Ever thought of studying at Harvard? Attendees will get to meet over 25 top international programs including Harvard and Oxford at the free public forum and fair

Abu Dhabi - New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD)’s Career Development Center will host the fourth annual Graduate School Weekend event on Saturday, 30 September between 1:30 - 5:30 pm. This free event allows prospective students to learn about how to apply to prestigious graduate and professional schools.

The event is open to public and provides an ideal opportunity to hear from university representatives from over 25 world class institutions on how to write a compelling personal statement or finance graduate education. Attendees will also have the chance to meet with the school representatives one-on-one during the fair and learn more about what it takes to gain admittance to the world's top universities such as the University of Oxford, ETH Zurich, HEC Paris, and Harvard.

Participating institutions also include The London School of Economics; Harvard Kennedy School; John F. Kennedy School of Government; Berkley Law; University of California; University of Houston; The American University of Cairo; NYU Stern; King’s College London; NYU Law; Mayo Clinic; Georgetown University; UCL; Duke Graduate Medical School Singapore and more.

Agenda:

Panel Discussions
1:30–3 P.M.
Get tips and insight on how to put together a competitive graduate school application.
Panel 1: Writing a Personal Statement
Panel 2: Letters of Recommendation
Panel 3: Financial Aid

Fair
3:30–5:30 P.M.
Talk one-on-one with graduate school representatives.

Attending Programs

·         American University of Cairo

·         Central European University

·         Drexel University

·         Duke-NUS Medical School

·         Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health

·         Georgetown University

·         Harvard Kennedy School of Government

·         Harvard Medical School

·         HEC Paris

·         King’s College London

·         London School of Economics & Political Science

·         Mayo Clinic School of Medicine

·         École des Mines d'Albi-Carmaux

·         NYU College of Dentistry

·         NYU Graduate School of Arts & Science

·         NYU School of Law

·         NYU Stern School of Business

·         NYU Tisch School of the Arts

·         Northwestern University, Pritzker School of Law

·         St George's, University of London medical programme delivered in Cyprus by the University of Nicosia Medical School

·         Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and Zurich University

·         Texas A&M University, Department of Performance Studies

·         University College London

·         University of California, Berkeley School of Law

·         University of Cape Town, Graduate School of Business

·         University of Houston

·         University of London, The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

·         University of Oxford

·         University of Southampton

·         American University of Sharjah

·         Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research

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About NYU Abu Dhabi 
NYU Abu Dhabi is the first comprehensive liberal arts and science campus in the Middle East to be operated abroad by a major American research university. NYU Abu Dhabi has integrated a highly-selective liberal arts, engineering and science curriculum with a world center for advanced research and scholarship enabling its students to succeed in an increasingly interdependent world and advance cooperation and progress on humanity’s shared challenges. NYU Abu Dhabi’s high-achieving students have come from 110 nations and speak over 100 languages. Together, NYU's campuses in New York, Abu Dhabi, and Shanghai form the backbone of a unique global university, giving faculty and students opportunities to experience varied learning environments and immersion in other cultures at one or more of the numerous study-abroad sites NYU maintains on six continents.

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