Tuition fees in Dubai for Indian students
What a degree costs to study in Dubai, before the cost of living there. The ranges below are the published national picture; what you will actually pay depends far more on your subject than on your university.
At a glance
| Postgraduate tuition | AED 50,000–120,000/yr (approx. US$13,600–33,000) |
|---|---|
| Undergraduate tuition | AED 40,000–100,000/yr (approx. US$11,000–27,000) |
| Verified fees in our catalogue | 11 universities in Dubai with a fee checked against the institution's own page |
What the range does and does not include
A tuition range is the course fee. It does not include living costs, the visa fee, health cover, or the money you must evidence for the visa — and those together are frequently larger than the tuition itself.
- Subject changes it more than the university does. Business, medicine and some engineering sit well above the range's midpoint.
- The fee is usually per year, so a two-year programme is twice it.
- Fees can rise between years on a multi-year course; ask whether yours is fixed at entry.
Living costs are a separate page: /cost-of-living/dubai. The two together, plus the visa requirement, are what you actually need to fund.
Getting a real figure rather than a range
- Find your specific programme on the university's own fees page — not a comparison site.
- Check whether the figure is per year or for the whole course.
- Check what it includes: some fees cover bench or lab charges and some bill them separately.
- Use that figure for the loan, since the lender will size against it.
Our university pages print a fee only where it has been checked against the institution's own page, and say when. A figure with no date on it is a figure nobody should budget from.
Tuition fees — FAQs
2 questions
Postgraduate tuition typically runs AED 50,000–120,000/yr (approx. US$13,600–33,000). Living costs are separate and are on our cost-of-living page.
Usually per year, and often in instalments. Confirm the schedule with the university, because it sets your loan disbursement dates.
Want a figure for your own course? A counsellor puts tuition, living costs, the visa requirement and the loan into one number — free.
Sources
Not re-checked recently — treat the figures as indicative and confirm before you rely on them.
- u.ae/en/information-and-services/visa-and-emirates-id/residence-visas/golden-visa
- mastersportal.com/articles/2879/tuition-fees-and-living-costs-in-united-arab-emirates.html
- mdx.ac.ae/studentfinance/tuition-fees
- assist.applyboard.com/hc/en-us/articles/47739734812429-Work-While-Studying-in-the-UAE-Student-Rules-and-Permits
- ku.ac.ae/scholarships-postgraduate
- edarabia.com/dubai-universities-fees/