American University of Sharjah
الجامعة الأمريكية فى الشارقة
Local government (emirate) · Sharjah · aus.edu
Acceptance rate, 2024
49%
of applicants offered a place
Non-Emirati students, autumn 2024-2025
77%
Graduates, 2021-2022
977
26% Emirati
New students, 2022-2023
1,503
630 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
- Bachelor826
- Master124
- Master of Business Administration22
- Doctorate5
Acceptance rate by year
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8% | 46% | 44% | 88% | 48% | 51% | 49% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80% | 85% | 84% | 82% | 82% | 80% | 70% | 76% | 77% | 77% | 74% | 71% | 77% |
Graduates by year
| 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,345 | 1,190 | 1,120 | 1,080 | 977 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,752 | 2,064 | 1,738 | 1,392 | 1,636 | 1,442 | 1,304 | 1,500 | 1,511 | 1,505 | 1,503 |
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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