WOW! Drones to hand over certificates at drive-in graduation ceremony of American University of Dubai

The American University of Dubai at the Dubai Academic City on July 15 will be drawing on the drive-in cinema concept which will see all students arrive at the campus car-park and settle in pre-assigned slots, two metres from each other’s vehicle.

They will immediately be able to access an FM radio channel to follow the ceremony which will be chaired by Major-General Dr Ahmed Nasseer Al Raisi, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and the University’s President Professor Muthanna Abdul Razzaq.
Once a graduate’s name is called out, a drone will carry the certificate and delivery it to the student’s parked car. Muthanna told a virtual press conference, “We started thinking on how we can conduct the graduation ceremony during the coronavirus restrictions without breaking any safety regulations. Graduation Day is a big day, a landmark day for any student and no student deserves to have this special day taken away. So we started thinking of various methods to do it and make our students happy. That’s how this idea came along.”
After the graduation ceremony, a spectacular light show featuring 120 drones will be held in honour of the university’s 2020 Class of Hope.
Muthanna revealed that a special university team is in discussion with Guinness World Records officials and its Records Management Team to discuss how the one-of-a-kind graduation ceremony can attempt a world record.