Masterplan of ADU unveiled.

(From Gulf Construction)

Abu Dhabi The Abu Dhabi University (ADU) project crossed a significant milestone following the approval of the preliminary designs of the Phase 1 facilities by founder and patron, Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The master plan for the new Dh200 million ($54.45 million) campus was completed on target as part of a fast-track development to accommodate its intake of 5,000 students for the academic year beginning September 2006, says a spokesman for the developer

The new campus for the rapidly growing private university has been designed with separate wings for teaching both male and female students. The first phase includes two auditoria, of 1,000 and 350 seats respectively, and a state-of-the-art library designed to serve the university throughout its growth period

With its Abu Dhabi and Al Ain campuses already showing rising student numbers, the increasingly popular university has built into the new master plan additional laboratories, a student union, restaurants, a gymnasium, a multi-purpose hall and a student clinic, he says. Teaching staff will be provided with a complex of offices and support facilities in a central location. The initial phase will also include the administrative headquarters of the university, as well as staff and student ...