Education in Dubai
Finding the right school for your children is a major priority, there are many public and private schools serving locals and expatriates. The decision is ba
sed on a personal preference , you may wish to enlist your children in public schools, however English in Dubai is taught as a second language, while most of the private schools use english as the primary language.
Most of the private schools cater for the expatriate community and some of them will even follow your countries curriculum. The school years are broke into similar education areas such as primary and secondary education, along with tertiary education, which is the equivalent to university.
Listed below are some of the more well known schools, we have broke them down into primary and secondary education to assist you with your decision making.
Primary Education
- English High School
- Dubai Modern High School
- Indian High School
- Jumeirah Primary School
- Jebel Ali Primary School
- Jumeirah English Speaking School
- Kings School
- Horizon School
(all the above schools offer a British primary education up to the age of 11)
Secondary Education
- Dubai British School
- English College
- Dubai College
- Jumeirah College
- Emirates International School
- Dubai Jem Private School
- Wellington School
- Cambridge International High School
- St Mary's Catholic High School
(all the above schools offer a secondary school education relevant to the British curriculum of GCSE and A' Level)
International School Choueifat (this school offers both British and American Curriculum. there are a growing number of schools offering the American syllabus including the American School of Dubai and the Dubai American Academy)
Tertiary Education
Many expatriates used to send their children back to their home country for university education, however over the last few years large institutions from around the world have decided to open top class facilities in Dubai such as:
- The American University in Dubai
- SP Jain Center of Management
- Middlesex University
- Dubai Men's College
- Dubai Women's College
- University of Wollongong
- University College of Brussels
- Dublin's Dubai Business University.
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