Internationally Recognised Universities in Dubai
Published on Wednesday, September 09th, 2009
Expatriate children traditionally return to their old home nation or another well-recognised country such as America or the United Kingdom to complete their tertiary education. This has a great deal to do with the fact that parents and their student children want an internationally recognised university education. After all, most employers will require this.
Therefore, the good news for parents with student children who are living in Dubai is that there are internationally recognised universities actually in the emirate. Many are affiliated with British, French or America university campuses for example, and as a result you don’t have to leave the emirate and pay both international tuition fees and expensive living costs for your student child when they attend college in another nation.
In this, the final part of out four-part guide to schools, universities and education in Dubai, we’re going to look at 10 of the most popular tertiary education establishments in the emirate.
Secondary school education in Dubai is for children aged between 11 and 18, and children entering a school at this level for the first time may be required to undertake a short exam so that teachers can determine their abilities. School fees vary across all establishments, but the older the child gets in Dubai, the higher the fee structure for their education.
Primary school education starts for children in Dubai from the age of four and a half, and as you can imagine there are international schools available that cover almost all the major international curricula – from the British system to the International Baccalaureate for example.
The school season is upon us again after a lovely long summer recess, so we thought we’d better update you on the schools available in Dubai, their addresses, contact details and any pertinent information about the educational establishments themselves.
A friend recently over-nighted in Dubai on his way to New Zealand: this is a stop off on a trip he makes up to six times a year for business. On his return he commented how Dubai was dead…on further questioning he said the city felt lifeless to him, the airport felt deserted and all in all, the soul seemed to have been sucked out of Dubai.
An incredibly fascinating yet damning article in this week’s Sunday Times likens modern day Dubai to Sodom and claims that racism abounds in this state in the United Arab Emirates. The article by Rod Liddle highlights the fact that Emiratis generally disrespect Westerners and disapprove of our way of life, and that most foreign nationals living in Dubai find the local male citizens to be offensive, with one taxi driver cited as saying: “they are arrogant scum.”
We have an entire section dedicated to living in Dubai, and within it we have a plethora of articles about different elements of expatriate life in the emirate – from coping with Ramadan and culture shock, to getting a visa or even a license to buy alcohol – but if you want a quick, no nonsense overview to life in the emirate, this article is for you.
