His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum Launches New RIT Dubai Campus At Dubai Silicon Oasis

His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA), the regulatory body for Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO), the integrated free zone technology park, today announced the launch of the new Dubai campus of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT Dubai), a leading American university.

To meet the increasing number of applications received annually, the new premises will span a total area of 129,000 square meters with the capacity to accommodate up to 4,000 students.

Incorporating world-class educational facilities, sustainability elements and green building processes, the mega development will be completed in two phases at an investment of approximately AED500 million. The first phase with an estimated cost of AED200 million is slated for handover in 2019, while the second phase will be implemented by 2023 at an estimated cost of AED300 million.