Higher Education in UAE

Higher Education in UAE

Key Trends and Opportunities

Prepared By Parthenon for IHC's Education Summit, Dubai

~140K students are enrolled in higher education universities in UAE; Dubai accounts for ~40% of the overall enrolments

Higher Education* Enrolment in UAE by Emirate, 2014

100% 80

50K Public

30K Public

53K Public

Total = 134K

60

40

Private

20

Private

Private

0 Dubai

Abu Dhabi

Rest of UAE (Sharjah, Al Ain, etc.)

Number of Institutes

53

19

24

Note: The enrolments for 2013/14 have been estimated based on 2012/13 enrolments assuming the growth rate from 2010/11 to 2012/13 for Abu Dhabi and Others; *Does not

include vocational education enrolments

Parthenon Source: Parthenon Higher Education Survey; KHDA; MOHESR; UAE National Bureau of Statistics

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Dubai enrolments are also growing faster than the other Emirates

Enrolment Growth, By Emirate, 2011-2014

8% 7% 6%

6 5%

4 Enrolment CAGR ('11-'14)

2

0

Dubai

Abu Dhabi

Northern Emirates

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The drivers of private education in Dubai continue to increase

Growth of Private Education Drivers, Dubai, 2008 - 2012

10% 8%

8

6

4

Growth ('08-'12)

2

0

Expat Population

7% Population (15-29)

6% GDP Per Capita

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There is a wide range of university foreign branch campus offerings in Dubai

British

American

Australian

Indian

Other

? Heriot Watt ? London

Business School ? Manchester Business School ? Middlesex University

? Hult International Business School

? Michigan State University

? RIT Dubai ? Duke: The

Fuqua School of Business

? SAE Institute ? Murdoch

University ? University of

Wollongong ? University of

Southern Queensland

? Amity University

? BITS Pilani ? SP Jain School

of Global Management ? Manipal Univerity

? Canadian University of Dubai

? Esmod Dubai ? University of

Waterloo

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Dubai has been successful in attracting a wide range of options due to its favourable regulatory environment

Complexity of Regulations Time Required to Obtain Approvals Foreign Ownership

Approval Body

Ease of Entry

Dubai

3-6 months

Singapore

9-12 months

Malaysia

24-30 months

Attractive

Unattractive

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However, despite Dubai's key assets most students are still domestically recruited

Nationality Composition of Private Western Institutes, 2011

100% 80 60 40

Emirati Non-Emirati

Domestically Recruited International Students

% of Total

20

0 100%

Nationality Mix

Internationally Recruited International

Students

Non-UAE Natonality

95%

18%

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Students are increasingly mobile; transnational education takes ~2.5M students every year to global hubs

Canada 100KStudents

=$3B Revenue

USA 600K Students

UK 400KStudents

Dubai ~6KStudent s =$0.1B Revenue

Singapore ~30KStudents =$0.5B Revenue

Australia 300KStudents

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