The Cultural Division

The Cultural Division of the United Arab Emirates to the United States is one of the Cultural Offices established by the Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research (MOHESR) to manage UAE students' scholarships in the US and apply MOHESR's policies and regulations according with the UAE national higher education. The Cultural Division is hea... dquartered at 3522 International Court, NW, Suite 202, Washington, DC 20008. It is part of the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates to the US. However, in concerns of administration, finance and scholar services, the Cultural Division is responsible to the MOHESR in Abu Dhabi and to other UAE sponsors that have offices under the Cultural Counselor's supervision. These include the UAE University, Abu Dhabi Police, Dubai Police, Ministry of Presidential Affairs (MOPA), Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), and Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC). The Cultural Division's goal is to provide the UAE with competent individuals capable of accomplishing the country's goals of progress and development. The work of the Cultural Division is variously advisory, administrative, payment of financial allowances, tuition, medical, dental and vision bills. Under the direction of the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the United States, His Excellency Yousef Al Otaiba, the Cultural Division in Washington, DC's mandate is to prompt and sustain a high-spirited educational exchange between the UAE sponsors, scholars, and the US higher education institutions, and accreditors, and to continually enhance the number and caliber of opportunities available to them. The Cultural Division in Washington, DC does its best to provide each scholar with the best possible educational opportunities at the best educational US institutions. It supports each scholar academically and financially according to his/her sponsor's decree and benefits. The US is among the most common destinations for UAE students. Their numbers in the US had exceeded 1,400 students in various programs and studying in 48 ...Read More