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The EDAAD Scholarship Programme sponsors top students, giving them a chance to study in the best universities abroad.

More than 2,000 visitors visited the three-day American Expo and Conference that concluded on February 13 at the Dubai Knowledge Village. Most of them were potential students and their parents.

About 150 students attended the World MBA fair held recently at the Marriott Hotel.

The National Arts and Technology Institute in Dubai offers diplomas in interior, jewellery and fashion design. Its founder Naheeda Abdullah talks to Notes.

The American Education Conference and Expo, which began yesterday, is being held for the first time at the Dubai Knowledge Village. The three-day event has brought together more than 70 accredited universities from the US.

The annual global migration to overseas universities involves two million students. Countries like the UK and Germany are increasingly attracting a larger chunk of this number.

Top business schools from Asia, Canada, Europe and the US will take part in the fair.

More than 70 US universities will participate in the event at the Dubai Knowledge Village and seek to reassure Middle East students that they are welcome on their campuses.

55 higher education institutions from Britain are taking part in the annual exhibition organised by the British Council in the UAE starting tomorrow.

In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the undergraduate degree is studied over a three-year period leading to an honours degree.