UAE’s visionary leaders established MBZUAI to educate and develop top talent, foster an innovation ecosystem, and act as a strategic think tank for the public and private sectors.
MBZUAI takes inspiration from our namesake, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE.
The university has a vital role to play in many of the UAE Government’s strategic objectives, with AI identified as a critical component for future growth and prosperity. MBZUAI’s own strategic vision and mission works in parallel to position Abu Dhabi as a hub for the international AI community.
The university attracts world-class thinkers and doers in computer vision, machine learning, natural language processing, and beyond.
Our groundbreaking academic and research initiatives are working on developing future solutions that will impact the world and change the way we imagine things.
Licensing and accreditation
The Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) is in Abu Dhabi, and is officially licensed on March 10, 2020, by the Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA) of the Ministry of Education in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to award degrees/ qualifications in higher education for the following programs: