BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//MBZUAI - ECPv6.15.16.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:MBZUAI X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://mbzuai.ac.ae X-WR-CALDESC:Events for MBZUAI REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Dubai BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0400 TZOFFSETTO:+0400 TZNAME:+04 DTSTART:20240101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250811 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250818 DTSTAMP:20260616T091920 CREATED:20250801T091906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250929T054851Z UID:25482-1754870400-1755475199@mbzuai.ac.ae SUMMARY:Undergraduate Orientation DESCRIPTION:Orientation Week at MBZUAI is designed for new undergraduate students. \nParticipants: 117 new undergraduate students. \nOrientation Week is dedicated to welcoming students and helping them settle into university life. Throughout the\n week\, they’ll be introduced to academic\, legal\, and cultural expectations\, while also exploring the campus\, meeting\n peers\, and discovering key resources. \n\n\n\nWelcome Weekend\nOrientation\nO-Week Wrap Up\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n Saturday – 9 Aug\n\n\n\n\nTime\nSession\nLocation\nPresenter\n\n8:00 AM to 10:00 PM\n \n\n\n Registration/Welcome Pack Collection\n \n \n\nArrival Zone/Visitor Center\n \n\nStudent Life\n \n\n2:00 PM to 5:00 PM\n \n\nTrip to IKEA / Yas\n Mall\n \n\nOff Campus\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n Sunday – 10 Aug\n\n\n\n\nTime\nSession\nLocation\nPresenter\n\n8:00 AM to 10:00 PM\n \n\nRegistration/Welcome Pack\n Collection\n \n \n\nArrival Zone/Visitor Center\n \n\nStudent Life\n \n\n12:00 PM to 2:00 PM\n \n\nLunch for Parents and Students\n (Complimentary\n for\n Parents)\n \n\nCanteen\n \n\nStudent Life\n \n\n2:00 PM to 5:00 PM\n \n\nTrip to IKEA / Yas\n Mall\n \n\nOff Campus\n \n\n\n \n\n4:00 PM to 5:00 PM\n \n\nQ&A with Parents\n \n\nLH 1/2\n \n\nHao\, Rebecca\, Student Council President (TBC)\n \n\n5:00 PM to 6:00 PM\n \n\nCampus Tour for Parents\n \n \n\nStarting from 1B\n \n\nRLAs\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nMonday – 11 Aug\n\n\n\n\nTime\nSession\nLocation\nPresenter\n\n8:00 AM to 10:00 AM\n \n\n\n Registration/Welcome Pack\n Collection\n \n \n\nArrival Zone/ Visitor Center \n \n\nStudent Life\n \n\n10:00 AM to 10:30 AM\n \n\n\n Welcome to Domestic (Emirati and UAE\n residents) Students \n Coffee Morning with RLAs \, for International Students\n \n \n\n\n LH 1/2 Ground floor Lobbies of Solar and Wave\n \n \n\nPAAR/Alumni Relations (Alumni speaker) \n \n\n10:45 AM to 11:30 AM\n \n\nCohort Welcome with\n Provost\n \n\nLH 1/2\n \n\nTim / Hao\n \n\n11:30 AM to 12:00 PM\n \n\nGetting to know the UAE and\nCultural Awareness\n \n \n \n\nLH 1/2\n \n\nRebecca\, Eman\n \n\n12:00 PM to 1:00 PM\n \n\nLunch\n \n\nVisitor Center and Class 1\,2\,3\n \n\nCatering\n \n\n1:00 PM to 2:00 PM\n \n\nCommunity Values and Student\n Conduct Your Scholarship\n \n \n\nLH 1/2\n \n\nRebecca\n \n\n2:00 