Dubai International Academic City
Dubai International Academic City (DIAC), was built near Al Ruwayyah along the Dubai-Al Ain Road in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. DIAC is located within Dubai Academic City,[1] which spreads over an area of 129,000,000 square feet (12,000,000 m2), and the development is scheduled to be completed by 2012. The project was launched in May 2006 as an area where educational institutions from within Dubai Knowledge Village will move to. The purpose of DIAC is to be a base for schools, colleges and universities. More than 12,000 students study in 13 international higher education institutes in DIAC.[2] By 2015, Dubai Academic City expects to have 40,000 students.
Institutions at DIAC
- Al Ghurair University
- American University in Dubai
- American University in the Emirates
- Azad University
- Amity University Dubai
- Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani - Dubai
- British University in Dubai
- Dubai English Speaking College
- Emirates Aviation University
- French Fashion University Dubai
- French School Dubai, secondary school
- German School Dubai, primary school
- Hamdan eTQM University
- Heriot-Watt University Dubai
- Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai Men's College campus
- Hult International Business School Dubai
- Indian Institute of Management Indore Dubai Campus
- Institute of Management Technology Dubai
- JSS Academy Dubai
- Mahatma Gandhi University Dubai
- Manipal University Dubai
- Murdoch University Dubai
- National Institute for Vocational Education Dubai
- Rochester Institute of Technology Dubai
- St Joseph University Dubai
- S P Jain Center of Management Dubai
- SZABIST Dubai
- UAE Academy of Hospitality
- Universal Empire Institute of Medical Sciences
- Universal Empire Institute of Technology
- University of Waterloo Dubai
- Zayed University Academic City
Institutions expected to establish in or move to DIAC
- Colleges and universities currently based at DKV (Dubai Knowledge Village)
- American University in Dubai (currently near Hard Rock Cafe)
- Dubai Aviation College (currently near Garhood Bridge)
- Dubai Police Officers' Academy, (currently between Burj Al Arab and Sheikh Zayed Road)
- University of Dubai
- Institute of Management Technology, Dubai
- International Centre for Biosaline Agriculture
- St Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics
- UAE Academy of Hospitality
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