Islamic Virtual University to be established in UAE

By Wagdy Sawahel. The United Arab Emirates has granted the land for and offered to bear all expenses related to the construction of the Islamic Virtual University, which aims to expand education and research cooperation in the Islamic world, produce and disseminate teaching knowledge, and promote higher education quality, internet access and e-infrastructure.
Shaikh Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council member and ruler of Sharjah, has offered a 1,000-square-metre plot in Sharjah’s University City to the Islamic Virtual University, which will be built at his expense.
Gulf News reported that this was announced by Mohammad Esmail Mohammad, deputy director of finance and administration at the University of Sharjah, during a meeting of technical experts at the International Islamic Charity Organisation headquarters in Kuwait.
Proposed by the Iran-based Azad Islamic University and supervised by the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World (FUIW), the Islamic Virtual University will offer degrees in science and technology through partnerships between federation members and other leading universities.