PM to 3:00 PM\n \n\nNavigating Campus and Emirates ID\n Process\n \n \n\nLH 1/2\n \n\nStudent Life\n \n\n3:00 PM to 4:00 PM\n \n\nCampus Tours\n \n\n\n \n\n\nStudent Life\n \n \n\n4:00 PM to 5:00 PM\n \n\nMeetings with RLAs\n \n \n\nResidential Lounges\n \n\nRLAs\n \n\n5:00 PM to 6:00 PM\n \n\nDinner with RLAs\n \n \n\nResidential Lounges\n \n\n\nRLAs\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nTuesday – 12 Aug\n\n\n\n\nTime\nSession\nLocation\nPresenter\n\n8:00 AM to 10:00 AM\n \n\nBreakfast with RLAs\n \n \n\nCanteen\n \n\n\nRLAs\n \n \n\n11:00 AM to 12:00 AM\n \n\nSession with the Residential Team and the\nRLAs\n \n \n\nLH 1/2\n \n\n\nRLAs\n \n \n\n12:00 PM to 1:00 PM\n \n\nLunch\n \n \n\n Visitor Center and Class 1\,2\,3 \n \n\n\nCatering\n \n \n\n1:00 PM to 2:00 PM\n \n\nHealth and Wellbeing\n \n \n\nLH 1/2\n \n\n\nStudent Affairs \n \n \n\n2:00 PM to 3:00 PM\n \n\nIntro to Academic\n Polices\n \n\nLH 1/2\n \n\n\nCharles Grim\n \n \n\n3:00 PM to 4:00 PM\n \n\nUnderstanding your Academic\n Journey\n \n \n \n\nLH 1/2 \n \n\n\nHanan\n \n \n\n5:00 PM to 8:00 PM\n \n\nAdventures – Qasr Al\n Hosn\n \n \n\nOff Campus\n \n\n\nRLAs\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nWednesday – 13 Aug\n\n\n\n\nTime\nSession\nLocation\nPresenter\n\n9:00 AM to 12:00 PM\n \n\nMath and Python Placement\n Tests\n \n \n\nClassrooms\n \n\n\nLiz\n \n \n\n12:00 PM to 1:00 PM\n \n\nEmirati Lunch\n \n\n Visitor Center and Class 1\,2\,3 \n \n\n\nCatering / PAAR\n \n \n\n1:00 PM to 2:00 PM\n \n\nAI and Innovation in the\n UAE\n \n\nLH 1/2\n \n\n\nInnovation and Entrepreneurship Center\n \n \n\n2:00 PM to 4:00 PM\n \n\nOrientation Mini Fair\n \n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n \n\n6:00 PM to 8:00 PM\n \n\nDrop-In Social Event: Game Night\n \n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\nRLAs\n \n \n \nMini Fair Participants\n\nFacilities Health & Safety\nAcademic Affairs / Registrar’s Office\nAlumni Affairs\nIT\nWellbeing\nLibrary\nMarcomms\nIncubation and Entrepreneurship Center\nFAB Bank\nMIRAL\nStudent Life\nLockton Insurance Brokers\n\n \n \n \n\n\n Thursday – 14 Aug\n\n\n\n\nTime\nSession\nLocation\nPresenter\n\n9:00 AM to 8:00 PM\n \n\nTrips to Yas Amusement\n Parks\n \n\nOff Campus\n \n\n\nStudent Life\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nFriday – 15 Aug\n\n\n\n\nTime\nSession\nLocation\nPresenter\n\n9:00 AM to 10:45 AM\n \n\nIndividual Class\n Portraits\n \n \n\nMulti-Use Hall- L1\n \n\n\nMarcomm/Student Life\n \n \n\n11:00 AM to 1:00 PM\n \n\nO-Week Wrap Up\n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n \n\nNo Scheduling\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n\n7:00 PM to 10:00 PM\n \n\nOrientation Week Activity\n \n \n\nOut of Campus\n \n\n\nAiraj\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n Directions to MBZUAI   URL:https://mbzuai.ac.ae/event/undergraduate-orientation/ LOCATION:MBZUAI Campus\, Masdar City\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates CATEGORIES:Undergraduate 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