Zayed University (ZU; ) is a public university based in the United Arab Emirates. It was established in 1998. It is one of the three government-sponsored higher education institutions in the United Arab Emirates. It is named in honor of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the country's first president. Achieving accreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education in the US, it became the first federal university in the UAE to be internationally accredited. ZU offers 17 majors and 10 minors at undergraduate level and 10 master's degrees. The university has eight colleges: College of Arts and Creative Enterprises, College of Business, College of Communication and Media Sciences, College of Education, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Natural and Health Sciences, College of Technological Innovation, and college of interdisciplinary studies. History Zayed University was established in 1998 by the Emirati federal government. Until 2008, the university was accepting only UAE national women, but after the opening of the Sweihan campus, a collaboration between Zayed University and the UAE Armed Forces, approximately 200 male students were admitted. The university is currently engaged in cooperative relationships with a number of institutions throughout the world such as the Al-Maktoum Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies in Scotland, Australian National University, School of Business Management and Organization of the Foundation Antonio Genovesi Salerno in Italy, Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Spain and Waseda University in Japan. In 2018, the university was featured for the first time in the QS World Rankings at 701–750. Zayed University was ranked 20 out of 180 in the 2022 QS World University Arab Rankings. Accreditation In 2008, Zayed University announced that it had received accreditation from the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Zayed University announced it had received re-accreditation in 2013. The university is one of only 16 overseas institutions accredited by the MSCHE, and one of only 4 in the Middle East. Through the Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation Continuous Improvement Commission (CAEP), in 2013 the College of Education received accreditation by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education. Zayed University College of Education is the first university, outside of the US, to be internationally accredited. Programs within its College of Arts and Creative Enterprises were recognized as substantially equivalent through NASAD in July 2015. Colleges and academic programs University College University College delivers