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Samsung Innovation Campus 2025 empowers 216 graduates with advanced AI skills

United Arab Emirates Mar 17. 2026

Dubai, UAE, January 2026 - Samsung Gulf Electronics announced the successful completion of the 2025 edition of Samsung Innovation Campus (SIC) across the UAE and key GCC markets, reinforcing the company’s commitment to develop future-ready digital talent across the region.

The 2025 program trained 216 young graduates from the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar, equipping them with cutting-edge skills in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and related fields. This initiative supports national strategies focused on fostering innovation, accelerating digital transformation, and building resilient, knowledge-based economies.

Group photo of the 216 young graduates from the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar who completed the SIC 2025 program.

Group photo of the 216 young graduates from the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar who completed the SIC 2025 program.

Conducted between October and mid-December 2025, the 350-hour program offered an immersive, hands-on learning experience. Participants completed nine fully digitized chapters covering AI, machine learning, statistics, algorithms, Python programming, probability, supervised and unsupervised learning, neural networks, deep learning, data science, and natural language processing.

Graduates of the 2025 Qatar campus training program gather for a group photo during the graduation ceremony.

Graduates of the 2025 Qatar campus training program gather for a group photo during the graduation ceremony.

The program adopted a hybrid learning model that combined self-paced online modules with weekly live sessions, practical assignments, assessments, and continuous mentorship through the SIC learning management system. This approach ensured accessibility for participants across multiple countries while maintaining the depth required to master advanced technical concepts.

Samsung Innovation Campus forms an integral part of Samsung’s global Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives, aimed at enhancing digital literacy, narrowing the technology skills gap, and improving youth employability in the rapidly evolving technology fields. The program’s expansion across the GCC reflects Samsung’s commitment to aligning education with future workforce needs, as AI continues reshaping industries and driving economic growth.

Jerome Hong, President of Samsung Gulf Electronics, delivers a commemorative speech to the graduates.

Jerome Hong, President of Samsung Gulf Electronics, delivers a commemorative speech to the graduates.

Ibrahim Al-Sulaiti, President of the Youth Entrepreneurship Club, delivers remarks to the graduates.

Ibrahim Al-Sulaiti, President of the Youth Entrepreneurship Club, delivers remarks to the graduates.

The 2025 edition of the program was delivered in collaboration with leading government bodies and academic institutions across the region, including the UAE’s Office of AI, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications; the Nasser Center for Science and Technology in Bahrain; the Ministry of Higher Education in Kuwait; Majan University College in Oman; and Qatar’s Youth Entrepreneur Club. These partnerships highlight a shared regional commitment to strengthening AI education and supporting national development goals.