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Students Launch #sheforshe Campaign

Students have started a campaign called #SheforShe, which aims to highlight the need for women to support each other in order to achieve their goals for gender equality.

New Book Explores the Link Between Learning and Music

Dr. Efthymios Papatzikis, has recently published a book titled, “Developmental Psychology in Music Education: When Sevcik meets Gagne,” which explores the link between how music is taught and popular theories about how people learn.

School of Communication and Creative Industries
Students Suggest New Designs for Old Suggestion Box

Sixty students participated in a “Suggestion Box Design” student competition during the spring 2017 semester as part of their first year design studio course, DESI 102 Fundamentals of Design.

Department of Architecture
for the Love of Luxuries

Dr. Julia Finnegan, recently presented her paper on Luxury Marketing, titled “For the Love of Luxuries” at the 39th Annual ISMS (INFORMS Society for Marketing Science) Marketing Science Conference held at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business in Los Angeles.

School of Management
Documentary on Leonardo Da Vinci to Premiere at the Artist’s Last Home

Documentary follows artist Sylvain Tremblay as he explores the Renaissance Masters life and influences

School of Communication and Creative Industries
Engineering Staff Lead School Teachers in Innovative Robotics Workshop

Engineering Professor and Lab Instructors from the Canadian University Dubai Give GEMS Westminster Teachers the “Robotics’ Ropes”

Department of Electrical Engineering
Winners of Graduate Poster Competition Honored at Special Iftar

Canadian University Dubai held a special Iftar dinner to honor the winners of the University’s 1st Graduate Student Research Poster Competition (GSRPC)

School of Management
Canadian University Dubai & Ryerson Develop Unique New Program

Bachelor in Creative Industries will be the first offered as part of the University’s new Faculty of Communication and Design

Community Outreach
Repton Students Participate in E-business Simulation

Canadian University Dubai hosted six students from Repton School Dubai’s International Baccalaureate Career Program (IBCP) in order to have them participate in a special e-Business simulation.

School of Management
Childhood Happiness Key to Urban Development

Dr. Hoshiar Nooraddin, recently presented a paper on “Childhood Happiness as an Urban Development Strategy” at the 2017 Ajman International Urban Development Conference.

Department of Architecture
Dr. Wided Dafri's and Dr. Rami El Khatib's Teams Make It to Finals

Three undergraduate teams from Canadian University Dubai made it to the finals of the recent UAE Undergraduate Research Competition (URC).

Front Desk
Psychology Prof Invited to Present Findings at Ippa

Dr. Louise Lambert has been invited to present her research findings, and head a symposium, at the world’s largest positive psychology congress, The International Positive Psychology Association’s (IPPA) 5th World Congress.

School of Communication and Creative Industries
Journalism Students Pitch Magazine Ideas

A group of senior journalism students held a panel discussion and assessment session in April in order to present their senior projects.

School of Communication and Creative Industries
Department of Communication and Media
Global Seminar on Research Into Music Education

Canadian University Dubai recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the International Society of Music Education (ISME) Research Commission that will see the University host the organizations 27th International Seminar on Research in Music Education in July 2018.

Front Desk
Students Meet with Tariq Khayyat from Zaha Hadid Architects

Canadian University Dubai students met with Tariq Khayyat, Senior Associate - Head of Region/Middle East- at Zaha Hadid Architects. He gave them advice and answered their questions about the industry. Part 1 Part 2

Department of Architecture
Canadian University Dubai Hosts Huge Open House

Canadian University Dubai hosted hundreds of potential students and their family's at our campus on May 3, 2017, where they had the opportunity to learn more about our 40 program offerings in Business Administration, Public Health and Health Sciences, Engineering and Applied Science & Technology, Architecture and Design, Communication and...

Student Recruitment
Canadian University Dubai: Charting the Journey of Two Students

Hiteshwari Patel and Mahmoud Samir Albattah, both raised in the UAE and students of CUD, share their experience of studying at the university and life after.

Student Recruitment
Dr. Mohamed Ben Moussa Talked Gender Divides and E-empowerment at Journalism Conference

Assistant Professor in Communications and Media Studies, Dr. Mohamed Ben Moussa, recently participated in a Journalism and Media Conference at Middlesex University Dubai, where he presented his research titled “Gender Divides and e-Empowerment in the Arab World: the case of the UAE.”

School of Communication and Creative Industries
Department of Communication and Media
Students Visit Al Quoz Labour Camp As Part of “good Deed Project”

Thirty-four Canadian University Dubai students recently made multiple visits to a labour camp in Al Quoz as part of their “Good Deed Project” for their ‘Ethical Reasoning for Today’s World’ course.

School of Communication and Creative Industries
Students Attend Program on Responsible Online Trading

Students attend an interactive workshop hosted by XTrade, a world renowned online Contract for Difference (CFD) trading broker in April 2017.

School of Management
430 Students Receive Their Degrees

Canadian University Dubai graduation ceremony attended by H. H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance and Industry

Front Desk
Industry Professionals Provide Insights on the Future Desert Landscape

April 26th, 2017: A panel of leading professionals from the world of architecture and design have offered their insights on the future of the Gulf Region’s landscape in a thought-provoking debate convened by Canadian University Dubai.

Department of Architecture
Canadian University Dubai Student Accepted to Ivy League Masters Program

Canadian University Dubai student Jessica D’Silva has been accepted into the Masters in Public Health program at Brown University in the United States of America, making her one of the first students to be accepted into an Ivy League program.

School of Communication and Creative Industries
Department of Public Health
Canadian University Dubai Student Interviewed on Sama Dubai Tv

First year Architecture student, Alyazya Abdullah, was recently interviewed on Sama Dubai TV’s popular “The World of Family” program about her achievements and what motivates her to be a good student.

Student Affairs