AUS Events: 20 Years of Academic Excellence
Channel: AUSharjah
Date: 2017-10-05

American University of Sharjah (AUS) marked the start of its 20th anniversary celebrations on Wednesday, October 4, 2017 with a commemorative event held at the University’s Main Auditorium. A series of functions planned throughout the year will recognize the significant accomplishments of the faculty, staff, students, and alumni. 
Over the past 20 years, AUS has become one of the region’s most outstanding universities, offering a world-class, American-accredited education characterized by excellence and innovation in teaching, learning, research and service. AUS alumni have pursued graduate studies at top institutions around the world and have become leaders in their respective fields. AUS was recently named among the world’s top 60 institutions under 50 years old by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings for 2018 and was the only institution in the United Arab Emirates to achieve a 4-star rating.
On Saturday, October 4, 1997, history was in the making. AUS had 285 students on the first day of classes, taught by 30 faculty members. Today, the university is a stunning complex of buildings, with over 370 highly-trained men and women representing a full-time faculty, and over 5,800 students attending this year alone. Since 1997, AUS has been a very bold experiment in which a new synthesis of American higher education traditions and the cultural traditions of the Gulf has been created.
People are invited to stay engaged in the AUS 20th anniversary celebrations using the official hashtag: #AUSCelebrates_20.

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