Overview
Founded in 1988, the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) is the UAE’s largest applied higher educational institution, and the nation’s first approved university economic free zone, empowering it to graduate companies in alignment with the directives of the UAE’s wise leadership. Approximately 23,000 students attend 16 men’s and women’s campuses in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Al Dhafra region,…
History
In 1985, H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Chancellor of the United Arab Emirates University, made a commitment to establish a new system of post-secondary education for UAE Nationals that would stress the ideals of productivity, self-determination and excellence. His Excellency envisioned a system of the highest quality that would be used to educate Nationals for the professional and technical careers necessary in a rapidly developing society. In fulfillment of that vision, the Higher Colleges…
Board of Trustees
H.E. Dr. Abdulrahman Abdulmannan Al Awar
H.E. Dr. Mubarak Saeed AlShamsi
H.E. Hala Youssef Badri
H.E. Ahmed Talib Al Shamsi
H.E. Malek Sultan Al Malek
H.E Ayesha Mohammed Ahmed Belharfia
Mrs. Huda Issa Buhumaid
Dr. Samer Saif Al-Samahi
