- The value of liberal arts education
- Facilitating the leap into broad, interdisciplinary learning
- Practical and pedagogical challenges of remote learning
- Ensuring societal impact for the communities in which universities are located
- Bridging political boundaries with collaboration and shared research
- Meet your peers and develop a global network of leaders, experts and decision-makers
- Gain exclusive analysis and understand the data behind our rankings, and learn how your institution can improve
- Hear from thought leaders from across the world, engage in debates, and share ideas
- Help set the agenda for how the higher education sector may be transformed by this period of crisis
ABOUT THE SUMMIT
The fourth regional Times Higher Education MENA (Middle East and North Africa) Universities Summit will examine how a global education can provide research and creative opportunities for students that concurrently wield positive social impact for the region.
Hosted in partnership with NYU Abu Dhabi, this three-day virtual summit will bring together leaders of higher education, government and industry from the MENA region to focus on higher education teaching and research models, while sharing global perspectives on how to nurture a talent pipeline.
Agenda themes
Together, we will explore these agenda themes:
Why attend?
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ORGANISATIONS PARTICIPATED
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PREVIOUS SUMMITS
19-21 March 2018
Fulfilling our potential: Developing the knowledge economy for the MENA region
The THE MENA Universities Summit 2018 took place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in partnerhip with King Abdulaziz University. It was attended by over 300 leaders from 31 countries, and featured the reveal of THE's annual list of the best Arab universities in the world. University leaders and stakeholders from around the world gathered to discuss how to develop knowledge economies in order to build sustainable futures for countries in the region.
