ABU DHABI: The Ministry of Education has placed Al Hosn University in Abu Dhabi on probation and stopped registering new students for the upcoming academic session of 2018.

The ministry imposed temporary restrictions on new enrolments on the campus to monitor its academic efficiency, educational environment, facilities and the faculties at the institution.

A top official of Al Hosn University told Gulf News on Wednesday, “The university is fully operational and all faculty members are attending classes routinely. Reports of the institution’s closure and admissions, which are doing rounds on the social media sites, are wrong.”

He clarified that it’s a one-and-a-half-year-old Ministry of Education notification to the university which people are retweeting and forwarding on social media sites.

The ministry asked the institution to adhere to the standards prescribed for universities.

“Still we say that our university is on probation because of the building and want to move out somewhere else. No time limit for this probation was decided by the ministry but it has put a bar on the registration of new students. Those who are studying here are happily pursuing their courses,” the official, who did not want to be named, said.

“The ministry’s notification was to upgrade facilities, building and faculty and we are working on that. Hopefully, we might move out to a new location on the outskirts of the capital,” he said.

On reports about the transfer of students, the official said, “The university is not transferring any student to another institution but it depends on the individual’s choice. If they opt to change the institute, we cooperate.”

When Gulf News visited the university off Airport Road in Abu Dhabi, classes were going on as usual. Students are also aware of the ministry’s probation but it doesn’t affect their studies at all.

Asma Abdus Sadiq, a final-year postgraduate student of Finance at the university, said, “I am fully satisfied and all doctors [professors] take classes and attend classes on time.”

She knew about reports that Al Hosn University would close down, but said they are not true.

Sadiq, who is from Egypt, did her bachelor’s degree in accounting also from Al Hosn.

Albara Al Mousa, who studies Industrial Engineering at the university, said, “The faculty is fine and we don’t have any problem here. Our enrolments to new academic sessions have been completed.”

However, no new registrations are allowed of late due to some issues with the Ministry of Education, the Syrian student said.

Those studying on the campus do not face any problem, said Al Mousa who is a fourth-year student.