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Top 25 International schools based in the United Arab Emirates
RevenueBase identified 398 international schools headquartered in the United Arab Emirates as of September 2026 and tracks 44,624 professional contacts across them, including 7,123 with verified work emails. Dubai is the largest hub.
This list covers international schools headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.
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The 25 largest international schools based in the United Arab Emirates
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8,568 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “GEMS Education is one of the world’s leading private K-12 education providers, educating over students from 176+ nationalities across its global network of owned and managed…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,358 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Taaleem, which means education in Arabic, has been establishing, operating and managing early childhood, primary and secondary schools in Dubai since its inception in 2004.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 841 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ENS first opened its doors in 2002 in Mohamed bin Zayed City.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 594 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The International School of Creative Science (ISCS) was founded with a deep-seeded passion to create a unique K-13 institution that imparts academic excellence by providing modern…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 506 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “An education is one of the most valuable things we can possess.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 497 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The American Schools of Creative Science (ASCS) strive to be a learning organization that nurtures, cultivates and fosters creative and critical thinking skills.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 442 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “EST.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 412 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “King’s Education was established in 2004 with the opening of the flagship Kings’ School Dubai - a KHDA ‘Outstanding’ rated centre of learning covering Foundation Stage and Primary.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 380 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Swiss International Scientific School in Dubai (SISD) is a leading international day and boarding school where future generations are inspired to become confident and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 372 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The International Community Schools (ICS), Abu Dhabi, has a long and enviable reputation in the region for providing high-quality private education for students from KG to Grade…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 362 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Pristine Private School is an award winning UK curriculum school located in the heart of Al Nahda 2, Dubai.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 362 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Our new campus boasts international and ADEK approved classrooms, auditorium, playing fields, sports halls and swimming pool within a sprawling modern complex.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 355 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in September 2005, Dubai International Academy (DIA) is a premier international school offering the full continuum of the International Baccalaureate (IB) programmes -…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 348 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “A school becomes a good school when it can provide for the overall development of each and every child.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 288 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Deira International School is a vibrant, diverse school with a strong reputation for its excellent facilities and innovative English and IBDP curriculum.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 286 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in 1988, Dubai National School – Al Barsha Branch offers an international educational program, which includes KG through Grade 12.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 283 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1976, Dubai Scholars Private School was built to serve the primary care needs of the early expatriate population.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 276 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Al Nahda National Schools is a private English language school in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates which provides education in both the British and American curriculums.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 266 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Sharjah Indian School was established under Indian Association Sharjah, both founded by Mr V Damodar in 1979.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 257 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Al Salam Community School is a family run school and part of Salam Education who's roots began with Al Salam Private School in Dubai.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 254 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to NGS, a comprehensive educational experience that cultivates, nurtures, and combines academic excellence with Islamic values, delivers an outstanding Arabic language…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 236 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Welcome to Raha International School, GARDENS Campus!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 225 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Arbor is a British curriculum school with sustainability at its heart From Primary to Sixth Form, we combine academic excellence (GCSEs, A Levels, BTECs and EPQ) with our…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 221 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We draw on 150 years’ worth of Cranleigh UK experience and have infused it with Middle Eastern culture to create something truly unique to the region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 218 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “JESS, Dubai is a not-for-profit British School located in Dubai, UAE, teaching pupils aged 3 - 18.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: international schools. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names international schools.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of international schools, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name international schools. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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International schools based in the United Arab Emirates at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Arab Emirates, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Arab Emirates, over 398 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among international schools, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United Arab Emirates whose own description of what they do matches “international schools”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names international schools), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among international schools, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Arab Emirates are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 7,123 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names international schools, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many international schools are there based in the United Arab Emirates?
RevenueBase identified 398 international schools headquartered in the United Arab Emirates as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Gems Education, headquartered in United Arab Emirates, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most international schools?
Dubai leads with 140 headquartered companies, followed by Abu Dhabi (66) and Sharjah (25).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 7,123 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 398 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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