A UW Alumni news headline that caught my attention today: UW makes progress toward establishing a campus in the United Arab Emirates
“Chakma said the greatest benefit for UW is establishing a presence in a major strategic location that has the potential to allow UW to reach out to the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. It will also…increase the institution’s revenue by more than $20 million a year while creating more than thirty new faculty positions.
…the establishment of a satellite campus in the UAE would be Canada’s first major overseas campus, which could reinforce Canada’s leadership role in IT and engineering.
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There are risks… [such as] not meeting the admission target (potential students are certainly there, he said, but are they willing to pay $25,000 in tuition fees?) or not finding enough co-op jobs…
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Canada’s first major overseas campus? Wow. I’m surprised that UW is taking this first step and extra surprised that it’s in UAE.