Dubai

==Education==
{{Main|Education in Dubai}}
{{See also|List of universities and colleges in Dubai}}
The school system in Dubai follows that of the United Arab Emirates. {{As of|2009}}, there are 79 public schools run by the Ministry of Education that serve Emiratis and expatriate Arab people as well as 207 private schools.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dubai Private School Directory |url=https://whichschooladvisor.com/uae/school-search?city%5B%5D=4&school_phase%5B%5D=1&school_phase%5B%5D=2&school_phase%5B%5D=4&school_phase%5B%5D=5&school_phase%5B%5D=6&school_phase%5B%5D=7 |website=WhichSchoolAdvisor.com |access-date=31 July 2020 |archive-date=10 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310202235/https://whichschooladvisor.com/uae/school-search?city%5B%5D=4&school_phase%5B%5D=1&school_phase%5B%5D=2&school_phase%5B%5D=4&school_phase%5B%5D=5&school_phase%5B%5D=6&school_phase%5B%5D=7 |url-status=live}}</ref> The medium of instruction in public schools is Arabic with emphasis on English as a second language, while most of the private schools use English as their medium of instruction. Currently only the Swiss International Scientific School in Dubai claims to offer parallel streams in different languages – bi-lingual English/French or English/German.<ref>{{cite web |title=Review, Swiss International Scientific School |url=https://whichschooladvisor.com/uae/school-review/swiss-international-scientific-school-dubai |website=WhichSchoolAdvisor.com |access-date=31 July 2020 |archive-date=25 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925003828/https://whichschooladvisor.com/uae/school-review/swiss-international-scientific-school-dubai |url-status=live}}</ref> Most private schools cater to one or more expatriate communities.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mansell |first=Warwick |title=Expat guide to the UAE: schools |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/expateducation/7635831/Expat-guide-to-the-UAE-schools.html |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=30 April 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925001208/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/expateducation/7635831/Expat-guide-to-the-UAE-schools.html |archive-date=25 September 2015}}</ref>
[[File:UOWD Campus.jpg|thumb|right|[[University of Wollongong in Dubai]]]]

Some 36 schools offer an international education using the one or more of the four International Baccalaureate Programmes for students aged 3–19.<ref>{{cite web |title=IB Schools in Dubai |url=https://whichschooladvisor.com/uae/school-search?city%5B%5D=4&school_phase%5B%5D=1&school_phase%5B%5D=2&school_phase%5B%5D=4&school_phase%5B%5D=5&school_phase%5B%5D=6&school_phase%5B%5D=7&cur%5B%5D=5&cur%5B%5D=55&cur%5B%5D=6&cur%5B%5D=27&cur%5B%5D=7 |website=WhichSchoolAdvisor.com |ref=Dubai IB School Directory |access-date=31 July 2020 |archive-date=10 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310201635/https://whichschooladvisor.com/uae/school-search?city%5B%5D=4&school_phase%5B%5D=1&school_phase%5B%5D=2&school_phase%5B%5D=4&school_phase%5B%5D=5&school_phase%5B%5D=6&school_phase%5B%5D=7&cur%5B%5D=5&cur%5B%5D=55&cur%5B%5D=6&cur%5B%5D=27&cur%5B%5D=7 |url-status=live}}</ref> Currently, 15 schools<ref>{{cite web |title=Schools offering the IB CP in Dubai |url=https://whichschooladvisor.com/uae/school-search?cur%5B%5D=55 |website=WhichSchoolAdvisor.com |access-date=31 July 2020 |archive-date=20 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920040348/https://whichschooladvisor.com/uae/school-search?cur%5B%5D=55 |url-status=live}}</ref> have introduced the IB Career-related Programme that can be combined with a vocational qualification such as a BTEC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://qualifications.pearson.com/en/about-us/qualification-brands/btec.html|title=Welcome to BTEC|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507104945/http://qualifications.pearson.com/en/about-us/qualification-brands/btec.html|archive-date=7 May 2015}}</ref>

While there are more UK-curriculum-based schools in Dubai than any other, more students attend an Indian-curriculum school, which tend to be considerably larger, and cost less to attend. There are 34 Indian-curriculum schools in the emirate,<ref>{{cite web |title=Indian curriculum schools in Dubai |url=https://whichschooladvisor.com/uae/school-search?city%5B%5D=4&cur%5B%5D=2&cur%5B%5D=44 |website=WhichSchoolAdvisor.com |access-date=31 July 2020 |archive-date=10 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310201839/https://whichschooladvisor.com/uae/school-search?city%5B%5D=4&cur%5B%5D=2&cur%5B%5D=44 |url-status=live}}</ref> most of which offer the CBSE, and just a handful the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) Indian syllabus. Examples of Indian-curriculum schools include [[The Indian High School, Dubai|IHS]], [[Delhi Private School, Dubai|DPS]], DMHS. There are a small number of Pakistani schools offering the FBISE curriculum for expatriate children in Dubai.

