MBZUAI
ENTRAA+Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI — the world's first graduate AI university.
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Hiring quality verdict.
MBZUAI has assembled one of the strongest standalone AI faculty rosters globally — including ex-CMU, ex-Stanford, ex-DeepMind academics. Faculty packages match top US R1s, with tax-free + UAE Golden Visa.
MBZUAI by the numbers.
47
Verified live postings
+62%
Net-new AI hires (12-month)
UAE government · endowed
Academic · AI Research
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Who runs talent at MBZUAI.
Eric Xing
President
Timothy Baldwin
Provost
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