American University in the Emirates
الجامعة الأمريكية في الإمارات
Private · Dubai · aue.ae
Acceptance rate, 2024
99%
of applicants offered a place
Non-Emirati students, autumn 2024-2025
31%
Graduates, 2021-2022
444
63% Emirati
New students, 2022-2023
503
135 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
- Bachelor348
- Master83
- Master of Business Administration13
Acceptance rate by year
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31% | 62% | 58% | 78% | 95% | 93% | 99% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26% | 39% | 54% | 58% | 51% | 60% | 44% | 47% | 40% | 35% | 44% | 31% | 31% |
Graduates by year
| 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 469 | 409 | 352 | 389 | 444 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 986 | 627 | 723 | 620 | 642 | 619 | 664 | 487 | 420 | 479 | 503 |
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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