Dr. Sameera Almulla
Director of Higher Education Policies, Academic Planning and Lifelong Learning
The move
MoveArabian Gulf University → Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
TitleMember Board of Trustees → Director of Higher Education Policies, Academic Planning and Lifelong learning
LocationBahrain → United Arab Emirates
Career arcRooted in UAE★
Cross-border moveYes · Bahrain → United Arab Emirates
Native languageArabic
Years in UAE21.5
Total experience8.3 years
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research headcount501-1,000 employees
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research industryHigher Education
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research founded2024
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research typeEducational
Career arc
- Director of Higher Education Policies, Academic Planning and Lifelong learningJul 2025 — Present
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research· Full-time - Member Board of DirectorsFeb 2025 — PresentZZoud: The National Financial Wellbeing and Sustainability initiative· United Arab Emirates· Seasonal
- Member Board of TrusteesJan 2025 — Present
Arabian Gulf University· Bahrain· Contract
- Acting Director - Commission Academic AccreditationNov 2024 — Mar 2025Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research· Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Director of Higher Education information and Data AnalysisOct 2024 — Aug 2025Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research· Full-time
- Acting Assistant Undersecretary for Curriculum SectorApr 2024 — Oct 2024
Ministry of Education – UAE· Full-time - Alumni Advisory Board (AAB)Dec 2023 — PresentMMBZUAI (Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence)· United Arab Emirates· Seasonal
- Deputy Director for Academic Planning DepartmentJun 2021 — Oct 2024Ministry of Education – UAE· Full-time
- Director of Certificate Equalization DepartmentNov 2020 — Oct 2024Ministry of Education – UAE· United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Education Committee MemberNov 2019 — Oct 2024
UNESCO
- Assistant Expert in Higher Education MattersAug 2019 — Nov 2020MMinistry of Education - Dubai, UAE· Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Board MemberMay 2018 — Oct 2023
Emirates Science Club· UAE
- Vice Chair - Women in EngineeringFeb 2018 — Oct 2020
IEEE· UAE
- Vice Chair - Signal Processing SocietyFeb 2018 — Oct 2020
- Research Assistant ProfessorFeb 2018 — Jul 2019
University of Dubai· Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Education
- Royal Holloway, University of LondonInternship · Digital forensics and Information security2014 — 2015
- Khalifa UniversityMaster of Science (M.Sc.) · Digital Forensics2009 — 2010
- Royal Holloway, University of LondonPresent
- University of SharjahB. Sc · Computer engineering2001 — 2005
- Khalifa UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) - Candidate · Digital Forensics of Cloud ComputingOct 2011 — Jul 2017
Languages
- English · Professional working
- Arabic · Native or bilingual