Securing freshwater resources is one of the formidable challenges of our time. Lack of renewable freshwater resources, declining groundwater table, rising cost of energy-intensive desalination processes, climate change impact, and infrastructural challenges pose a significant threat to the social and economic wellbeing of the country. Recent estimates suggest that 40 % of the world's population is dealing with severe water scarcity, and it is growing to be 60 % in 2025. In addition, 70 % of the current world population (4 billion) currently lives in extreme water scarcity situations for at least one month per 12 months. These facts reveal that "traditional" water sources inclusive of rainfall, snowmelt, river runoff, and aquifers are no longer enough for water-scarce regions to satisfy human needs. Countries and societies experiencing water scarcity need a serious rethink about water resource planning and management, including the creative utilization of usable unconventional water resources. Strategies to conserve water resources and enhance the water supply have already been implemented in some water-scarce regions and countries. Desalination of seawater and brackish water is among the most considerable options to improve the water supply, and it has received the most attention as a viable option to primarily meet local and municipal needs. Desalination is the process where you remove the dissolved salts from water to produce distilled water that meets quality (salinity) requirements for various applications. Desalination is substantially essential for countries with a significant shortage of conventional water resources (such as rainfall, rivers, etc.). However, the reductions in the economic cost of the desalination associated with advances in water desalination technologies, along with rising costs and diminishing "conventional" water supplies, have made water desalination a competitive and attractive option for managing freshwater resources around the world. At present, there are an estimated 16,000 desalination plants currently in operation, located in 180 countries with a total desalination capacity of approximately 95.37 million m3/day (34.81 billion m3/year). Water security is one of the major strategies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is among the lowest per capita natural freshwater resources (NWR) in the world, while among the highest per capita water consumption. Achieving a sustainable water supply is among the highest priority in the UAE. Being a water-scarce country close to the seaside is a blessing to secure freshwater resources through advanced desalination technologies. The vast desalination infrastructure in the high water-scarce country provides sustainable water resources that needed to secure their national life and support a wide range of domestic, industrial, commercial, and agriculture activities. UAE is dependent heavily on desalination technologies to meet the growing demand for water. With minimal alternatives resources to access water resources, UAE continues to expand its existing desalination plants and build up new plants to meet the requirement of economic development. This development is combined with government-led efforts to reduce water per capita usage, adopt new water desalination technologies, and simplify water and energy production by integrating government agencies. With over 70 desalination plants, the daily production of desalinated water is around 6 million cubic meters accounting for 14% of the overall desalinated water production in the world. For that, the water industry in UAE is one of the most advanced and complex systems in the world and the United Arab Emirates ranks second after Saudi Arabia in terms of the amount of production of desalinated water. These plants need highly qualified specialized chemical engineers in the specific needs of the water desalination industry. However, there is no undergraduate program locally or worldwide that graduated qualified Chemical Engineers specialize in Water Desalination. For that, the University of Sharjah has launched the first, unique, and niche undergraduate program in Chemical Engineering and water desalination. The program has been established to serve The United Arab Emirates particularly and the worldwide globally to graduate a knowledgeable and high skill Chemical and Water Desalination Engineers. The B.Sc. in Chemical and Water Desalination Engineering (CWDE) Program is a unique program in providing specialist knowledge on Chemical Engineering and its specialty in the critical topics related to water desalination.