This university is offering healthcare heroes 20 percent off study fees

We’re all grateful in Abu Dhabi and the UAE for the care and bravery that healthcare workers have showed us during the pandemic and now they are being rightfully rewarded. 

words Derek Issacs

It’s no secret how hard healthcare workers have been working on the frontline, risking their lives and their famlies’ lives for our well being during COVID-19.  And now it’s time to give back!

Abu Dhabi University (ADU) has picked up the payback gauntlet and is offering a 20% reduction in fees for the UAE’s healthcare heroes, their spouses and children.

The move, which is in recognition and appreciation of the heroes’ tireless efforts in safeguarding the health and safety of the community, will give a helping hand to healthcare workers and their families who wish to enrol in undergraduate or postgraduate degrees.

The recipients will gain access to more than 50 academic programmes as of the first semester of the academic year 2020-2021 at the university’s campuses in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Dubai and Al Dhafra.

Dr. Ali Saeed Bin Harmal Al Dhaheri, chairman of the ADU’s Board of Directors, affirmed that the UAE has set a leading example in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The wise leadership provided all the necessary support for citizens and residents, embodying the UAE’s values of humanity and cohesion. The ADU has been a major contributor to the UAE’s efforts in fighting this pandemic, since the outbreak of COVID-19.

“Recently, Abu Dhabi University’s research team succeeded in developing an advanced prototype for a face shield that has since been mass-produced and donated to hospitals across the emirate.”

Students who receive the scholarship are required to maintain a GPA of no less than 3.0 and must enrol in a certain number of hours each semester and must not repeat the same courses that they had previously taken to maintain their eligibility for the scholarship.

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