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Higher education on Dubai campus

World-class higher education is right at your doorstep. The Dubai Knowledge Village offers a variety of courses in various disciplines and is open to all nationalities.

  • By Bassma Al Jandaly, Staff Reporter
  • Published: 00:39 April 12, 2008
  • Gulf News

  • Image Credit: Gulf News Archive
  • Knowledge Village has institutions from across the world.

Dubai: World-class higher education is right at your doorstep. The Dubai Knowledge Village offers a variety of courses in various disciplines and is open to all nationalities.

The campus attracts not only students from the UAE but abroad who find it cheaper to study here than spend money travelling to universities abroad with added expenses of housing and airfare.

Sponsorships

One can choose from business administration, computer science, economics, engineering, environment, humanities, informatics, fashion, interior design, liberal arts, mathematics, media, science, medical science, and social sciences, among others.

Programmes include Bachelors degree, Masters, Doctoral and Diploma.

Most of the educational institutions offer sponsorships in Dubai for full-time students.

One Campus

There is a wide range of educational institutions at Dubai Knowledge Village. Listed are just a few which are situated here:

  • Birla Institute of Technology and Science
  • Cambridge College International Dubai
  • European University College Brussels
  • Hult International Business School
  • Islamic Azad University
  • Mahatma Gandhi University
  • Manchester Business School Worldwide
  • Middlesex University, Dubai Campus
  • SAE Institute
  • Saint-Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics
  • Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology
  • The British University in Dubai
  • University of Wollongong in Dubai
  • JSS Education Foundation
  • Syrian Virtual University
  • Universitas 21 Global Pte Ltd
  • University of Phoenix
  • - The University of Exeter

There are also a number of online academic institutions, providing accredited full online academic programmes and degrees.

The Academic Service Providers give support services to international accredited universities and colleges such as:

  • DBS Worldwide Admission FZ-LLC or Education Zone FZ-LLC (University of Waikato)
  • Gateway Institute FZ-LLC (Purdue University)
  • Higher Edge (University of Windsor)

Other services are provided by International Placewell Consultants FZ-LLC (University of Wales - Newport, University of Greenwich)

  • Stafford Associates (University of Leicester)
  • Uniadmission FZ-LLC (University of Wales-Newport, University of Nottingham)

For more information visit: www.dv.ae

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