RTA Dubai has officially announced the arrival of the 2025 version of its Ajyal Summer Internship Programme, which will be scheduled to start from July 7 and will run till August 4, 2025. The program should be used to help the young Emirati talent and empower them, as this will be done by providing 40 male and female students already in secondary school or higher education institutions in the UAE with hands-on training opportunities.
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Shaping the Next Generation of Emirati Talent
Ajyal belongs to the larger pledge of RTA to invest in the national capabilities in the fields of engineering, technology and administration. The programme focuses its attention on creating Emirati students normalised to the job market that is dynamic and changeable by giving the students the real life experience working in a professional setting.
By having field assignments covering the RTA sectors and agencies involved, the participants will be brought to touch on real infrastructure projects defining the developed transport system in Dubai. Such experimentation is also important in ensuring that students learn key skills like communication at the workplace, problem-solving and cooperation.
A Holistic Learning Experience: Theoretical Meets Practical
By seamlessly integrating the theoretical and practice lessons, Ajyal exceeds the general objectives of the traditional internship programmes. That is in-person and virtual workshops that are presented in coordination with internationally renowned academic platforms.
Key focus areas of the workshops include:
- Creativity and innovation
- Interpersonal skills and communication skills
- Digitalization and artificial intelligence at the workplace
- Environmental sustainability and financial sustainability
- Management of challenge in real life situations
Field Visits to Iconic Infrastructure and Innovation Hubs
The variety of field visits, aimed at exposing students to the new world of fantastic infrastructure and technological innovations in Dubai, is one of the brightest effects of the Ajyal programme. These include:
- Train Depot: What to know about operations and maintenance processes
- Smart Number Plate Factory: Overview of the smart manufacturing systems
- RTA’s Research and Innovation Centre at the University of Birmingham – Dubai: Intellectual property and 3D printing Workshops
- uSky Company at University City – Sharjah: Learning findings about suspended transport infrastructure
- Museum of the Future: Future foresight and innovation inspiration
- Marine Transport Field Tour: Business experience with water-based means of mobility
Those visits are well-designed to provide the participants to obtain a multi-dimensional vision of transport and innovation, to play the role of filling the gap between the classroom and the technological industry.
Funding the National Human Resource Strategies
Ajyal Summer Internship Programme is well-suited to the RTA Human Resources Strategy 2025-2030, whose goals are to enhance the future-readiness of Emirati youth. It likewise observes national agendas of enhancing the involvement of locals in technical and leadership in major sectors.
Through this type of exposure and mentorship, RTA will not only be preparing Emirati students who are aspiring to work in the field, but also will be creating a talent pipeline that will be ready in the future and able to continue to develop and innovate within Dubai.
Certificate and Financial Incentive
RTA will have a token, a monetary reward and a Summer Internship Certificate to give to each of its young participants as a way to honour the commitment and contributions by these young members. Not only that, this certification also authenticates the training that one gets and can be a good contribution towards the Academic as well as professional portfolio of each student.
Conclusion
The Ajyal Summer Internship Programme in 2025 reaffirms the role of RTA, as an important driver of youth development and innovation in the UAE. Having 40 students as the recipients of this innovative and progressive experience, the programme is bound to make an impression on the prospective attendees, and, by extension, on the future workforce of Dubai. Looking into the future there is a way to learn all about innovative transport systems or have a view of sustainability that is driven by the power of AI, and all of that is possible directly at Ajyal 2025.