United Arab Emirates University have provided the United Arab Emirates with ministers, diplomats, senior government officials, and business leaders. The university is located in the city of Al Ain, an oasis city in the Abu Dhabi emirate 140 km east of the capital city of Abu Dhabi and a similar distance from the city of Dubai. The university features six separate smaller campuses. Students come from all seven Emirates plus more than 64 countries. 6,696 students live on campus. 2014, enrolled international students constituted 25% of the total enrolled students The United Arab Emirates University is continuously ranked as the top university in the
Politics of the United Arab Emirates the rulers of their respective emirates, and hold all of the council's political power. The other half, who have only advisory tasks and serve two-year terms, are elected by a 6,689-member electoral college whose members are appointed by the emirates. Members are required to be citizens of the emirate they represent, a minimum twenty-five years of age, and literate. Members of the Federal National Council are drawn from each emirate based on population and presided over by a speaker who is elected from among the Council's members. The council carries out the country's main consultative duties and has both a