The Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences participated in the strategic partners forum held by the UAE University at Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi. The forum was attended by more than 70 participants from 30 government and private entities within UAE.
His Excellency Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh, Cultural Adviser to the President of UAE and Supreme President of the UAE University, stressed that the University will continue cooperating closely with its partners to prepare generations of qualified graduates with high technical and professional skills. The contributions of these professionals will lead towards achieving the requirements of the country's national agenda, leading to the UAE Centennial 2071, which expresses the truest expression of our societal aspirations.
His Excellency pointed out that the UAE University, since its founding by the late Sheikh Zayed, has been a beacon of academic knowledge, and a national incubator with distinction, and has become a cultural and intellectual center among universities, locally, regionally, and globally.
Today, it continues its tireless work in achieving the vision of the State, by offering academic programs and curricula specialized in keeping pace with the fourth industrial revolution and the requirements of artificial intelligence, and introducing innovative scientific programs that keep pace with the latest scientific technologies, and working to support qualitative scientific research efforts, innovations, and projects in the field of space, which are among the most important, he added
At the end of his speech, His Excellency Zaki Nusseibeh extended his thanks and appreciation to all strategic partners for their precious trust in the University.
Abdullah Bin Souqat, Executive Director of the Award, said, "There is a strong relationship between the UAE University and the Award since its establishment in 1999, as it is considered the largest partner of the Award in support of scientific research and is the largest producer of scientific research in the medical sector in the country.
H.E Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh honoured the Award as one of the strategic partners of the UAE University in recognition of its continuous support for the University and its strategic vision