Applicants for the academic The university president is Dr. Mona Al Zayani, an ?educational specialist? who has envisioned the GU mission and vision and planned its physical infrastructure and its faculty and staff requirements.

The university academic faculty, consist of high caliber professors with excellent academic and professional credentials. Professors, are carefully selected to meet the required academic qualifications .

• The teaching staff is highly qualified. The various nationalities of the staff include U.S.A, Canada, England, and Australia together with various Arabic nationalities.
• All of them have been educated at U.S.A & British universities and supported by experience at western universities and research institutes.
• 70% of the Gulf University staff hold Ph.D or in the process of completing it.
• In spite of being professional and full timers, the teaching staff is supported by professional part-timer lecturers working at various industrial, financial and business sectors . This leads to enriching the students experience and their practical knowledge.