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MBZUAI welcomed the largest group in the Abu Dhabi AI ecosystem

news agency wam , 1 Sep 2024 - 15:30

The Mohammed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) has announced that it has welcomed its largest and most diverse intake to date in a series of orientation events on campus.


 
According to Amac News: In the announcement of this university, it is stated that this program shows an increase in the number and quality of students who complete postgraduate studies in artificial intelligence (AI) specialties at MBZUAI.
According to the announcement, the university received more than 4,800 applications, as the acceptance rate reached 5 percent and university seats were highly competitive.
This latest batch of 209 students includes the university's first computer science (CS) and robotics departments, which established two new departments and four related graduate programs last year.
A key factor in attracting international students and faculty to MBZUAI is the university's reputation for diversity and inclusion, research capabilities, mandatory internships, and the introduction and success of the Undergraduate Research Internship Program (UGRIP).
The program has seen 79 international undergraduate students visit over a four-week period in 2023 and 2024. Remarkably, more than 50% of participants in the inaugural edition of UGRIP applied and received offers to join MBZUAI this year.
With 39 students from the world's top 100 CS universities, including Cornell University, Tsinghua University, University of California, San Diego, University of Edinburgh, and University College London, it continues to attract high-caliber students.
The fall 2024 group represents 36 countries, including 44 UAE countries, of which 147 countries study at the master's level and 62 countries study at the doctoral level. Degree in CS, Computer Vision (CV), Machine Learning (ML), Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Robotics.
The number of students is currently 381 students (30% female: 70% male) from 49 countries.
This year, MBZUAI is building three new departments dedicated to Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Statistics and Data Science, and Computational Biology to further develop the institution's unique offerings, as well as interdisciplinary curriculum and projects. Research help.
MBZUAI continues to support the UAE's ambitious innovation trajectory, providing a diverse pipeline of cutting-edge talent for industrial markets and local applications.
 


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