Doing Business in UAE - Morison Menon

Dubai Education Council
The creation of the new Dubai Education Council is an
indication of the commitment of the UAE’s vibrant busi-
ness center to integrating IT into education as the key to
maintaining a successful economy, as well as recogni-
tion of the need to modernise the education system. The
council has been established by the decree of His High-
ness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. The
Council’s board, comprising ten top educational and
cultural figures, is entrusted with the task of devising
an educational strategy that dovetails with the require-
ments of UAE society and the IT era. The Council is to be
funded through the allocation of 5% of the income from
the Palm and Jumeirah Residence projects in Dubai.
Dubai Schools – Internationally
Accredited
Dubai Schools is a new initiative by the Dubai Edu-
cation Council that will focus on the development of
branches of international schools and new schools
that meet the quality and accreditation standards
of some of the best schools in the world.
Dubai Knowledge Universities
[Dubai Academic City]
Dubai Knowledge Universities, a strategic initiative of
Dubai Knowledge Village provides a ready start-up
campus, allowing universities to incorporate themselves
into the market in their first few years of opening with-
out heavy investment of building their own infrastruc-
ture.
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Dubai Academic City (DAC) is the next stage of devel-
opment of Dubai Knowledge Village after its successful
launching of Dubai Knowledge Universities, phase I & II.
DAC will provide its universities to mature and construct
their own campuses for a permanent presence in the
region. DAC shall be situated on 150 million sq. feet area
comprises student dormitories, sports stadium, accom-
modation and other amenities. It is expected DAC shall
house at least 25 universities with more than 36,000 stu-
dents.
University Licensing: A university licence is issued to the
branch of reputed and ranked international universities/
colleges or to universities/colleges accredited by the
higher education authority in the UAE.
Accreditation: A university licence is issued after deter-
mining the rating of the program provided by the insti-
tution in its respective country. In addition the program
must be accredited by a government body or an auton-
omous body constituted by the federal government
or an industry (incase of technical courses) or pro-
fessional association (in case of professional courses).
Minimum factors being considered while evaluating an
institution are : curriculum, learning, student evaluation
process, teaching, research, learning resources, con-
sultancy, infrastructure, student support, organization
and management practices.
University Classification: Universities conducting grad-
uate and postgraduate education program are cate-
gorized as: (1) Category–A: Up to 1000 student; (2)
Category-B: Up to Apprx 3000 students and (3) Cate-
gory-C: Above 5000 students.