British University in Dubai
الجامعة البريطانية فى دبي
Local government (emirate) · Dubai · buid.ac.ae
Acceptance rate, 2024
61%
of applicants offered a place
Non-Emirati students, autumn 2024-2025
65%
Graduates, 2021-2022
204
34% Emirati
New students, 2022-2023
246
49 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
- Master141
- Doctorate19
- Master of Business Administration16
- Bachelor13
- Doctor of Education7
- Graduate Diploma5
- Doctor of Business Administrate3
Acceptance rate by year
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21% | 83% | 90% | 87% | 72% | 36% | 61% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65% | 71% | 68% | 69% | 60% | 59% | 58% | 61% | 59% | 63% | 73% | 73% | 65% |
Graduates by year
| 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 229 | 258 | 169 | 217 | 204 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 147 | 144 | 263 | 279 | 271 | 289 | 281 | 427 | 253 | 288 | 246 |
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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