowment = | budget = | officer_in_charge = | chairman = | chairperson = | chancellor = | president = Reza Fadayevatan | vice-president = | superintendent = | provost = | vice_chancellor = | rector = | principal = | dean = | director = | head_label = | head = | academic_staff = | administrative_staff = | students = | undergrad = | postgrad = | doctoral = | other = | address = <!-- Please discuss before using --> | city = Dubai | state = | province = | country = United Arab Emirates | postcode = <!--or, postalcode or zipcode--> | coordinates = {{coord|25.10417|55.16483|format=dms|type:edu_region:AE-DU|display=inline,title}} | campus = | language = English | free_label = | free = | free_label2 = | free2 = | colors = <!--or, colours= --> | athletics = | sports = | athletics_nickname = <!--or, sports_nickname= --> | sporting_affiliations = | mascot = <!--or, mascots= --> | sports_free_label = | sports_free = | sports_free_label2 = | sports_free2 = | website = {{URL|www.iau.ae}} | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | footnotes = }} '''Islamic Azad University, UAE Branch''' ({{langx|fa|دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد امارات متحده}}) also shortly known as '''Azad University of Dubai''' ({{langx|fa|دانشگاه آزاد دبی}}) is a major private research university located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and was founded in 1982. It is one of the International campuses of the Islamic Azad University system.
Azad University of Dubai is an English language higher education institution.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Islamic Azad University Dubai {{!}} SC University Info |url=https://schoolsclassify.com/ae/islamic-azad-university |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=schoolsclassify.com}}</ref>
Also the UAE Branch has managed to host the ASAIHL International Summit for 2017 in Dubai.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://intl.iau.ir/ | language=zh | title=Info | access-date=2020-03-17 | archive-date=2020-03-19 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319133257/http://intl.iau.ir/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>
During the 34 years since the establishment of this university branch in Dubai, 4 million students have been graduated in various study fields.<ref name="Dubai Azad University Branch">{{cite web | title=Dubai Azad University Branch | website=Dubai Azad University Branch | url=https://www.iau.ae/ | access-date=2020-03-17}}</ref> <ref name="ToolAutoGenRef1">{{cite web | title=12 رشته در دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد امارات مجوز گرفت - خبرگزاری مهر - اخبار ایران و جهان | website=خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency | date=2012-07-13 | url=https://www.mehrnews.com/news/1648790/12-رشته-در-دانشگاه-آزاد-اسلامی-واحد-امارات-مجوز-گرفت | language=fa | access-date=2020-03-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=در ديدار جاسبي با وزير آموزش عالي امارات تأکيد شد: توسعه فعاليتهاي دانشگاه آزاد واحد امارات و راهاندازي رشتههاي علوم پزشکي | website=ایسنا | date=2011-05-29 | url=https://www.isna.ir/news/9003-05128/در-ديدار-جاسبي-با-وزير-آموزش-عالي-امارات-تأکيد-شد-توسعه-فعاليت-هاي | language=fa | access-date=2020-03-17}}</ref>
==Study fields== In 2012, the UAE Branch was awarded by the [Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA)] for the license of 12 disciplines in various educational study fields.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
==Number of students== By the year of 2017, Azad University's overseas branches had 571 Master and PhD students.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
==Non-Iranian students== The number of non-Iranian students in the Islamic Azad University was 8,123, 6,381 of these students were inside the country and 1,742 of them were employed in overseas branches.<ref>{{cite web | author=رزمی | title=معاونت بین الملل و امور دانشجویان غیرایرانی | url=http://intl.iau.ir/fa/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=315%3A20-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%AC%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%BA%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%A2%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1-92&catid=99%3Anews&Itemid=582 | language=fa | access-date=2020-03-17 | archive-date=2021-04-20 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420103251/http://intl.iau.ir/fa/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=315:20-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%AC%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%BA%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%A2%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1-92&catid=99:news&Itemid=582 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Research centers== Azad University of Dubai has more than 48 research centers, including:{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
* Nano-technology Center * Biotechnology Center * Plasma Physics Research Center * Supreme International Interdisciplinary Research Center * Center for Advanced Science and Technology (CAST) * Water Research Centers in certain branches
==See also== * Islamic Azad University
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