# Stern at NYU Abu Dhabi’s inaugural MBA convocation is highlighted; Dean Bharat Anand and Dean of Stern at NYUAD Robert Salomon are quoted: “Stern School of Business at NYU Abu Dhabi Holds Convocation Ceremony at ADFW for Inaugural Class of 2025.”

1 School News December 14, 2025 ![Aletihad logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/2025-12/aletihad_logo.png?itok=H_5e0-72)>

Excerpt from [Aletihad](https://en.aletihad.ae/news/uae/4629940/stern-school-of-business-at-nyu-abu-dhabi-holds-convocation) — “Bharat Anand, Dean of the NYU Stern School of Business, highlighted the partnership between Stern and NYU Abu Dhabi. ‘You are the inaugural class. You manifest a collaboration between Stern and Abu Dhabi that reflects the best of what any partnership stands for,’ he said, describing the collaboration as bold and forward-looking.”

Learn more about the [Stern at NYU Abu Dhabi one-year, full-time MBA program](https://stern.nyuad.nyu.edu/).

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