Dean of Engineering

New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) is an extraordinary achievement and unparalleled opportunity in higher education. Since its founding in 2010 it has become one of the most selective institutions in the world and is home to a community of over 370 scholars across more than 90 research centers and laboratories.

It is pioneering an innovative model of higher education for a global world dedicated to excellence in both teaching and research to inspire cooperation and tackle humanitys greatest

challenges. Drawing on the strengths of the NYU Global Network it offers an exceptional liberal arts and sciences education.

The university supports groundbreaking research that pushes the boundaries of knowledge and responds to vital global and local issues with powerful interdisciplinary solutions. NYU Abu Dhabi advances NYU as a beacon of learning for the 21st century and plays a key role in developing a sustainable knowledgebased economy in Abu Dhabi.

The Division of Engineering at NYUAD is designed to create technological leaders with a global perspective a broad education and the capacity to think creatively. Undergraduate programs are characterised by the integration of design and innovation in every year of the curriculum: students enjoy a learning environment conducive to creativity which is at the heart of tomorrows technological innovations.

Graduate programs Global PhD Fellowships and other potential new programs are highly tailored generally offering a year of focused classwork followed by 34 years of research in Abu Dhabi.

The Division seeks a visionary Dean able to lead a distinguished and diverse faculty engaged in research in emerging technology breakthroughs in robotics cybersecurity smart cities bioengineering energy and environmental sustainability. The next Dean will have a record of

design and innovation fostering environments that produce high quality research that responds in powerful and multidisciplinary ways to vital global and local challenges.

Reporting to the Provost the Dean inspires and guides academic and administrative efforts ensuring alignment with NYUADs strategic goals and elevating its role within the NYU Global Network. Through their experience and passion for research and education the Dean will help express the Division and NYUADs mission share its achievements and enhance the universitys identity and global positioning. Accomplished in developing retaining and attracting great talent the Dean will lead an ambitious agenda increasing the impact and quality of interdisciplinary research and new and innovative programs fully engaging the potential of AI for research and education.

With the appetite and ability to build meaningful partnerships across the other Divisions and NYUs Global Network and with the Office for Research Translation and Entrepreneurship they will also be active in engaging industry government and other institutions to position Engineering at NYUAD as a driver of local impact and global innovation.

Sensitive to cultural dynamics the Dean will embrace NYUADs unique position within Abu Dhabi and the region while advancing its international aspirations. Fair and decisive the Dean will be proactive in addressing challenges and seizing the remarkable opportunities Abu Dhabi and the region present.

Candidates will have an academic record appropriate for a tenured appointment as full professor in one of the departments within the Division of Engineering at NYUAD and a demonstrated track record of working closely with undergraduate and graduate students from various backgrounds.

The incoming Dean will have demonstrated success in hiring mentoring and promoting exceptional faculty and providing an environment in which they can flourish through meaningful discourse and support for research scholarship and teaching and a record of encouraging and facilitating innovation and collaboration across disciplines.

The successful candidate will be an individual with commitment to the ideals of a liberal arts education and a strong research agenda and will ideally have experience with multidisciplinary collaboration global education and faculty program development capacity for administrative leadership including supervision of staff budget and financial planning and operational oversight.