United Arab Emirates University
جامعة الإمارات العربية المتحدة
Federal government · Abu Dhabi · uaeu.ac.ae
Acceptance rate, 2024
95%
of applicants offered a place
Non-Emirati students, autumn 2024-2025
16%
Graduates, 2021-2022
2,579
85% Emirati
New students, 2022-2023
3,492
1,090 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
- Bachelor2,270
- Master276
- Doctorate33
Acceptance rate by year
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8% | 39% | 48% | 40% | 34% | 48% | 95% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 14% | 19% | 13% | 21% | 26% | 19% | 17% | 12% | 16% |
Graduates by year
| 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,351 | 2,443 | 2,287 | 2,594 | 2,579 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,739 | 3,796 | 3,080 | 3,010 | 3,310 | 4,344 | 3,978 | 2,651 | 2,953 | 3,149 | 3,492 |
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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