Abu Dhabi University
جامعة أبوظبى
Private · Abu Dhabi · adu.ac.ae
Acceptance rate, 2024
80%
of applicants offered a place
Non-Emirati students, autumn 2024-2025
51%
Graduates, 2021-2022
2,394
67% Emirati
New students, 2022-2023
2,930
412 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
- Bachelor1,249
- Master of Business Administration510
- Master487
- Graduate Diploma143
- Doctor of Business Administrate5
Acceptance rate by year
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33% | 89% | 80% | 82% | 84% | 85% | 80% |
Non-Emirati share of students, autumn semester
| 2012-2013 | 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 | 2024-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68% | 62% | 71% | 68% | 56% | 74% | 68% | 51% | 39% | 43% | 49% | 46% | 51% |
Graduates by year
| 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,250 | 2,179 | 2,416 | 3,002 | 2,394 |
New students by academic year
| 2012-2013 | 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,138 | 1,773 | 2,654 | 2,495 | 1,951 | 2,840 | 2,857 | 3,034 | 3,513 | 2,595 | 2,930 |
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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