A total of 18 schools offer British primary education up to the age of 11.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whichschooladvisor.com/uae/school-search?city%5B%5D=4&school_phase%5B%5D=4&cur%5B%5D=12&cur%5B%5D=68&cur%5B%5D=42&cur%5B%5D=84&cur%5B%5D=10&cur%5B%5D=11&cur%5B%5D=82&cur%5B%5D=73&cur%5B%5D=1 |title=UAE School Reviews – In-depth reviews, fees, admissions and contact information |website=WhichSchoolAdvisor.com |access-date=2 December 2020 |archive-date=10 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310202040/https://whichschooladvisor.com/uae/school-search?city%5B%5D=4&school_phase%5B%5D=4&cur%5B%5D=12&cur%5B%5D=68&cur%5B%5D=42&cur%5B%5D=84&cur%5B%5D=10&cur%5B%5D=11&cur%5B%5D=82&cur%5B%5D=73&cur%5B%5D=1 |url-status=live}}</ref> There are 64 schools that offer a variation of a UK curriculum style secondary education,<ref>{{cite web |title=Schools offering some level of a British education in Dubai |url=https://whichschooladvisor.com/uae/school-search?city%5B%5D=4&cur%5B%5D=12&cur%5B%5D=68&cur%5B%5D=42&cur%5B%5D=10&cur%5B%5D=11&cur%5B%5D=82 |website=WhichSchoolAdvisor.com |access-date=31 July 2020 |archive-date=10 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310202106/https://whichschooladvisor.com/uae/school-search?city%5B%5D=4&cur%5B%5D=12&cur%5B%5D=68&cur%5B%5D=42&cur%5B%5D=10&cur%5B%5D=11&cur%5B%5D=82 |url-status=live}}</ref> either a pure GCSE and A-Level offering, or increasingly I/GCSE up to 16, and then the IB Diploma post-16. Currently, no school in the UAE offers the choice of IB or A-Level at 16, but several schools have said they will do so in the future. British style eleven-to-eighteen secondary schools offering General Certificate of Secondary Education and A-Levels include [[Dubai College]], [[Dubai British School]], [[English Language School, Dubai|English Language School Pvt.]] Some schools, such as The [[American School of Dubai]], also offer the curriculum of the United States.<ref name=schlist>{{cite web |url=http://www.dubaifaqs.com/schools-dubai.php |title=List of schools in Dubai, Dubai school finder |publisher=Dubaifaqs.com |date=5 June 2012 |access-date=20 April 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130428081000/http://www.dubaifaqs.com/schools-dubai.php |archive-date=28 April 2013}}</ref>

Dubai has a very active education regulator, the KHDA, which is best known for its school ratings, but actually has a wide mandate<ref>{{cite web |title=What is the KHDA, and what does it do for Dubai parents? |url=https://whichschooladvisor.com/uae/guides/what-is-the-khda-and-what-does-it-do-2 |website=WhichSchoolAdvisor.com |access-date=31 July 2020 |archive-date=30 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130050323/https://whichschooladvisor.com/uae/guides/what-is-the-khda-and-what-does-it-do-2 |url-status=live}}</ref> when it comes to school improvement in the emirate. Its inspections truly matter, and there is no doubt that school quality has improved as a result of its implementation. A total of 17 schools are currently rated Outstanding (2020), and a further 40 rated Very Good. Parents in general rate schools highly.<ref>{{cite web |title=Highest rated schools, by parents, in Dubai |url=https://whichschooladvisor.com/uae/best-schools/60/best-schools-in-dubai |website=WhichSchoolAdvisor.com |access-date=31 July 2020 |archive-date=22 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022144121/https://whichschooladvisor.com/uae/best-schools/60/best-schools-in-dubai |url-status=live}}</ref>

The most well-known universities in Dubai are [[American University in Dubai]], [[Hult International Business School]], [[Al Ghurair University]], The American College of Dubai, [[University of Wollongong in Dubai]], [[British University in Dubai]], [[Murdoch University Dubai]] offering courses in Business Administration, Engineering, Architecture and Interior Design. American University in Dubai is one of the six UAE universities featured in QS World University Rankings 2014/2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=QS World University Rankings® 2014/15 |url=http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2014#sorting=rank+region=+country=+faculty=+stars=false+search= |publisher=topuniversities.com |access-date=12 February 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205025004/http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2014#sorting=rank+region=+country=+faculty=+stars=false+search= |archive-date=5 February 2016 |date=11 September 2014}}</ref> In 2013 Synergy University Dubai Campus<ref>{{cite web|url=http://synergy.university/|title=Synergy University Dubai Campus – Home Page|author=Synergy University Dubai Campus|work=Synergy University Dubai Campus|access-date=12 February 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220053929/http://synergy.university/|archive-date=20 February 2016}}</ref> opened its campus in [[Jumeirah Lakes Towers]] being a first University in Dubai to be located outside of Educational Zones (Knowledge Village or Academic City).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dubaieducationguide.com/upage.asp?uiid=244 |title=Synergy University, Dubai Educational Guide |author=DEG |access-date=12 February 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025904/http://www.dubaieducationguide.com/upage.asp?uiid=244 |archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>