Study in Dubai

Average Tuition Fees

The average tuition fees in Dubai for an undergraduate program can range between 37500 to 70000 AED (7,72,000-14,42,000 INR) per year while the postgraduate program costs between 30000 to 75000 AED (6,64,473-15,45,000 INR) per year.

Student Visas

Students who wish to study in Dubai require a Study Visa, which is valid for full-time programs. The student visa is valid for 12 months, so students must renew their visa at the end of the 12-month period if their program is longer than that. Students are given short-term visas for programs less than 12 months.

Local Universities in Dubai include

• Al Ghurair University offers bachelor’s degree across its three colleges, College of Business Studies, College of Computing and College of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
• University of Dubai is internationally and nationally accredited. It offers Bachelors program in Business Administration along with MBA and MScIS and Law (LLM)
• Zayed University - has six different colleges offers Bachelors and Masters in Arts, Business, Communication, Medica Sciences, Sustainable Sciences, Humanities and Technological Innovation. It also hosts the Institute for Islamic World Studies
• Biotechnology University College - offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Biotechnology, Medical and Pharmaceutical Studies and DNA Forensics are few of its premium programs.
• The Dubai Medical College for Girls – the first private college awarding degrees in Medicine and Surgery in the UAE;
• Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University – the first accredited e-University in the UAE;
• The newly established Institute of Management Technology in Dubai – offering MBA and EMBA (full and part time);
• Dubai School of Government – a research and teaching institution which focuses on public policy in the Arab world;
• And the Dubai School of Dental Medicine – a newly established dental institutions

Some Branch Campuse Universities in Dubai with International Presence

• American University in Dubai - private University from Atlanta, Georgia United States
• University of Wollongong in Dubai - private university a branch campus from Australia
• British University in Dubai - Research based PG university - partner several UK Universities
• The Canadian University of Dubai (CUD) – one of few Canadian universities in the UAE, notably offering an MBA in Islamic Banking
• Strathclyde Business School, Dubai – a Scottish Business School offering accredited part-time master’s programs;
• The Islamic Azad University UAE Branch – the IAU is based in Iran and is the world’s third-largest private university system (its UAE branch is located in Dubai)
• The Saint-Petersburg State University of Engineering & Economics, Dubai Branch – also known as ENGECON Dubai, the branch specializes in the fields of economics, finance, logistics, management, and statistics
• The Murdoch University, Dubai – based in Perth, Australia, the university offers four faculties: arts, education and creative media, health sciences, law, business and information technology and science and engineering
• Manipal University, Dubai – a deemed university based in Manipal, India, offering biotechnology, engineering, IT, interior design and architecture, media and communications and health sciences subjects in its Dubai campus
• BITS - branch campus of BITS Pilani in India
• And Hult International Business School – Hult’s Dubai campus made it the first US educational institution to be officially approved in the UAE.