UEP aims to realise the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, in achieving the goals of the sixth article of the Fifty-Year Charter to transform public and private universities into economic and creative free zones.

The winning teams were selected to join the Mohammed bin Rashid Fund for Innovation Accelerator, based on a set of criteria that included originality of ideas, their utility, and the ability to apply and develop them into use-case projects. In Addition, the top three winning teams also received financial incentives and cash support.

The projects mark the start of the student journes in the world of entrepreneurship and innovation through developing solutions that contribute to enhancing various sectors, such as power generation, healthcare, and water treatment, among others.

Acadlinks, the project submitted by American University of Dubai students, and Takallam, submitted by students of Zayed University made the cut to advance to the next stage. Also successful in moving to Phase 3 were University of Dubai students with their Spoken Hands and Utilization projects, and Amity University of Dubai students with their Populer Pupilar and Le Solarium projects.