The talent is here. IT71 is being built to connect it.
The UAE has talented students, ambitious clubs and growing technical communities. What is missing is an easy way for them to find each other.
The student technology scene is fragmented.
Events, workshops and opportunities exist — but students do not always hear about them, sometimes even when they happen at their own university.
Academic calendars make it harder. Midterms and final exams fall at different times across universities, so the right opportunity is easy to miss.
Clubs do strong work, often in parallel. Students interested in the same things rarely meet across campuses.
One shared layer could make a real difference.
If students, clubs and organizers had a common place to discover what is happening and who is working on what, more students could take part in technical activity beyond their own campus.
How IT71 intends to work.
Zero unnecessary bureaucracy
Collaboration should be clear and easy, not buried in process.
Student-led
Students should help shape the system that is meant to serve them.
Open participation
Future opportunities should reach beyond a single campus.
Club autonomy
IT71 supports clubs without replacing their identity or leadership.
Practical outcomes
The goal is real activities, collaboration and skills — not noise.
Independent by design
IT71 is not controlled by any single university or institution.
What IT71 is not.
- A replacement for university clubs
- A university administration body
- A government organization
- A commercial entity
- A claim of endorsement by any institution
- A fully operational platform — yet
A note from the founder
I started IT71 after noticing how fragmented the technology scene can be for students in the UAE. Events, workshops and opportunities exist, but students do not always hear about them, and university schedules can make it difficult to discover or attend relevant activities around midterms and final exams.
IT71 is being built to connect the students, clubs, organizers and future collaborators working to create more technical opportunities in the UAE.
IT71 is not intended to replace university clubs. It is intended to support them, help them reach more students, and make it easier for communities across the country to connect.
First, ambassadors. Then everything else.
IT71 starts by building a small network of university ambassadors ahead of its first active semester. Events, workshops and competitions come after that foundation is in place.
Help establish IT71 at your university.
Ambassador applications are open during the founding phase.