Crown Prince inaugurates IIT Delhi-Abu Dhabi campus

Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi has officially inaugurated the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Abu Dhabi campus on Monday, September,2,2024. The event marked a historic moment for international engineering education, bringing the prestigious IIT brand to the UAE.The inaugural batch has 52 students in undergraduate (UG) courses in Computer Science and Engineering and Energy Engineering. Students for the UG programs were rigorously selected through the JEE Advanced exam and the newly introduced Combined Admission Entrance Test (CAET) designed specifically for international students. The establishment of the campus fulfills a key aspect of the Vision Document launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in February 2022.IIT Delhi Abu Dhabi had previously launched its first Masters of Technology (M.Tech) programme in Energy Transition and Sustainability in January this year.IIT Delhi Abu Dhabi will collaborate with Khalifa University on research and academic programmes, sharing of research facilities and lab spaces, and mobility of student and faculty exchanges. The institution’s partnership with Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi will facilitate participation in joint research projects, student exchange at the postgraduate level, and organisation of seminars and scientific meetings.