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Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) hosted its first in-person, Opportunities Fair, connecting graduate students with 38 employers from various industries and sectors.
Companies such as Adnoc, Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala), DP World, Du Telecom, Etisalat, G42, Hewlett Packard, McKinsey & Company, Careem, and more, took part in an exhibition and set of activities designed to most effectively connect with the university’s AI graduate talent.
Short workshops on personal branding, understanding the UAE job market, and career development were also facilitated by LinkedIn, Michael Page, and FAB.
The event, held on the university’s Masdar City campus, offered master’s and Ph.D. students exclusive access to prominent employers. Graduating students were actively applying for positions across various sectors as they looked forward to the university’s first graduation in December. The wider student body networked with companies looking to hire AI talent for summer internship opportunities and participated in career development workshops.
“We pride ourselves on the quality of our students, faculty, and staff. And the quality shows in the number of organisations that participated in the fair and who have already taken on our students as employees and interns,” MBZUAI Provost, Professor Fakhri Karray, said as he addressed attendees. “We will begin graduating students this Fall, and we look forward to many more Opportunities Fairs where students and employers benefit from expanding their network and employability and sharing knowledge.”
MBZUAI ranks 24th globally in its areas of focus artificial intelligence, computer vision, machine learning, and natural language processing putting the university ahead of renowned research universities such as the University of Michigan, Georgia Tech, and the University of Toronto in North America; Imperial College London, EPFL, and the Max Planck Institute in Europe, among others.
“It was indeed a great opportunity for us to take part in the MBZUAI Opportunities Fair and have an open dialogue with a diverse pool of students who are very passionate about their specialisations within the AI field,” said Abeer Al Taher, Talent Acquisition and Emiratisation Manager at DP World. “During the Fair, we also had a fruitful talk with the MBZUAI management about the future of AI and its applications, the potential collaboration between the academia and industry sectors to support the R&D efforts and benefit from the massive portfolio of MBZUAI’s faculty members who come from across the world. The university has positioned itself as a leading institution globally in a short time, reflecting the calibre of its students and encouraging us to explore their professional potential. We look forward to the achievements of MBZUAI’s students.”