Al Habtoor Leighton Group has been awarded a contract to construct a new Zayed University campus in Abu Dhabi for Mubadala Development Company.  The project will be delivered as part of a Joint Venture with Murray and Roberts.

The project involves the design and construction of a new campus on a plot of approximately 75 hectares and a built-up area of 200,000 square metres to provide educational facilities for 6000 students as well as related faculty and support staff.

The new campus will be located in New Khalifa City and is close to the Abu Dabi International Airport. The project is part of the Captial District, one of the major strategic initiatives of the "Plan Abu Dhabi 2030" Urban Structure Framework Plan. The Capital District concentrates the government, academic and knowledge-based sectors, accommodating departmental offices and embassies, as well as national health and educational institutions.

The new Zayed University campus will serve to meet the high demand for undergraduate courses, improve its current programs and initiate new research projects in research and graduate study.