Distinguished Student: A distinguished student is the one who achieves exceptional performance higher than his/her peers in one or more academic or non-academic field.

• Academic Field: School-based academic subjects, such as: Languages, Mathematics, Science and Technology.
• Non-Academic Field: Non-School based subject matter, such as: Literature, Performing and Visual Arts, Leadership and Sports.

Distinguished Student: A distinguished student is the one who achieves exceptional performance higher than his/her peers in one or more academic or non-academic field.

• Academic Field: Undergraduate academic programs such as: Languages, Mathematics, Science and Technology.
• Non-Academic Field: Undergraduate non-academic (Creative) area of interest such as: Literature, Performing and Visual Arts, Leadership and Sports.

A distinguished school is an educational institution where the students achieve distinguished academic and behavioral results at the local and international levels beyond the expectations of the stakeholders due to applying an efficient and effective corporate governance system. The distinguished school is being managed according to the best practices and innovative methods, and focuses on achieving distinguished key performance results. It adopts modern and innovative technologies and methods and manages its technical and smart services effectively and progressively.

The Distinguished Teacher Award is an award presented to a teacher whose performance exceeds basic specialization and profession competencies to achieving higher, unique and impressive competencies.

It is an award presented to societal entities inside or outside the country, provided that they have a formal branch inside the UAE -- whether governmental, semi-governmental or private institution -- regardless of the nature of their work, and is an entity officially recognized by the authorities, and provide services designated to serve the education sector in the UAE, provided that ‘education’ is not the applicant institution’s core of business, nor the presented initiative represents the main work of the institution.

A distinguished educator is the one who has an innovative methodology that has resulted in exceptional practices to achieve unprecedented results in his field of work to deal with future changes and challenges.