Dubai is ready to welcome three main international universities for the upcoming educational 12 months because it goals to grow to be a worldwide training hub.
Three main worldwide universities — IIM Ahmedabad (India), American College of Beirut (Lebanon), and Fakeeh School for Medical Sciences (Saudi Arabia) — are set to open department campuses in Dubai through the 2025-26 educational 12 months, the Data and Human Improvement Authority (KHDA) confirmed.
The transfer is a part of Dubai’s wider push to place itself as a prime 10 world vacation spot for increased training underneath the emirate’s Training 33 technique, aligned with the broader Dubai Financial Agenda D33.
New universities in Dubai
Dr. Wafi Dawood, CEO of the Strategic Improvement Sector at KHDA stated: “Dubai’s initiative to draw the perfect world universities, endorsed by The Govt Council, displays the emirate’s worldwide stature. Dubai’s visionary leaders have ensured all of the assets essential to place the emirate as a worldwide chief and a prime vacation spot for college kids and prestigious worldwide increased training establishments.
“This initiative aligns with the social and financial targets of the Dubai Financial Agenda D33, and the Training 33 Technique, which represents a transformative imaginative and prescient for Dubai’s training system.
“Our goal is to reinforce the worldwide competitiveness of Dubai’s graduates, enhance academic tourism tenfold by 2033, combine a brand new era of Emiratis into the workforce and future sectors, and contribute to doubling Dubai’s financial system over the subsequent decade, positioning town among the many world’s prime three financial hubs.”
The brand new universities carry out nicely in worldwide rankings, with the Indian Institute of Administration (IIM) Ahmedabad’s Enterprise and Administration programme at present ranked twenty seventh globally within the QS World College Rankings by topic.
In the meantime, the American College of Beirut from Lebanon, ranked 237th globally within the QS World College Rankings.
The announcement comes amid robust demand from different world-class establishments, with a number of extra in superior discussions to determine campuses in Dubai.
Training in Dubai
- 41 worldwide increased training suppliers at present function within the emirate, with 37 as worldwide department campuses
- Over 700academic programmes provided
- 20 per cent progress in whole pupil enrolment in 2024-25
- 29 per cent enhance in worldwide pupil enrolment
- 42,026 college students enrolled in Dubai’s non-public increased training sector — a document excessive
Dubai-based campuses with prime world rankings
QS World College Rankings 2026 – Prime 100:
- College of Manchester Dubai – Ranked thirty fifth
- College of Birmingham Dubai – Ranked 76th
Prime 200:
- Curtin College Dubai – 183rd
- College of Wollongong in Dubai – 184th
Prime 300:
- Consists of three extra universities with Dubai campuses
The Training 33 technique consists of formidable targets, together with 50 per cent of scholars to be worldwide by 2033 and a AED5.6bn ($1.52bn) contribution to the training sector’s GDP.