UAE university rankings
Branch campuses use the global ranking of their parent university. UAE universities are ranked in their own right.
Sources: QS World University Rankings 2027 · Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027. Click a column heading to sort.
| Parent university | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Birmingham Dubai | University of Birmingham | =68 | =97 |
| Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi | Sorbonne University (Paris) | 73 | — |
| Curtin University Dubai | Curtin University (Perth, Australia) | 189 | =292 |
| University of Wollongong in Dubai | University of Wollongong | 195 | =247 |
| American University of Sharjah | — (UAE university) | =258 | 501–550 |
| University of Sharjah | — (UAE university) | =283 | 301–325 |
| Heriot-Watt University Dubai | Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh) | 325 | 451–500 |
| American University in Dubai | — (UAE university) | =620 | — |
| University of Dubai | — (UAE university) | 781–790 | — |
| De Montfort University Dubai | De Montfort University (Leicester) | 851–900 | 701–800 |
| Middlesex University Dubai | Middlesex University (London) | 901–950 | 601–650 |
| Amity University Dubai | Amity University (India) | 901–950 | 551–600 |
| RIT Dubai | Rochester Institute of Technology (New York) | 951–1000 | 701–800 |
| Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence | — (UAE university) | — | — |
| The British University in Dubai | — (UAE university) | — | — |
| Emirates Aviation University | — (UAE university) | — | — |
Ranges such as 801–850 are rank bands published by the ranking body. “=” means a shared position. “—” means the university is not ranked in that edition. Rankings are one factor only — programme fit, cost and scholarships matter just as much.
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