United Arab Emirates UAE

By BLC_4EVeR on August, 21

Historically, the Middle East has not been well-known for overseas education due to the western countries being pre-dominantly successful in attracting majority of the talented international students from countries such as Bangladesh. However, that trend has changed over the last decade. An increasing number of Bangladeshi as well as foreign students have started to pursue education in the Middle Eastern countries, particularly the United Arab Emirates. The country has immensely developed its infrastructure which has resulted into renowned foreign universities opening up its branches to offer quality degrees at all levels – undergraduate, masters and PhD. Apart from that, lots of professional trainings and certificates are also awarded to interested candidates. In addition, the UAE has also opened up numerous local universities that compete fiercely in providing equally good education with the foreign university branches. This made UAE one of the most attractive destinations for foreign study in the recent past and it continues to experience steady growth in international students. To offset the generally high living standard in the UAE, many of these universities provide wide range of scholarships up until 100% tuition fee waiver. Other universities such Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence offers full scholarships that also cover living expenses. Normally, the sessions begin in September and then in February and has to be applied for during the targeted start year. All degree programs are in English. Overall, these opportunities for international students make UAE one of the most popular upcoming destinations for foreign education.

The UAE is made of majority expatriates and has a massive Bangladeshi community at all levels. Furthermore, being in the Middle East, the culture, weather, food, religion and other societal aspects remain very similar to that of Bangladesh – making it much easier for Bangladeshi students to move there and start a new journey. Moreover, UAE has been consistently ranked as one of the safest countries in the world and has been a tourist hotspot for long. All in all, international students could expect to have an amazing experience in the UAE.