These are Dubai’s best higher education institutes

  • Date: 08-Jun-2020
  • Source: Khaleej Times
  • Sector:Education
  • Country:UAE
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These are Dubai’s best higher education institutes

Seventy per cent of Dubai's branch campuses have achieved four or five stars in the annual Higher Education Classification, which rates services and quality of education provided by higher education institutions in Dubai.. This year's classification showed that six branch campuses achieved a 5-star rating, five achieved a 4-star rating, four received a 3-star rating, while two received a 2-star rating.. Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani (BITS Pilani) Dubai Campus; City, University of London; Heriot-Watt University; London Business School; Manipal University, and Middlesex University Dubai achieved the five-star rating.. The HEC ratings tool helps students and their parents make the right university choices for them by enabling them to compare university ratings on core categories such as teaching, research, employability and internationalisation.. Other categories that influence the rating of a university include its facilities, the strength of its programmes and its efforts towards improving wellbeing, inclusion, innovation and the arts.. Dr Wafi Dawood, CEO of Strategy & Planning Sector at KHDA said, "The Higher Education Classification is another step forward in the maturity of Dubai's private higher education sector.. Students in Dubai and all over the world can refer to the HEC to identify what they value in