Ahlia University (AU) , the first private university in Kingdom, and Bahrain Institute of Banking & Finance (BIBF), the leading professional training institute for the financial sector in Bahrain, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding ( MOU) , to provide value-added services to their respective academic programmes through bilateral cooperation.
The agreement was signed at AU's campus in Manama by Professor Abdulla Al Hawaj, AU's President and Mr. Garry Muriwai, Director of Bahrain Institute of Banking & Finance (BIBF). The signing ceremony was attended by Professor. Bakr Hassan, AU's VP for Planning & Development, Professor Wajeeh ELali, AU's VP for Administration and Finance, Dr. Mohammed Alkhozai, Head of Academic & Executive Centre at BIBF and a number of officials from both institutions.
Professor Al Hawaj said," This agreement comes as part of our commitment to work closely with professional and reputable institutes both in and outside Bahrain to provide quality education and research services to our students and the community at large,". He added that the AU-BIBF agreement offers students and faculty at both institutes an excellent opportunity to develop their research skills and enrich the educational value accrued.
On his part, Mr. Garry Muriwai said, " We are delighted to sign this MOU with Ahlia University,". "We believe that our joint efforts will eventually lead to fostering our mutual teaching and research resources and empower our students and faculty to effectively contribute to the development of Bahrain and the GCC economies," he added.
The signed MOU aims at opening each respective institution's course offerings to the others signatory's student bodies, initiate exchange of faculty and increase contact among students and faculty through joint collaborative seminars to foster learning and dissemination of knowledge.
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ABOUT AHLIA UNIVERSITY
Ahlia University, the first private University licensed by the Kingdom of Bahrain, is currently composed of six colleges - the College of Arts, Science and Education, the College of Business and Finance, the College of Information Technology, and the College of Medical and Health Sciences, the College of Graduate Studies and Research and the College of Engineering. The University offers programmes of study at the undergraduate, Master's and doctoral levels.
Ahlia University has strong affiliation ties with a number of highly reputed and distinguished institutions in North America, Europe and Asia including Brunel University, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, Waseda University and Georgia State University.
All the professional programmes offered by AU are affiliated with and have been validated by highly reputable and distinguished leading university in the UK and USA. AU programmes are also recognized by The Ministries of Education in the Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Kuwait and Sultanate of Oman. They are also accredited by Brunel University and are certified to be "in accordance with Brunel quality assurance regulations and the British Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education"
ABOUT BIBF
BIBF is a leading professional training Institute in Bahrain and the Gulf Region. It was founded in 1981 to provide essential training for the banking community in Bahrain. Since then it has evolved into an internationally recognized training and development organization where over 100,000 students have attended courses since its inception. BIBF enjoys strategic relationships with internationally recognized professional organization which deliver programs jointly with BIBF such as:
Federal Reserve System, USA
Securities and Exchange Commission, (USA)
Darden Graduate School of Business (University of Virginia, USA),
DePaul University, (USA)
University of Wales, (UK)
University of Cambridge International Examinations, (UK)
ifs School of Finance, (UK)
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK)
For more information please contact:
Ali Sahwan
Director, Public Relations & Media
Al Ahlia University
Tel: +97 17 298972
Fax: +973 17 290083
e-mail: sahwan@ahliauniversity.edu.bh
Press Release 2009
