DWC is based on ELITE Principles: Excellence, Leadership, Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship.

Excellence
• State-of-the-art campus with a world-class Fitness Center, a 1000-seater Auditorium, a vibrant     Student Center and a Library housing a rich collection of print and electronic resources.
• Recruitment and retention of high quality staff; current DWC team consists of people from over 25   countries, 40% of whom have been with the College for more than 5 years.
• DWC Business faculty - winners of six Region 8 ACBSP teaching excellence awards (including   one global winner).
• DWC English faculty - winner of the 2008 British Council Award, International Category, ELT   Innovation.
• DWC – the first academic institution winner of the Dubai Quality Appreciation Award in 2006   (presented by the Department of Economic Development).

Leadership
• Founder of the Center for Women and Technology for the Arab World; signed a memorandum of  understanding signed at the United Nations during the Commission on International Women’s   Day 2009.
• Initiated and hosted 5 Insight Dubai International Leadership Conferences for Women; life-  changing experience for over 500 Emirati and international women discussing issues of   governance and empowerment.
• A leader in international exchanges, with over 48 international student field trips to universities   and educational institutions in Germany, South Africa, Switzerland, USA, Singapore, China,   Australia and many others.
• The first college in the HCT system to introduce the new Health and Physical Education program   delivered to over 1200 students per week at DWC Fitness Center.
• The first educational institution in the region to introduce college-wide healthy eating program in   partnership with Abela.

Innovation
• New academic programs pioneered to cater to changing market needs: Early Childhood   Development, Biomedical Engineering, Tourism and Event Management, Paramedics, Dental   Nursing and others.
• Initiated Center for Applied Learning and Multimedia (CALM) to provide instructional, graphic   design and technical support to faculty blended learning program initiatives (a combination of   face-to-face learning supported by rich technology).
• Coordinated ground-breaking project ‘Business Council for Peace’ in which 15 Afghani women   received entrepreneurship skills training through workshops and visits to Dubai’s businesses.
• Invited by the Dubai World Trade Center, together with a few other distinguished educational   institutions to set up UAE Careers – a country-wide career fair.

Technology
• Intel, IBM, Microsoft and Apple wrote world-wide case studies on DWC hailing it as an example of   best practice in the use of technology in education.
• 100% wifi-enabled campus with students and staff having 24/7 access to internet via their   laptops.
• Introduced Women in Technology annual conference in 2004 which grew into an HCT system-  wide event in 2009.
• Hosted the first IT Student Conference in 2009, a forum for students to share experiences and   increase their knowledge of cutting-edge developments in the industry.
• Partnered with Microsoft to host DigiGirlz Forum, the first ever regional event to promote the use   of emerging technologies and career opportunities in IT to female high school students.

Entrepreneurship
• Founded the Entrepreneurship Center (TEC) to assist Emiratis in starting or growing private   businesses by nurturing a mindset of innovation, partnership and leadership.
• Student Run businesses on campus embed entrepreneurial principles in the curriculum;   College shop Al-Waha boasts sales of over AED 1,000,000 per year.
• Based on DWC Bazaar, a 3-day campus celebration of student entrepreneurship, DWC graduate   came up with the idea for the now very successful Dubai Shopping Festival and participated in   the team that made it happen.
• DWC students were the first students to have their films screened at the Dubai International Film   Festival in 2007.
• Proud to have educated over 9,102 graduates in the fields of Applied Communications, Business, Computer & Information Science, Education and Health Sciences; over 80% of DWC alumnae are currently working.