Ajman University

Ajman University (Arabic: جامعة عجمان) was established on the 17th of June, 1988 as the first private university in the GCC. Ajman University (AU) was also the first university in the UAE to admit expatriate students under the institutional name "Ajman University College of Science and Technology," which was subsequently renamed "Ajman University of Science and Technology". In 2018, it was again renamed to "Ajman University".

Ajman University is located in the Al Jurf, area close to Khalifa Hospital in Ajman. The 215,000 square meter (2.3 million square feet) campus has sports facilities (football, basketball, track and field, swimming), a gymnasium, a bookstore, health unit, restaurants, and mosques. Its standard academic year is divided into the fall (August) and spring (January) semesters; it also has one summer semester (June). Ajman university was ranked as the top 30 universities in the Arab world and is ranked #8 in the UAE according to the 2022 QS University rankings.