University of West London Proposes to Start Branch Campus in UAE

University of West London is one of the prestigious Universities in UK with a heritage of 150 years in teaching and professional Education.

First Founded as the Lady Byron School in 1860, the institution as it exists today was originally formed from the merger of Ealing College of Higher Education, Thames valley college of Higher Education, The London College of Music and Queen Charlotte’s College of Health Care Studies. Initially it was Thames Valley University later rebranded as University of West London.

Awards, Achievements and Facts of University of West London

In 2009 the University was awarded the prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize for outstanding achievement and excellence in hospitality education from Her Majesty the Queen as recognition of the quality of its teaching profession.

The Business School in the University coming under Claude Littner Business School which is one of the Top 10 in UK and the University is one of the Top 10 in placement in UK. The University of West London has one of the best employment rates in the country with 96% of students in work within six months of Graduating. These are the latest figures according to Employment Performance Indicators (EPI) released by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) in 2015.
• University of West London is the fourth best University in the UK for Proportion of Mature Students.
• University of West London is the Number one University in London for the Student Satisfaction.
• UWL Graduates has the highest average salaries than graduates of any other modern University in London.

University of West London – UAE Campus

The Proposed Branch Campus of the University of West London will operate in UAE in collaboration with Wisdom Education Group and will be the only Branch Campus of University of West London in the Middle East Region.

Initially University Intends to offer MBA (Master of Business Administration), BABS ( BA Hons in Business Studies), MSc in Finance and Accounting, , BA ( Hons) in Accounting and Finance, BA (Hons ) Travel and Tourism Management courses in UAE.

In Sept 2018 University intends to start Tourism and Airline Management courses.

University also intends to expands its courses in Law, Engineering, Computing, Film, Media, Design and Music in staged phases.

The Board of Governor’s resolution has been passed and signed by University of West London regarding setting the Branch Campus in UAE and the Final MoU has also been signed with Wisdom Education Group .

The University has already applied to Academy Zone, RAKIA for Branch Campus License, which is now under the approval process. University intends to start offering course from May 2017 subject to approval from Academy Zone,RAKIA.

Press meet was attended by Prof Peter David John (Vice of Chancellor , University of West London), Ahmed Rafee B Ferry (CEO,Wisdom Education Group), Mohd Zaheer (Director of University Operations).