Undergraduate Orientation

Saturday, August 09, 2025 - Friday, August 15, 2025

start-time 8:00 am - 8:00 pm
end-time MBZUAI Campus, Masdar City, Abu Dhabi
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Orientation Week at MBZUAI is designed for new undergraduate students.

Participants: 120 new undergraduate students.

Orientation Week is dedicated to welcoming students and helping them settle into university life. Throughout the week, they'll be introduced to academic, legal, and cultural expectations, while also exploring the campus, meeting peers, and discovering key resources.

Welcome Weekend
Orientation
O-Week Wrap Up
Time
Session
Location
Presenter
8:00 AM to 10:00 PM
Registration/Welcome Pack Collection
Arrival Zone/Visitor Center
Student Life
2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Trip to IKEA / Yas Mall
Off Campus
Time
Session
Location
Presenter
8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Registration/Welcome Pack Collection
Arrival Zone/Visitor Center
Student Life
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Lunch for Parents and Students (Complimentary for Parents)
Canteen
Student Life
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Trip to IKEA / Yas Mall
Off Campus
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Q&A with Parents
LH 1/2
Hao, Rebecca, Student Council President (TBC)
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Campus Tour for Parents
Starting from 1B
RLAs
Time
Session
Location
Presenter
8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Registration/Welcome Pack Collection
Arrival Zone/ Visitor Center
Student Life
10:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Welcome to Domestic (Emirati and UAE residents) Students
Coffee Morning with RLAs , for International Students
LH 1/2
Ground floor Lobbies of Solar and Wave
PAAR/Alumni Relations (Alumni speaker)
10:45 AM to 11:30 AM
Cohort Welcome with Provost
LH 1/2
Tim / Hao
11:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Living in Masdar, UAE Laws and Expectations
LH 1/2
Rebecca, Eman
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Lunch
Visitor Center and Class 1,2,3
Catering
1:00 PM to 14:00 PM
Community Values and Student Conduct
LH 1/2
Rebecca
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Navigating Campus and EID Process
LH 1/2
Student Life
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Campus Tours
Student Life
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Meetings with RLAs
Residential Lounges
RLAs
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Dinner with RLAs
Residential Lounges
RLAs
Time
Session
Location
Presenter
8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Breakfast with RLAs
Canteen
RLAs
10:00 AM to 12:00 AM
Activity with the RLAs
Residential Lounges
RLAs
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Lunch
Across Campus
Catering
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Health and Wellbeing
LH 1/2
Student Affairs
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Intro to Academic Polices
LH 1/2
Charles Grim
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Understanding your Academic Journey
LH 1/2
Hanan
5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Adventures - Qasr Al Hosn
Off Campus
RLAs
Time
Session
Location
Presenter
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Math and Python Placement Tests
Classrooms
Liz
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Emirati Lunch and Session on History of the UAE
LH 1/2
Catering / PAAR
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
AI and Innovation in the UAE
LH 1/2
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Orientation Mini Fair
Multi-Use Hall
Multi-Use Hall
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Drop-in Student Social
Multi-Use Hall
RLAs

Mini Fair Participants

  • Facilities Health & Safety
  • Academic Affairs / Registrar’s Office
  • Alumni Affairs
  • IT
  • Wellbeing
  • Library
  • Marcomms
  • Incubation and Entrepreneurship Center
  • Emirates NBD Bank
  • ADCB Bank
  • FAB Bank
  • Emirates NBD Bank
  • MIRAL
  • Student Life
  • Lockton Insurance Brokers
Time
Session
Location
Presenter
9:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Trips to Yas Amusement Parks
Off Campus
Student Life
Time
Session
Location
Presenter
9:00 AM to 10:45 AM
Individual Class Portraits
Multi-Use Hall- L1
Marcomm/Student Life
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
O-Week Wrap Up
Multi-Use Hall
1:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Break
5:30 PM to 10:45 PM
Orientation Week Party
Out of Campus
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MBZUAI Campus, Masdar City

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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