The American University in the Emirates (AUE) is an aspiring leader in the field of domestic and international education. It offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs that encourage students to be proactive, reflective and critical thinkers and researchers. AUE students are deemed to be a curious, fully engaged community, who embrace their own culture and are responsive to other cultures and views. AUE values its hard-earned reputation for quality, high standards, and pedagogical leadership. The university promotes intercultural understanding and respect, not as an alternative to a sense of cultural and national identity, but as an essential part of the 21^st century environment. The university is motivated by a sense of direction to create a better world through education.

The AUE has all the potential to become a center of new learning and house of educational reform against the backdrop of environmental changes. The AUE community has a world class standard of education matching the western universities by partnering them jointly through accredited programs. The real world of education is felt through factors like work placements, flexible schedule of learning round the week, credit hour transferring, diligent career advising, and a favorable student-faculty ratio.