[1] Dubai has 26 international branch campuses of universities from 12 different countries - including the UK, Australia and India.
[3] Primary and secondary education is free of cost for all Emiratis and compulsory for boys and girls at the all grades.
[5] As of 2017, there are 194[6] private schools in Dubai that offer one of the following curricula (arranged by number of schools following curriculum): British, Indian, American, the UAE Ministry of Education Curriculum, International Baccalaureate, Iranian, French, Filipino, Pakistani, SABIS, IAT, German, Russian, Japanese, and Canadian.
This is heavily weighted towards younger year groups with 42% in primary education, 25% in secondary, 15% in tertiary, and 18% in kindergarten.
Private schools in the UAE teach in English, but they must offer core programs such as Arabic as a second language for non-Arabic-speakers.
[12] Nothing less than half of all training centers and specialized postgraduate education institutes in the UAE is located in Dubai, the largest and most populous city of the country.
In the main, learning at such centers is arranged in the form of short (3–5 days) intensive courses and training.
Each company that intends to perform vocational training in the territory of the Emirate of Dubai must obtain a license from KHDA.