The department offers a Bachelor of Science Degree in Architectural Engineering, one of the leading architectural departments in the region. The program is a five-year degree program accredited by ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) and the Ministry of Education. The program is designed around several cross-cutting themes of architectural design, structural design, building construction, sustainability, digital technologies, and virtualization. The program focuses on systemizing architecture and integrating various systems within architectural design and construction processes. Furthermore, the program offers a master degree in the Conservation Management of Cultural Heritage offered in collaboration with the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM). The department also offers another Master of Science in Architecture, which is unique in the region.

The Department of Architectural Engineering has unique academic and professional faculty and staff eager to assist students in exploring their talents, creativity, and careers. The team provides the students with the latest in education and practice to prepare them for a successful future career in the architectural engineering business. Our courses allow the student to attain competence in architectural design, urban planning and design, structural design, building construction, and sustainable design with the technical knowledge and skills in building technology, energy systems, lighting design, environmental design, and artificial intelligence. The technical courses provide architectural engineering students the skills to work in architecture firms, consulting engineering offices, general contracting offices, sustainability offices, lighting design firms, and real estate and government offices.

The department has been collaborating with several local and international agencies, industries, and professional institutions since its establishment in 2004, which helped it achieve an excellent position of popularity among the architectural engineering departments in the UAE, with more than 500 undergraduate and graduate students. For those students interested in architectural engineering, our department is the house of creativity for future architectural engineers.