Rabdan Academy – GInI’s First
Authorized University Provider in UAE
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We are a government-owned world class education institution, established to coordinate and enhance learning outcomes
for organisations and individuals in the Safety, Security, Defence, Emergency Preparedness and Crisis Management
(SSDEC) Domain. The Academy was officially established under Law No. 7 for 2013, issued by the late Sheikh Khalifa bin
Zayed Al Nahyan and is accredited by the UAE’s Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA) of the Ministry of
Education.
We adopt a dual learning approach, combining academic and vocational education in one place whilst recognising prior
learning and experience and providing accredited and transferable credit from course to course and job to job. Rabdan
Academy is the first higher education institution in the world specialised in the SSDEC domain that achieved top "5 star"
ratings in the 2 categories of Teaching and Employability under the QS Stars University Rating System.
Accredited Academic
Programs
Academic & Research
Cooperation with Global
Top 200 Universities
Student to
Faculty Ratio
Top 200
8:1
Graduate Employment
Prestigious Local and
International Awards
Rabdan Academy’s
Faculty are PhD Holders
16
100%
14
86%
Ph D
Safety
Security
Defense
Emergency
Preparedness
Crisis
Management
STRATEGY MAP 2021– 2025
The development of the 5-Year Strategic Plan 2021 – 2025 continues on driving Rabdan Academy towards achieving
the vision of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, for Rabdan Academy to become
a sound basis for promoting cooperation and coordination between national institutions and provide them with
talented and qualified Emirati citizens who are capable of addressing modern and future challenges.
By 2025, Rabdan Academy will be recognized as a World
Class Education, Training and Research provider in
domain, promoting cooperation and coordination between
relevant national institutions through the provision of
like-minded, jointly qualified individuals capable of
cooperatively
addressing
future
national
security
challenges.
Provide
world-leading
higher
education,
training,
research and advice to individuals and organizations in
the safety, security, defense, emergency preparedness
and crisis management domain, integrating and
coordinating
undergraduate
and
graduate
level
education and training opportunities in diverse delivery
mode, so as to provide a multi-disciplinary, resilient,
sustainable
and
coherent
whole-of-Government
capability, ready to protect the nation, its people and its
assets.
Mission
Vision
Rabdan Academy
Overview