NYUARGradClass: Fifth UAE Undergraduate Research Competition to be held at Abu Dhabi University

Under the patronage of H.E. Hussain Ibrahim Al Hammadi, Minister of Education, Abu Dhabi University is pleased to announce that it will be organizing the Fifth UAE Undergraduate Research Competition to be held at Abu Dhabi University, on May 8, 2017.

This competition aims at encouraging universities in the UAE to promote scientific research among undergraduate students, making it an integral part of university education. It also aims to instill life-long learning and to enhance career opportunities for young people as well as foster positive attitudes in education, research, and innovation.

The upcoming competition is in direct support of the UAE government’s drive toward fostering innovation. The competition, over its short life span, has witnessed impressive growth and success in attracting undergraduate students from all over the UAE. The substantial and steady increase in the number of submissions and attendees is an important indicator that the competition has already become the premier and largest national event of its kind that targets undergraduate students from across all universities in the UAE and from across all major disciplines. Last year, the competition involved over 230 research papers presented in 17 parallel tracks submitted by 30 major universities in the UAE.

The URC is an exciting, high-stakes competition with over AED 100,000 in monetary prizes set to be distributed among winning teams.

Your participation in the research competition will give you an excellent opportunity to interact with some of the country’s best new minds, as leading student researchers and their supervisors from other universities around the UAE will also attend and participate in the competition.

The schedule for the competition is as follows:

February 13, 2017	Deadline for Application Submission/Registration
February 19, 2017	Announcement of Accepted Proposals
March 26, 2017	Last Day for Submission of Final Research project
April 17, 2017	Announcement of Accepted Projects
May 8, 2017	Competition Exhibition & Winners Announcement Ceremony