Dubai – Mubasher: Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, the Crown Prince of Dubai, has greenlighted a new strategy to turn Dubai universities into free zones.
The strategy aims to create economic and creative free zones in universities, Arabian Business reported.
Al Maktoum said that the decision will allow students to carry out business and creative activities as an integrated part of their higher education.
“As we approve the strategy to create economic and creative free zones in universities, we set in motion a revolutionary plan that will assist students to realise their dreams in becoming the young successful business leaders of the future,” Al Maktoum commented.
He added that such step targets supporting students with education and research, and funding, in addition to laying the ground to the universities to graduate not students, but successful entrepreneurial employers.
The step comes along with the UAE’s 50-year Charter to ensure a sustained development march that will turn Dubai into the best city in the world, the crown prince noted.
“We draw inspiration from the vision of Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and the targeted future development areas that he outlined in the 50-Year Charter,” Al Maktoum said.
Under the strategy, prepared by the Dubai Future Foundation in collaboration with other government entities, the UAE will collaborate with top international research institutions and universities to achieve its goals.
