The university offers a wide range of foundation, undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA programmes across both its Dubai campuses, including: Accounting and Finance, Business and Management, Marketing, Computer Engineering and Informatics, Data Science, Robotics, Education, Psychology, Law, Digital Media, Film, Creative Writing and Journalism, Fashion Design, and Graphic Design.

Middlesex University Dubai received a 5-Star KHDA rating for the quality of its education and overall student experience in 2020, followed by a second in 2022.

[13][14] In 2017, the university hosted the EU and UAE conference regarding the Rule of Law and Arbitration, where the Head of Delegation of the European Union to the United Arab Emirates, along with the legal director of Clyde & Co and the head of advocacy of Taylor Wessing were present.

[15] In August 2019, the university was chosen to be a partner of the PRCA in the Middle East and North Africa region.

[17] In October 2023, Middlesex University Dubai launched the 'MDXplorer', a mobile, interactive hub designed to engage school students and inspire them about their future career choices through activities, games and quizzes.

The inauguration was attended by His Excellency Khalfan Belhoul, Chief Executive Officer of the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF).

Academic programmes in the Middlesex Dubai campus have the same validation and monitoring system as the parent university.