Some 70 students, staff and professors attended a site visit of the UAEU Pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai to feel inspired when design an engaging and immersive visitor experience that reflects UAEU’s ambitious plans for its Pavilion during Expo 2020. During the visit they also attended detailed sessions on the Expo 2020 Dubai vision, thematic pavilions and world-class visitor experience being planned for the largest event ever to be held in the Arab World.

The UAEU Pavilion will be centered around UAEU’s ‘University of the Future’ initiative to redefine tertiary education, focusing on creating a knowledge economy workforce and revolutionizing the provision of university education in the Arab World by 2030.

Through the strategic initiative, announced in 2018, UAEU aims to secure a place among the 20 best academic institutions in Asia and 200 best universities globally.

UAEU will also host the Pathfinders Program during Expo 2020 which will be offered to 30 students that will be selected from different Arab and African universities. These students will test the new curriculum for the University of the Future during the 6 months of Expo 2020 and will leverage the ecosystem created by Expo 2020.

For six months from 20 October 2020 until 10 April 2021, Expo 2020 Dubai will welcome more than 200 participants, including educational establishments, businesses, multilateral organisations and 192 countries – to the World’s Greatest Show of human brilliance and achievement. Organised under the theme ‘Connecting Minds, Creating the Future’, Expo expects 25 million visits, with 70 per cent of visitors predicted to come from outside the UAE.