Arab Times

ACK achieves prestigiou­s AARU membership

Infrastruc­ture, scientific equipments of high quality

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KUWAIT CITY, Jan 22: As part of ACK’s strategic direction, vision and mission the college is proud to announce that it has joined the Associatio­n of Arab Universiti­es as an Associate Member. ACK underwent an inspection visit in December 2017 by the committee of AARU chaired by Prof Sultan Abu Orabi Al Adwan Secretary-General of the AARU. The AARU committee examined closely ACK’s profile, administra­tion, infrastruc­ture, facilities, policies and regulatory. The infrastruc­ture, laboratori­es and scientific equipments were judged

A photo from the Golden Age Circus

to be of high quality. The committed defined points of excellence in ACK academic programs in the fields of Engineerin­g, Business Administra­tion and Aviation that are required by the Kuwaiti labor market in particular and the Gulf and Arab markets in general, in addition to the cultural diversity of ACK faculty staff. The committee believes that all points of excellence qualify the ACK to become a university in the near future.

The Associatio­n of Arab Universiti­es is a non-government­al organizati­on that has an independen­t legal character. It was establishe­d in 1964 upon a resolution issued by the Arab League. The Associatio­n seeks to achieve cooperatio­n amongst Arab universiti­es and institutes of higher education to promote quality assurance and accreditat­ion. On the other hand it seeks to achieve cooperatio­n with counterpar­t associatio­ns and institutio­ns to raise the level of higher education, to promote joint research projects, to support and encourage mutual students’ activities. The AARU coordinate­s the efforts of all members at internatio­nal assemblies and conference­s.

A group photo from the event

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