Abu Dhabi’s Mohamed Bin Zayed University for Humanities launches world’s first Bachelor of Tolerance and Coexistence

Abu Dhabi: The Mohamed Bin Zayed University for Humanities in Abu Dhabi, UAE, has launched the world’s first Bachelor of Tolerance and Coexistence, to spread a culture of human fraternity and contribute to sustainable social development.
The degree aims to create graduates with a high level of academic knowledge and practical skills that enable them to spread a culture of tolerance and coexistence. It includes courses that promote these values, as well as covering the role of media in encouraging a cohesive society, comparative religion and Islam.
His Excellency Dr Khaled Salem Al Dhaheri, Chancellor of Mohamed bin Zayed University for Humanities, said: “Education plays a clear role in fostering the values that create harmony between societies. MBZUH’s bachelor degree is the first higher education programme in the world that develops students’ understanding and respect for different cultures, civilizations and religions, so they can act as ambassadors and build bridges of communication between cultures and civilizations.”
The three-year programme, which will enrol its first students from September 2021.
Graduates will gain a variety of employment opportunities, and the course will provide additional skills for careers in social work, events, communications, counselling, religious affairs coordination, the police force and some government and non-government organisation roles.
The new bachelor’s degree aims to establish Abu Dhabi as the capital of tolerance, peaceful coexistence and civilized dialogue.

The university will offer programmes in social studies, humanities and philosophy for bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees.
MBZUH, launched in November 2020, is a first-of-its-kind higher education institution, offering programmes in social studies, humanities and philosophy for bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees. The university aims to create graduates who are intellectual leaders and distinguished citizens who practice tolerance and coexistence and help to spread these values in the community, through academic and applied research, exchange agreements with other entities, locally and internationally, and by facilitating and supporting a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship.
The university aims to open international campuses.