Dubai: The student population in the GCC has been steadily increasing and is expected to reach 11.3 million in 2020, from 9.5 million in 2010.
An increased demand for higher education, particularly in the UAE, has come from a rise in the number of students.
The UAE’s private education sector is the biggest in the region with an estimated value of $2.8 billion (Dh10.2 million).
As an initiative to support the sustained growth of the academic sector in the UAE and across the GCC, GETEX Autumn 2012 will showcase a wide selection of higher education and professional development programmes, including graduate and postgraduate degrees along with vocational and professional courses.
The event, organised under the patronage of Shaikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, the UAE Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, will run from November 21 to 23, 2012, at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre.