<p>Well I have been thinking to ask this question for a while now. Seeing many people on this forum got into both of these JUB Germany and NYUAD, so here's what I'm confused about. Is going to any one of these equal or same as going to an American University of same caliber? For what I have read, NYUAD is quite generous in terms of giving aid but at the same time, it is being said, all this act is just for the sake of marketing and etc and coming to JUB, well through what I read, on paper it is one of the youngest universities, and isnt anything as compared to its competitor in term of ranks but they do have some research opportunities.
So the basic question is, Is it worth going to any of the two? Or they aren't anything as compared to American Universities.</p>
<p>P.S I'm not comparing them to the Ivies or any of the top lot Universities, Just in terms if you get into an equally equipped school in US and you get into these two, what should be One's choice?</p>
<p>I don’t know much about NYUAD,but I definetely know that Jacobs is a great school! It truly is an international university,the academics are rigorous and Bremen is amazing.By all means apply to JUB and a couple of US schools,then see what your options are</p>
<p>Financially, you should not be concerned about NYUAD. If you get in, you’ll get the aid. You won’t have to pay a penny if your family income is less than $190000 per annum.</p>
<p>I got a full-ride from NYUAD like most other admitted students. That’s totaling at $64000 this year. We even get $1000 pocket money and free flight tickets.</p>
<p>Money is not a concern. NYUAD simply wants the best students.</p>
<p>And they will not give you loans – only grants and scholarships. They also cover 2 semesters of study abroad, two 3-week long January-terms, a year at NYU-NY if your an Engineering major, and other class-related field trips (recently students went to India, Jordan and more)</p>
<p>Well that sounds good, but I heard/read something about their Engineering program not being recognized or accredited much? Like they are ABET accredited, so I guess I’ll have to cut it out of my list.</p>
<p>I totally agree with ma3a20. NYU-AD is a prestigious and generous university that the royal family in Emirates has set up with the NYU-NY. It has 17 majors - not as much as the NY branch - but it allows you to take semesters in one of the eleven campuses around the globe. They appreciate universality. Also to be noted, that it is competitive.</p>
<p>Selectivity is no way to measure university standards. A lot of my friends were accepted to Imperial College London’s Engineering Program, but rejected from almost all US universities they applied to. McGill/UofT has a lot of international students and yet some people call it the “Ivies” of Canada</p>
<p>Also, since you are comparing these two based on selectivity. Let me clear up one thing for you: NYUAD did a LOT of advertising. They even came to my brother’s school. See what they did there? (Hint: a lot of students applied without knowing how competitive it is)</p>
<p>As for JUB. Its largely unknown, except for places such as Nepal, Romania etc</p>
<p>Universities such as Harvard, MIT, Caltech and many others organize info sessions, admission seminars in various schools across the globe from US, UK , Germany to India, Kenya etc.</p>
<p>You wanna make the expensive statement now that " All these greatest of the great schools are advertising themselves"… Same is the case with NYUAD. That is not advertising.</p>
<p>Don’t reiterate the fact that selectivity isn’t the right indicator, I know that , you know that and most of us know the same.</p>
<p>Don’t take it personally but if I had to choose b/w NYUAD and JUB … I would choose NYUAD even in my sleep or in coma or whatever… It is that simple…</p>
<p>"Don’t take it personally but if I had to choose b/w NYUAD and JUB … I would choose NYUAD even in my sleep or in coma or whatever… It is that simple… "
Full points for showing how ignorant you are when deciding about your future. But this is a public forum. Spreading misinformation is a crime.</p>
<p>Anyway, this is my final post (I wasn’t gonna do it, but as it turns out I like helping humanity :D)</p>
<p>Why OP singled out NYUAD and JUB is because both of them aren’t exactly located in the hotspots of education. This is what makes it a tricky situation, and factors such as selectivity and advertisement have to be carefully considered.</p>
<p>NYUAD advertised. You don’t believe it? Fine. Don’t. But I have seen advertisements myself (one in my local newspaper). Yes, I have seen US universities coming over to my home country arranging information sessions. But going school to school, asking students to fill certain forms, handing everyone brochures? Oh please. Its <em>hardcore</em> advertising. And there is nothing particularly wrong with it either. But that explains why everyone talks about it A LOT. To make it more attractive the Abu Dhabi government(?) have agreed to fund it. And do I even need to go there…? ([NYU</a> Abu Dhabi: Financial Aid Significantly Greater Than First Estimated · NYU Local](<a href=“http://nyulocal.com/on-campus/2009/04/30/nyu-abu-dhabi-financial-aid-significantly-greater-than-first-estimated/]NYU”>NYU Abu Dhabi: Financial Aid Significantly Greater Than First Estimated | by NYU Local | NYU Local)) This begs the question: Why are they doing this? Is this utopia? Simple Answer: They want to make it popular. Middle east wants it (for business reasons?).</p>
<p>Carrying a brand name of “NYU”, coupled with financial support from the government and unhindering service from the advertising team, it doesn’t surprise me to say the least that NYUAD has become quite a global phenomena.
Excellent publicity-> More people applying -> Higher selectivity -> Helps in recruiting excellent candidates -> Keeps them going</p>
<p>JUB is a completely different ballgame. From my experience, most the students found out about it after attending IMO, which was held in Bremen in 2009. So, the only thing that makes JUB similar to NYUAD is probably the fact that most are need-blind.</p>
<p>Now don’t get me wrong. NYUAD might be better than Jacobs (there I said it). But don’t type “>>>>>” like a monkey playing with a typewriter</p>
<p>I think we should be able to agree that JUB is definitely up there with NYUAD. I personally believe when you get to a certain point, the slight differences are highly subjective (hence you have people arguing Harvard vs Yale, say, to death). The best university for YOU may not be the best university for someone else. </p>
<p>The only difference I can think of is that JUB has no global sites like how NYU does (JUB does have exchange partners, so studying abroad is no problem there). This shouldn’t really make a huge difference or anything. Though, it is possible that NYUAD gets more funding than JUB, as I can’t find a total list of the endowment for JUB but I can tell you that NYUAD pretty much has an unlimited source of (justified) funds given the oil revenues.</p>
<p>So all in all, both are great - the “feel” or “style” of each campus will be different though, and you may only fit one of them.</p>
<p>Yeah!! I like that " monkey playing with typewriter’’ thing. Well done friend. That is how you talk in the public forum. </p>
<p>We were arguing about a point. I thought we were sincerely discussing something and not scoring verbal shots against one another. Congratulations!! I really liked your style.</p>
<p>I am European, I dislike Europe, I will never go to college in Europe.
I love the Middle East, have visited 5 times and can see myself thriving there.
Bottom line: NYUAD.
JUB is out of the question. And I am not saying it is a bad school…its location automatically eliminates it from my list.</p>
<p>I want to say though that most of the NYUAD professors come from NYUNY, while JUB has no such world-renowned “core” to hire faculty from. So reputation-wise it is normal for NYUAD to stand out more despite its short existence. ;)</p>
<p>Well not all of us consider a college because of its location, I mean yes, its an important factor but you don’t want to attend a college in Europe, so JUB is out of the list. The factors I’m gonna look at is, that what am I getting academically from any one of these colleges? I’m a prospective for bachelors in Engineering, so I’ll choose the one that has the better engineering program and secondly, another important factor for me is Financial Aid, I’m gonna need a super ton of AID to attend any college in US or any one of these 2. So I need to keep these points in mind and I wanted an opinion based on them.</p>
<p>Though thanks for your say on this matter :)</p>
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