Higher Colleges of Technology
كليات التقنية العليا
Federal government · Ras Al Khaimah, Fujairah, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah · hct.ac.ae
Acceptance rate, 2024
55%
of applicants offered a place
Non-Emirati students, autumn 2024-2025
5%
Graduates, 2021-2022
2,671
97% Emirati
New students, 2022-2023
7,463
1,306 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
- Bachelor2,586
- Diploma54
- Higher Diploma31
Acceptance rate by year
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12% | 81% | 71% | 47% | 39% | 49% | 55% |
Non-Emirati share of students, autumn semester
| 2012-2013 | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 | 2024-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 12% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 5% |
Graduates by year
| 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,406 | 3,829 | 2,773 | 3,252 | 2,671 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,414 | 7,082 | 6,166 | 6,021 | 6,530 | 5,630 | 5,698 | 7,242 | 6,784 | 5,202 | 7,463 |
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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