Khalifa University
Abu Dhabi's government-funded science and technology university, merged in 2017 with the Masdar Institute and the Petroleum Institute: engineering, computing, sciences and a graduate-entry medical school, taught in English; free for UAE nationals and open to international students with scholarship tiers.
Mostly grade-based: the school average (or IB / A-level result), the required subjects and an English test
Khalifa University online application (international students, in the UAE or abroad)
Window from mid-November to early March (17 Nov 2025 – 2 Mar 2026 for Fall 2026); UAE nationals through the national system
≈ €23,000 a year (tuition ≈ €10,200 + living ≈ €12,900) for international students
Known for
Admission
- How students are selected
- Mostly grade-based: the school average (or IB / A-level result), the required subjects and an English test; the Ministry of Education equivalency of the school certificate is needed to enrol.
- Key figures
- No published admission rate; international students are assessed for scholarship tiers (full tuition to textbooks only) at admission
- How to apply
- Khalifa University online application (international students, in the UAE or abroad)
- Usual deadlines
- Window from mid-November to early March (17 Nov 2025 – 2 Mar 2026 for Fall 2026); UAE nationals through the national system · all United Arab Emirates deadlines
- Teaching language
- English (a few programmes in Arabic)
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Scholarships and grants
- Khalifa University undergraduate scholarship
Tuition tiers set at admission: full tuition, 75%, 50% or 25% of tuition, or textbooks only; full tuition, housing and transport for UAE nationals
Deadline: With the application (window mid-November to early March)
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