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Top 14 Middle east universities based in the United Arab Emirates

RevenueBase identified 25 middle east universities headquartered in the United Arab Emirates as of September 2026 and tracks 9,693 professional contacts across them, including 2,613 with verified work emails. Dubai is the largest hub.

This list covers middle east universities 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.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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The 14 largest middle east universities based in the United Arab Emirates

Ranked by team size
Top 14 of 25 middle east universities based in the United Arab Emirates, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to middle east universities: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceAbu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,0004,615 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) is the UAE’s largest applied higher educational institution, with over students attending 16 modern, technology-oriented campuses in Abu…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2Indirect evidenceAbu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026501-1,0002,061 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Zayed University is a national and regional leader of educational innovation.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3Partial evidenceDubai, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500563 contacts →

Partial evidence

Middlesex University (MDX) Dubai is the first overseas campus of the internationally renowned Middlesex University London.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4Indirect evidenceAbu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200523 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi is a higher education institution that attracts the best students from the UAE and around the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5Indirect evidenceAl Ain, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026501-1,000475 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Al Ain University (AAU) is licensed by the UAE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6Indirect evidenceAjman, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500325 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“City University Ajman is an institution of higher education, licensed by the Ministry of Education – Higher Education Affairs in the United Arab Emirates.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7Strong evidenceDubai, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500320 contacts →

Strong evidence

“RIT Dubai was established to provide world-class university programs in the United Arab Emirates for students and professionals from the Middle East, North America, Africa, and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8Partial evidenceDubai, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500301 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Manipal Academy of Higher Education MAHE, Dubai is a branch campus of Manipal Academy of Higher Education - MAHE, India, one of the largest private universities in the country…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9Indirect evidenceDubai, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200132 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The British University in Dubai (BUiD) was established as a not-for-profit entity by law number 5 in 2003 by His Highness the late Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10Indirect evidenceالشارقة, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026501-1,000122 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Al Qasimia University was established under a royal decree issued by HH Sheikh Dr.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11Indirect evidenceDubai, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20074 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“JUMEIRA UNIVERSITY, a private higher education institution accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, prepares students for professional careers in…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12Indirect evidenceUae, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5044 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Lincoln University of Business and Management (LUBM) was one of the earliest adopters of digital learning in the region's higher education domain.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13Indirect evidenceAl Ras1, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20041 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to Umm Al Quwain University, the first higher education institution in the Emirate of Umm Al Quwain, which was the fruit of raising the…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14Indirect evidenceAjman, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-2003 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Innovative Higher Education Provider in the UAE”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

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Middle east universities based in the United Arab Emirates at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
27.0%Verified-email coverage
387.7Average contacts per company
51-200Median size (employees)
16.0%Largest-city concentration · Dubai
Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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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 25 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 middle east universities, 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 “middle east universities”. 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 middle east universities), 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 middle east universities, 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, 2,613 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
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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 middle east universities, 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 middle east universities are there based in the United Arab Emirates?

RevenueBase identified 25 middle east universities 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?

Higher Colleges Of Technology, headquartered in Abu Dhabi, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most middle east universities?

Dubai leads with 4 headquartered companies, followed by Abu Dhabi (3) and Ajman (3).

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 2,613 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 25 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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About this data

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.