The colleges and universities of the United Arab Emirates, government-supported and private alike, play an essential role as the United Arab Emirates seeks to realise the tremendous potential of a knowledge-based future. It is therefore of the utmost importance that institutions in the U.A.E. offer the highest quality academic programmes, programmes that are recognised both within the country and internationally for their excellence. To ensure that the colleges and universities of the United Arab Emirates operate at international standards of quality, the Commission for Academic Accreditation of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research has been conducting a program of licensure of institutions of higher education and accreditation of each of their academic programs.

This edition of the Standards for Licensure and Accreditation continues the effort of the Commission for Academic Accreditation to refine the existing standards and procedures to ensure that newly established institutions and programmes, as well as existing ones, meet high standards of quality. The mission of CAA is to promote educational excellence across diverse institutions of higher learning in the UAE.

Khaleej Times, the leading English daily in the UAE, plans to publish a special broadsheet supplement on ‘Higher Education’ focusing on the intakes that take place in the first half of the year. The supplement also cover other aspects of education such as private courses, education loans offered by the banks etc.

Listed below are details of the special and the options available.

Format: Broadsheet
Date of issue: January 29, 2014
Distribution: with the newspaper