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100 1 _aFreimuth, Hilda,
_eauthor.
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245 0 0 _aFactors influencing student choice of engineering majors in the United Arab Emirates /
_cHilda Freimuth.
264 1 _aAbu Dhabi :
_bEmirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research,
_c2018.
264 4 _c2018
300 _a60 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aEmirates occasional papers ;
_vno. 89,
_x1682-1246
520 _a"This study investigates Emirati student motivation on their choice of majors. With a current lack of Emirati engineers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), this study is timely in nature. It grew out of the researcher's personal experiences from participating in Khalifa University of Science and Technology's (KU) entrance interviews, which revealed that a significant number of students chose engineering for reasons not typically found in the West. To further investigate this phenomenon, a campus survey was conducted along with group interviews. This paper will explore the development of education in the UAE, the reasons why students choose certain majors in the West, as well as examine student motivation for choice of engineering majors both in the West and in the UAE. A detailed discussion of the findings and their implications will then follow. The paper concludes with a major recommendation - based on the findings of the study - on how to recruit a greater number of students to study engineering in order to fill the current gap in the industry" --page 1.
650 0 _aEngineering
_xStudy and teaching (Higher)
_zUnited Arab Emirates.
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650 0 _aEngineering schools
_zUnited Arab Emirates.
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650 0 _aCollege majors
_zUnited Arab Emirates.
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650 0 _aEngineering students
_zUnited Arab Emirates.
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650 0 _aCollege students
_zUnited Arab Emirates.
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650 7 _aCollege majors.
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650 7 _aCollege students.
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650 7 _aEngineering schools.
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650 7 _aEngineering students.
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650 7 _aEngineering
_xStudy and teaching (Higher)
_2fast
_923498
651 7 _aUnited Arab Emirates.
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710 2 _aMarkaz al-Imarat lil-Dirasat wa-al-Buhuth al-Istiratijiyah,
_eissuing body.
_4isb
_916093
830 0 _aEmirates occasional papers ;
_vno. 89.
_9201991
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