With state-of the-art facilities and excellent support services, The Institute of Applied Technology offers Career-based Technical Education (CTE) in English at the secondary and tertiary levels. The institute’s five campuses are located in the United Arab Emirates at Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Dubai, Ras Al Khaima and Al Fujairah; with its directorate located in Dubai. In addition, IAT encompasses higher learning start-ups in aviation, logistics and nursing.

The Institute was founded in 2005 through Royal decree of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, Ruler of Abu Dhabi as a corporate body with full financial and administrative independence. The establishment of the Institute was an initiative from General Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi. His Highness envisioned IAT as a world class system of career-based technical education that would produce the scientists, engineers, and technicians needed for the UAE.