Monday 16 – Friday 20 Sept 2024
10AM-2PM
Daily
Dubai Knowledge Park
Dubai International Academic City
Kick off your University Journey in style!
The legendary MDX Dubai Week of Welcome is back from Monday 16 September to Friday 20 September at Dubai Knowledge Park and Dubai International Academic City.
We'll kick off the new term with exciting social activities, entertainment from fellow talented students, and workshops for you to participate in! You can meet some of our sports captains and social club coordinators, and start signing up to be part of the action!
Whether you’re new to the university or returning to campus for another year, everyone is welcome to mingle, meet new friends, and enjoy the activities!
Your Week of Welcome Academic Timetable
Week of Welcome is what we consider Week 0 of your academic timetable. During Week of Welcome (Week 0) you will have a specialised timetable to help you settle into your new programme. You will meet your faculty, connect with your classmates, get to grips with the classrooms and
Your regular academic timetable will begin from Monday 23 September 2024.
Schedule - Dubai Knowledge Park Campus
| CLUB | ACTIVITY NAME | DESCRIPTION (CONCEPT/INSTRUCTIONS) |
| Music Club | Word Association | Players are given a random word and challenged to sing a song that includes that word. Can you think on your feet? |
| Music Trivia | The Music Club will challenge your music trivia knowledge! | |
| Name That Emoji | With only emojis to look at, you'll be asked to guess the name of the song! | |
| Gaming & Cyber | Car Game Simulator | Jump onboard the car racing simulator where you can play a fast-paced F1 racing game and compete in time trials. The winner will win MDX merchandise and other prizes! |
| Tech Trivia | Take part in a tech-themed quiz covering topics like gaming history, tech innovations and devices. Form teams and compete for prizes! | |
| Book Club | Bookish Charades | Pick a card and do your best to act out the book title and character |
| Recommendation Board | Share your ultimate book recommendations on the book board and meet other book worms like you! | |
| Art & Design Club | Say Cheese! | Design your own photo frame and take selfies in it |
| Stack the Pom Poms | Get crafty and make your own mini pompom before adding to the pompom tree! | |
| Tourism Club | Location, Location Location | Have you big plans to travel? Talk about your world-ly experiences with your new friends in the Tourism Club! |
| Photobooth | Grab your chance to take picture-perfect photos on your first day of uni: need we say more? | |
| Fearless Club | 5 Second Rule | You'll get 5 seconds to list all possible answers related to a question - calling all quick thinkers! |
| Story Starter | Pick out a story prompt and narrate a story on the spot | |
| Chess Club | Challenge the Coordinators | Play a short game of chess against the coordinators and winners get a prize! |
| Solve the Chess Puzzle! | Chess puzzles for all abilities, winners receive a prize! | |
| Girl Up | Don't Pop the Balloon! | Write down at least five empowering statements on a balloon but make sure it doesn’t pop! Prizes for those who complete this challenge |
| Sports | Registration Stall | Meet some of the coaches and Team MDX, ask questions and sign up for a club to join in September 2024! All abilities including absolute beginners welcome. |
| CLUB | ACTIVITY NAME | DESCRIPTION (CONCEPT/INSTRUCTIONS) |
| Dance Club | Dance Dart Board | Throw a dart and complete whichever challenge you land on! |
| Emoji Charades | Get your best moves ready: Act out the emojis through dance moves on your charade card | |
| Ink Club | DIY Patch Quotes | More information TBC |
| Continue the Dialogue | Get your creative juices flowing, and complete the statement provided by the Ink Club | |
| Anime & Kpop | Guess the K-Pop Song | Calling all Korean music lovers - show us your knowledge of Kpop! |
| Anime Charades | Take part in this fun game of charades with other anime and Kpop fans! | |
| Events Club | Event's Charades | Charades with a twist - match the previous Middlesex University Dubai events to their titles |
| Events Wall | Share your ideas for future events - the more creative the better! | |
| Oreo Challenge | How many Oreos can you fit in your mouth? Haven some silly fun with other students and members of the Events Club | |
| Drama & Film Club | Guess the Movie | Movie buffs this is your calling! Guess the movie from given clues |
| Complete the Movie Dialogue | "I wouldn’t do that if…" Know the ending dialogue for this famous movie line? Then you need to be at this event | |
| Club Impact | Perceptions | You'll be given the first half of multiple words and you'll need to guess the second part: see how differently we all perceive things |
| Laugh it Out | Get in pairs and try to make your other half laugh | |
| Culinary Club | Dish Creation Challenge | Pick from a bowl of random ingredients cards, and try to make a dish within 1 minute |
| Culinary Pictionary | Pictionary… but with food! | |
| Sports | Registration Stall | See our posters of sports and the training schedule- QR codes also available |
| CLUB | ACTIVITY NAME | DESCRIPTION (CONCEPT/INSTRUCTIONS) |
| Poetry Club | Taylor Swift or William Shakespeare | Who wrote the classic line? |
| Passion for Poems | Which poems do you love? Give us your recommendations and share your knowledge with other poetry and creative writing fans! | |
| Shutterbugs Club | Photo Genre Challenge | Think you know photography? Or looking to get started? Come and have a look at some photos with the Shutterbugs, and see if you can determine the different genres of photography style |
| Music Club | Jumbled Lyrics | Unscramble words of a song in a tight time limit: Are you up for the challenge? |
Continue the Song | You'll be shown a few seconds of a song and have to guess which popular track is being played | |
