[citation needed] AUS offers 26 majors and 48 minors at the undergraduate level, as well as 16 master's degrees, and a PhD in Engineering Systems Management.

The university is licensed by the Commission for Academic Accreditation of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (UAE) in the United Arab Emirates.

[citation needed] AUS was granted a license by the UAE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in 1998 and held its first student council elections the same year.

[citation needed] The university launched its first graduate degree, a Master of Business Administration (MBA), in 2000 and held its first commencement the following year.

In 2012, Forbes Middle East ranked the AUS MBA program as the best offered by a private university in the Gulf Region.

The academic buildings house classrooms and lecture halls; a library; laboratories; workshops and digital studios; and offices.

[18] The Office of International Exchange Programs was established to allow its students and faculty to send and host visiting scholars.