University of Sharjah
جامعة الشارقة
Semi-government · Sharjah · sharjah.ac.ae
Acceptance rate, 2024
68%
of applicants offered a place
Non-Emirati students, autumn 2024-2025
46%
Graduates, 2021-2022
3,009
50% Emirati
New students, 2022-2023
3,964
923 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
- Bachelor2,347
- Master316
- (MBBS)Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery123
- Doctor of Dental Medicine97
- Master of Business Administration76
- Doctorate37
- Graduate Diploma13
Acceptance rate by year
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8% | 68% | 67% | 55% | 60% | 76% | 68% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50% | 60% | 60% | 60% | 53% | 57% | 42% | 47% | 43% | 49% | 50% | 45% | 46% |
Graduates by year
| 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,738 | 2,897 | 2,832 | 2,830 | 3,009 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,794 | 3,567 | 3,489 | 3,681 | 4,022 | 4,150 | 4,341 | 4,746 | 4,567 | 4,318 | 3,964 |
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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