We provide shared student accommodations—with separate male and female student buildings. Our residences give students the opportunity to immerse themselves in a vibrant residential community where they can build social confidence and lasting friendships. Visit the housing page for more information.

On-campus housing is offered to graduate students during their first year of study and to undergraduate students throughout their course. The monthly cost for campus accommodation is AED 3,750 per month per bedspace (shared, two students per room).

We also provide long-term and short-term housing options for MBZUAI faculty and visitors. Visit our housing page for more information.

While Masdar City is all highly walkable, students also have access to low-carbon public transportation options like electric buses and golf carts.

All of our students enjoy access to a well-equipped fitness center and multi-purpose areas for sports activities—as well as restaurants, coffee shops, and a canteen that’s open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Visit our campus facilities page for more information.

And for more information about the amenities offered in our faculty and guest accommodations, visit our housing page.

The MBZUAI campus in Masdar City is purpose-built to support both rigorous academic research and an enriching student experience. We offer research laboratories, a specialized AI library with 24/7 digital access to electronic collections, a knowledge center, an auditorium, and a visitors center that regularly hosts formal delegations.

For recreation, students have access to a multi-purpose sports hall with separate male and female MBZUAI gyms, a swimming pool, basketball, and badminton courts, as well as table tennis, pool, and foosball tables. Our campus also includes a canteen, restaurants, coffee shops, a convenience store, male and female prayer rooms, student lounges, and majlis (or ‘common gathering’) areas.

We also provide an on-campus first aid clinic that’s staffed 24/7 by dedicated medical professionals—and available to all students. The university provides health insurance coverage for both staff and students.

We are in Masdar City, a thriving, well-situated community that is now home to over 450 global and local companies - including G42, Core42, Siemens, and the UAE Space Agency headquarters. We also offer a growing selection of supermarkets, shopping malls, restaurants, cafes, banking branches, medical services, and pharmacies.

Our students know it as an inviting and exciting place to live, work, learn, and enjoy a variety of recreational activities.

We bring together students from 59 nationalities—united by a shared focus on artificial intelligence and its potential to shape the future, for good. Our current student body is made up of 112 undergraduate students and 541 graduate students. This gives our students many opportunities to build more meaningful relationships with peers, faculty, and staff. With 28% female enrollment and students from both engineering and business backgrounds, our community offers a true diversity of interests, perspectives, and origins.

Through collaborative research, university sporting events, student events, cultural celebrations, and the daily rhythms of MBZUAI campus life in Masdar City, we foster a tight-knit environment where lasting bonds form quickly.

We provide a comprehensive range of services tailored to student needs. These include assigned academic advisors, personalized learning support, confidential counseling and wellbeing services, IT support, and on-campus health services available 24/7. Our Student Life team also helps with practical steps on arrival including accommodation setup, Emirates ID processing, and health insurance—provided to every student, throughout their academic journey.

Abu Dhabi is the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world—home to residents from over 150 countries. This growing center for technology, research, culture, and commerce is an increasingly important player on the global stage. Abu Dhabi is central to the UAE's national strategy on artificial intelligence (AI), and MBZUAI sits at the heart of that ambition with its undergraduate, graduate-level, professional, and executive AI programs.

We offer world-class cultural institutions, a thriving innovation ecosystem, and a welcoming city where Arabic, English, Hindi, Urdu, Tagalog, and many other languages are spoken every day. This is where academic life and real-world impact come together and move us all forward.