The Emirates College for Management & Information Technology (ECMIT) is a leading private two-year English-medium institution of higher education which was originally established and licensed by the UAE Ministry of Education in 1998 as Emirates Center for Management and Information Technology. The founders at that time envisioned a Center that would meet the challenging demands of the student community in Dubai by offering an affordable American style undergraduate program in business and computer engineering. These ambitions were clearly reflected in the Center’s Vision and Mission statements that were to follow soon. Accordingly, a B.Sc. program consisting of first two years of studies leading to associate degrees and the remaining two years of studies leading to a full bachelor degree was launched in partnership with Champlain College, Burlington, Vermont, USA in the same year.