Introduction

The College believes that strategic planning is the optimal path to achieving its objectives and reaching its goals, through a comprehensive vision of attraction, competitiveness and community service. For this reason, the College has developed two five-year strategic plans:

The First:

The Strategic Plan 2007-2012, developed in coordination with the Executive Council of the Emirate of Dubai, comprised (86) operational programs. Under this plan, the College came into being: it obtained a license from the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in 2008, received initial academic accreditation from the Commission for Academic Accreditation in 2010 for the Bachelor of Sharia and the Bachelor of Sharia and Law programs, and in 2011 His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the State, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, may God protect him, issued Law No. (10) of 2011 establishing the College.

The Second:

The Strategic Plan 2013-2018, likewise developed in coordination with the Executive Council of the Emirate of Dubai in light of the outlines of the Dubai Strategic Plan 2015 (for Government Excellence), comprised (79) operational programs. Under this plan, the College has so far obtained final academic accreditation for its two Bachelor programs, the Bachelor of Sharia and the Bachelor of Sharia and Law, through two ministerial decisions issued in 2014 by His Excellency Sheikh Hamdan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research. It also completed its governance project in coordination with the Governance Department of the Government of Dubai, and its organizational structure was approved by a decision of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Dubai, issued by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, on 27-10-2014. The Human Resources Department and the Finance Department of the Government of Dubai approved the structure's positions, job descriptions and grades.

The College continues to complete the implementation of the programs of the Second Strategic Plan. In 2016, in coordination with the Commission for Academic Accreditation, it will establish a Graduate Studies Department comprising five Master's programs, followed by the establishment of a Department of Islamic Economics and Banking in 2018, comprising two Bachelor programs: one in Islamic Economics and the other in Islamic Finance and Banking.

The College has a future vision of reaching self-sufficiency by 2020, within the context of its transformation into Imam Malik University, comprising three colleges: the College of Sharia and Islamic Studies, the College of Law, and the College of Islamic Economics and Banking.