Dubai’s Information and Human Growth Authority has confirmed that three esteemed worldwide establishments—the Indian Institute of Administration Ahmedabad, the American College of Beirut, and Saudi Arabia’s Fakeeh Faculty for Medical Sciences—will launch department campuses within the emirate for the 2025–26 educational yr. This transfer aligns with Dubai’s strategic Training 33 and broader Dubai Financial Agenda D33, designed to reinforce its standing as a worldwide training hub.
The Indian Institute of Administration Ahmedabad is famend for its Enterprise and Administration programme, at present ranked twenty seventh globally by the QS World College Rankings by topic. The American College of Beirut holds a place of 237th within the general QS World College Rankings. Fakeeh Faculty for Medical Sciences brings specialised energy in well being and medical training to Dubai’s portfolio.
Dr Wafi Dawood, CEO of KHDA’s Strategic Growth Sector, emphasised that the initiative “displays the emirate’s worldwide stature” and aligns with targets to reinforce graduate competitiveness, increase instructional tourism ten-fold by 2033, broaden Emirati workforce integration, and bolster financial diversification. The technique additionally goals to see worldwide college students making up 50 per cent of Dubai’s larger training inhabitants by 2033, contributing an estimated AED 5.6 billion to the sector’s GDP.
Dubai’s larger training ecosystem already contains 41 non-public worldwide suppliers—37 of that are department campuses—together with the College of Manchester Dubai and College of Birmingham Dubai, whose house establishments rank thirty fifth and 76th respectively in QS 2026. Curtin College Dubai and College of Wollongong in Dubai additionally characteristic throughout the prime 200 international rankings.
The emirate recorded a 20 per cent rise in whole non-public college enrolment for 2024–25, with worldwide college students rising by 29 per cent to succeed in over 42,000 throughout greater than 700 programmes. This marks the very best pupil inhabitants up to now in Dubai’s sector.
A broader pipeline is in place, with a number of different globally ranked establishments at present in superior discussions with KHDA to ascertain Dubai campuses. The initiative helps Dubai’s ambition to place itself among the many world’s prime ten cities for college training by 2033.
Dubai Worldwide Tutorial Metropolis, the emirate’s devoted larger training zone, accommodates round 27,500 college students throughout 27 faculties and three innovation centres, providing over 500 programmes. Lots of the new department campuses are anticipated to be situated inside DIAC or Dubai Information Park, reinforcing the emirate’s capability for transnational training.
Amid rising demand, pupil housing initiatives have expanded to fulfill the wants of a various inhabitants representing greater than 150 nationalities. Dubai’s training authorities have additionally prioritised analysis collaboration and educational innovation by way of cross-border partnerships, in keeping with KHDA’s high quality framework.