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United Arab Emirates University

جامعة الإمارات العربية المتحدة

Federal government · Abu Dhabi · uaeu.ac.ae

Acceptance rate, 2024

95%

of applicants offered a place

Non-Emirati students, autumn 2024-2025

16%

Graduates, 2021-2022

2,579

85% Emirati

New students, 2022-2023

3,492

1,090 faculty (2022-2023)

“Non-Emirati” is the share of students who are not UAE citizens. Most UAE residents are expatriates, so this includes students who grew up in the country — it is not a share of international students.

Graduates by award, 2021-2022

  • Bachelor2,270
  • Master276
  • Doctorate33

Acceptance rate by year

2018201920202021202220232024
8%39%48%40%34%48%95%

Non-Emirati share of students, autumn semester

2012-20132013-20142014-20152015-20162016-20172017-20182018-20192019-20202020-20212021-20222022-20232023-20242024-2025
16%13%13%13%14%19%13%21%26%19%17%12%16%

Graduates by year

2017-20182018-20192019-20202020-20212021-2022
2,3512,4432,2872,5942,579

New students by academic year

2012-20132013-20142014-20152015-20162016-20172017-20182018-20192019-20202020-20212021-20222022-2023
3,7393,7963,0803,0103,3104,3443,9782,6512,9533,1493,492

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Data source: Bayanat Portal – UAE Open Data Platform (https://bayanat.ae/en). Register, nationality shares and acceptance rates: Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, CC BY-SA 4.0. Graduates, new entrants and faculty: Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0. Changes: names matched across files, figures summed per institution and year, and percentages rounded by CollegeMatcher; this compilation of the CC BY-SA data is itself available under CC BY-SA 4.0. CC BY-SA 4.0 · CC BY 4.0

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