Under the guidance of Hamdan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan all departments and attaches are coming together to guide the scholars

The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research organized an instructional day on Wednesday (21/8/2013) for the (109) scholars who were awarded scholarships to the United States and the United Kingdom, at "Zayed University Dubai campus".

The meeting included all UAE scholarship students, excluding students of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, who had their meeting on Monday at "Zayed University Abu Dhabi campus".

The meeting started by the Ministry's speech followed by the speech of the Washington Attaché, then a speech by the Attaché in London, followed by the speech of the United States Embassy and the British Council, and included a presentation by a scholar sharing his experience. The Scholarship and Cultural Foreign Relations Department introduced the students to the scholarship scheme and scholarship system, follow-up mechanism in the country of study, services rendered, the scholarship system and laws of the countries they will be studying in, study system in the universities, as well as the social aspects of interest to the new students, to help them cope in the country of study and benefit from the experiences of previous scholars.

Scholars were encouraged to take advantage of the services provided by the Cultural Attachés who in addition to providing admissions to students at the universities, they also open academic files to scholars with all their personal data, academic, and financial data, they also receive new students upon arrival at the airports in the country of study, secure hotel bookings for  them according to the law, and help facilitate their affairs, as well as the timely disbursement of allocated monthly allowances,  following up with the academic counselors at the universities, and coordinating  with The Scholarship and Cultural Foreign Relations Department in order to address the issues that scholars may encounter and  offer appropriate solutions, and help the graduates in ratification of graduation certificates before returning home.

His Excellency the Minister Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan approved last month the names of students awarded scholarships to many countries around the world for undergraduate and postgraduate study, also to students with special needs. He stressed the importance of providing all the needs of those students, and following up on their educational performance until they graduate and return home with higher degrees. The Ministry also stressed the importance of the scholars referring to and visiting the Ministry to complete all scholarship procedures.