Programme nurtures talent

ABU DHABI: Thirty high-achieving Emirati high school students have completed the 18-month New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) 2022 Summer Academy enrichment programme. The programme is designed specifically for academically outstanding Uae-based Emirati high school students and seeks to prepare students for admission to the world’s top-tier universities.

Zaki Nusseibeh, Cultural Adviser to the UAE President, said, “Participants in the Summer Academy demonstrate the very best qualities of academic achievement, intellectual curiosity, and leadership potential. Their accomplishments are a source of great pride for the nation. NYUAD’S Summer Academy participants are effectively preparing for global citizenship so that they have the ability to engage collaboratively across an international diversity of cultures and beliefs.

“By preparing them with the training that would enable them to continue their higher education at top universities, the outcomes of participants’ experiences means that they are motivated and skilled to find sustainable solutions to the challenges faced by all nations.” the highly selective programme, which has been running for 12 years, has celebrated success whereby Emirati Summer Academy alums have been admited to top-tier English-language global universities such as Yale, Princeton, University of Toronto, London School of Economics, George Washington University, Boston University, King’s College London, The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, Tokai University, as well as NYUAD and NYU New York among many others.