Welcome to the Al-Maktoum Institute

Diverse Thinking for Today's World

Al-Maktoum Institute is an exciting and innovative development in teaching and research in the study of Islam and Muslims.

Al-Maktoum Institute is an independent research-led place of higher education. We offer postgraduate programmes (taught masters and PhD), which are validated by the University of Aberdeen.

The Al-Maktoum Institute is a centre of excellence in the Study of Islam and Muslims, with the aim of promoting intelligent debate and understanding of Islam and the role of Muslims in the contemporary world. (We are a place of knowledge and reflection on the issues facing a diverse and multicultural world in the twenty-first century.)