Euromed University of Fes and Khalifa University of the United Arab Emirates sign an academic and scientific cooperation agreement

Euromed University of Fes (UEMF) hosted, on Monday November 2, 2026, a high-level delegation from Khalifa University, a prestigious higher education and research institution based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on the occasion of an institutional visit crowned by the signing of a cooperation agreement aimed at strengthening academic exchanges, scientific research and innovation between the two institutions.

The Emirati delegation, composed notably of Dr. Bayan Sharif, Provost, and Dr. Ashraf Al Najdawi, Vice-President in charge of External Relations, was received by several academic and scientific leaders of the University.

This meeting highlighted the convergences between the strategic orientations of the two institutions which share the same ambition: to promote excellent education, develop high-impact scientific research and foster the transfer of knowledge and technologies to serve economic and societal development.

The exchanges notably focused on collaboration prospects in several scientific and technological fields of common interest, including artificial intelligence, biotechnology, biomedical engineering, health sciences, advanced materials and sustainable energies.

Particular attention was paid to the development of mobility for students, faculty-researchers and doctoral candidates, as well as to the establishment of joint research projects and doctoral mobility schemes. The two parties also examined possibilities to develop articulated academic pathways that could promote the complementarity of their programs and offer new international qualification prospects to students.

The meeting also opened promising cooperation avenues in entrepreneurship, research valorization and technology transfer. In this regard, discussions notably addressed potential synergies between the innovation vectors and instruments of the two universities.

The delegation was also able to discover UEMF's academic and scientific model, its commitment to interdisciplinarity and internationalization, as well as the richness of its infrastructures. The campus visit notably allowed Khalifa University representatives to discover the Conference Center, the audiovisual studios, the Faculty Club, the dining areas, the Euromed Sports Center, the Civil Hall Engineering as well as the technological platforms dedicated to 3D printing, illustrating the diversity of equipment and environments serving education, research and innovation.

The signing of this cooperation agreement represents a new step in the development of UEMF's international partnerships, paving the way for structuring collaborations between the academic and scientific communities of the two institutions.

Through this rapprochement with Khalifa University, Euromed University of Fes reaffirms its commitment to international university cooperation based on scientific excellence, the sharing of expertise and the creation of sustainable bridges between the research and innovation ecosystems of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.