Program Overview

Bachelor in Records Management and Archival Science

Programme Overview

The three-year degree in Records management and archival science at Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi is designed in collaboration with the National Library and Archives of the United Arab Emirates. The programme is taught in English by doctors, professors and international experts to provide students with the highest levels of scientific and professional skills in a field that has been developing in recent decades.

Programme Structure

• First Year
  • Fundamental archival courses:
    • Introduction to archival science and information science
    • UAE institutions: public and private entities
    • Diplomatics
    • Records management programme
    • Archival legislations: UAE archival laws
    • International cooperation, preservation standards and ethics
  • Fundamental academic courses:
    • Principles of statistics
    • Quantitative methods
    • History of the Arab-Muslim world
  • Applied Work I:
    • Legislative text and standards analysis and comparison
  • Options:
    • Advanced English
    • Languages
    • Sports
    • IT
• Second Year
  • Fundamental archival courses:
    • Appraisal and data collection
    • Managing records and archives
    • Data and digital records description
    • Electronic records and archives management
    • Digital preservation
    • Preservation of archival materials
    • Business records
    • Digital tools and environments
  • Fundamental academic courses:
    • History of the Modern Middle East
    • History of the Contemporary Middle East
  • Applied Works:
    • Administration forms and issuing documents
    • Digitizing documents and archives
  • Options:
    • Communication skills in Arabic and English for records management and archiving
    • Languages
    • Sports
    • IT
• Third Year
  • Fundamental archival courses:
    • Daily operations of archival departments and buildings
    • Non-textual archives processing
    • Promotion and dissemination of resource documents
    • Information governance
    • Oral archives and collecting memory
  • Fundamental academic courses:
    • Digital law
    • Digital history
    • Cultural heritage management
  • Applied Work IV & Internship:
    • Visits in public and private entities/ technical reports
    • 2 month internship at governmental or private institutions
  • Options:
    • Communication skills in Arabic and English for records management and archiving
    • Languages
    • IT

Admission Requirements

• French baccalaureate: minimum average of 12 out of 20.
• Valid academic IELTS certificate with minimum overall band of 5.5 with a validity of 2 years or TOEFL score of 530, IBT TOEFL certificate with minimum score of 71, CBT TOEFL of 197 with a validity of 2 years or equivalent.
• A minimum average of 75% in the Arabic subject in high school (or equivalent) is required.

Tuition Fees

• Programme tuition fees (per semester): AED 34,500 (approximately US$ 9,400)

Scholarships

• HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Scholarship for Emirati students
• Academic Excellence Scholarships (for the 1st semester of enrolment)
• Academic Excellence Scholarship (starting from the 2nd semester of enrolment)
• 10% French Curriculum Schools Scholarship for the 1st semester of enrolment
• Sponsored scholarships
• Preferential rate: 10% Family discount

Career Prospects

• Archivist (digital and physical)
• Information specialist
• Digital Asset Manager
• Electronic Records Manager
• General management and administrative opportunities exist in all kinds of government institutions and private companies.

Further Studies Options

• A range of postgraduate studies are available after a Bachelor degree in Records Management and Archival Science. Examples of areas of specialization (Master and PhD) include:
  • Archival and Information Management Studies
  • Archives and Records Management
  • History of Art and Museums Studies
  • Information and Communication
  • Audiovisual Media Arts
  • Audiovisual Communication
  • Audiovisual and Cinema Studies
  • Corporate Communication
  • Corporate and Marketing Communication
  • Digital Business and Innovation
  • Science in Digital Media
  • E-Business and Digital Marketing
  • Digital Transformation Management and Leadership
  • Digital Communication
  • Archives and Records administration

Where do SUAD Graduates Go?

• In the UAE
  • Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi
  • Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (Abu Dhabi)
• In Europe (more than 20 universities mainly based in France, UK, Spain, Netherlands, Sweden, offer Masters in Archival Science).
• In the US and Canada.

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