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| Type | Private |
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| Established | 2001 |
| Affiliation | Ahlia School |
| President | Prof. Mansoor Alali |
| Location | Manama , |
| Website | www.ahlia.edu.bh |
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Ahlia University (AU) is a private, not-for-profit university in Manama, Bahrain and owned by a private holding company, The Arab Academy for Research and Studies (AARS). [1] The holding company is collectively owned by a group of companies and individuals from the Gulf Cooperation Council.
The AU project became a reality when the Government of Bahrain issued the Cabinet Decision No. 03-1626 dated March 2001, making it the first private university to be licensed by the government. [2]
Ahlia University has five colleges:
The university includes a deanship of student affairs and a deanship of graduate studies and research, in addition to a number of centres.
In 2021, Ahila University partnered with Huawei to establish both the Huawei ICT Academy, as well as a research organization focusing on the Internet of things. [3]
| University rankings | |
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| Global – Overall | |
| QS World [4] | 801-850 (2026) |
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