| Top 5 Playlist Exchange | No gatekeeping here! Share your top 5 songs with us | |
| STEM | TBC | More information TBC |
| Book Club | Match the Character to the Book | Match pictures of main characters from various books to the title page |
| Guess the Character | Can you guess the book character? | |
| Impact Club | Impact Call | Tell us about someone who made an impact on your life |
Serving of Compassion | Pick a card and play out the random act of kindness | |
| Gaming & Cyber Club | AI or not | Can you tell the difference between an AI generated image and an actual image.- challenge winners will be treated with chocolates |
| Make your own Gaming Meme | Can you make a meme from templates? We'll share the best on our social media stories | |
| Art & Design Club | Floating Cranes and Butterflies | Create your own origami in this fun challenge |
| Match the Art to the Artist | Who created what? See if you can match the work to the artist! | |
| SPORTS | Registration Stall | See our posters of sports and the training schedule- QR codes also available |
| CLUB | ACTIVITY NAME | DESCRIPTION (CONCEPT/INSTRUCTIONS) |
| Dance Club | Freeze! | Stop on the spot and be a real life statue! how long can you hold your pose? |
| Guess the Style | Put your dance knowledge to the ultimate test- how many can you get correct? | |
| Just Dance | Calling all budding dancers- lets see how good you are at following dance moves! | |
| Ink Club | Guess the Character | TBC |
| Literary Fortune Telling Station | Join our fun personality test and find out what type of book suits you best | |
| Anime & Kpop | K Stars Memory Game | |
| What's this Anime? | Take part in this enjoyable quiz where you must guess the Anime in question- wow us with your knowledge! | |
| Events Club | Guess what | Come and guess the movie, celebrity or song- but this is with a twist- its based on emojis! |
| Human Jenga | Join our Jumbo Jenga! We have human sized blocks with a twist- each block has a dare! | |
| Drama & Film Club | Heads up: Film Edition | |
| Culinary Club | Recipe Scramble | Cipher alert! We need culinary experts to decode scrambled recipes |
| Culinary Charades | Act like a spoon! Pick a card and try to convince us you are kitchen tool | |
| Guess the Ingredients | Roll up foodies.. Use your sensory skills to guess the ingredients?? | |
| Chess Club | Chess Trivia | The chess club needs YOU for our entertaining quiz! |
| Chess Photo Session | "Strike a pose" with our chess themed props and backdrops - we'll share the best on social media! | |
| SPORTS REGISTRATION | Registration Stall | See our posters of sports and the training schedule- QR codes also available |
| CLUB | ACTIVITY NAME | DESCRIPTION (CONCEPT/INSTRUCTIONS) |
| Poetry Club | Pin The Line to the Poet | We would love to hear you sing! We have a whole heap of poems to put your voice to |
| Make a Rhyme | Pick a word from our hat and think of 5 rhyming words- sounds easy right? Well, you have only 20 seconds and there may be some very tricky words in there! | |
| Shutterbugs Club | Photography Trivia | Photograph Quiz alert! Come test your general knowledge with our photography trivia |
| Complete the Photo Puzzle | Are you a keen puzzler? Then we have lots of exciting puzzles for you! | |
| Book Club | Complete the Book Title | The Challenge here, is to complete partially given book titles, who will be our champion? |
| True or False Book Edition | Get your competitive game face on, for our fun literature quiz. We will test you on all that is modern and classic! | |
| Tourism Club | World Trivia Quiz | Don’t miss out on this exciting general knowledge quiz- it will really test you! |
| Flag Matching | Some seem so obvious but how many do you really know? Come and match the flag to it's country- we challenge you! | |
| Girl Up | A Game of Jenga | Channel your inner determination with our female empowerment Jenga! Each block will have a question or prompt for players to do! |
| Fearless Club | Picture Portrait | Pick a photo and talk about it for 20 seconds - can you engage and entertain your audience? |
| Opinion Opposition | You'll be given a strong argument and have 30 seconds to oppose it - we challenge you! | |
| SPORTS REGISTRATION | Registration Stall | See our posters of sports and the training schedule- QR codes also available |
Schedule - Dubai International Academic City (MDX MBA Global Study Hub)
Timings: 9am to 4pm
| Activity & Description | |
| Welcome Day | Kickstart your Daytime MBA programme with an introduction to MDX Dubai. |
Timings: 9am to 4pm
| Activity & Description | |
| Academic Day | Get key insights into your Daytime MBA programme. |
Timings: 9am to 2pm
| Activity & Description | |
| Engagement Day | Explore clubs, societies and opportunities to get involved in student life at MDX Dubai. |
Timings: 9am to 4pm - Dubai Knowledge Park
| Activity & Description | |
| Meet Your Faculty | Meet your lecturers, ask questions and connect with faculty members. |
Timings: 9am to 2pm
| Activity & Description | |
| Student Activities Day | Enjoy fun activities, make new friends, and dive into the social side of university life. |
Transport
There is a shuttle bus that runs between Dubai Knowledge Park (DKP) and The Myriad accommodation, including during Week of Welcome. Please see the timetable here for more details.
We also offer a complimentary Metro Shuttle bus that will collect you from the nearest metro station (Internet City Metro Station) and bring you to campus. You can find the timings here.
If you are an MBA (Daytime Delivery) student, additional transport will be available to help you get to Dubai International Academic City (DIAC) campus, and to Dubai Knowledge Park campus on Thursday 19 September for your Faculty Day. Please click here to view your WoW timetable and transportation options.