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Dubai is known to be land of sultans, desert safaris, International Business, hotels, and beaches, However it is becoming nowadays an International Learning Center developing a new type of Knowledge Economy:  The city puts forward a variety of courses in culture, literature, business, etc.. in order to encourage and enhance knowledge, training and learning where you can invest for a better and a promising future.

Dubai Academic City (DAC) was founded as part of a long-term economic strategy to develop the region’s talent and to accelerate its move into a knowledge economy:  It is expected to cover 129 million sq ft: the development is scheduled to be completed by 2012.  This knowledge community was established after the successful development of Knowledge Village (DKV / KV) near Dubai Internet City.

It is the world’s only Free Zone dedicated to higher education and its intention is to be a base for schools, colleges and universities (Knowledge Village will house training institutes and educational service organizations).

Located in the heart of DAC, Dubai International Academic City (DIAC) is the  regional base for premier international higher education institutions, and is the world’s first dedicated tertiary cluster development. The DIAC campus provides an intellectually inspiring environment for students and faculty:

There are currently over 30 academic institutions, 20 of them being international universities of higher learning from diverse regions including Australia, India, Pakistan, Iran, Russia, Belgium, UK and Ireland operating out of DIAC, and catering to over 8,000 students. These include The University of Wollongong in Dubai, from Australia, Middlesex University Dubai Campus, from UK and S.P Jain centre of Management Dubai, from India among others.

You can visit all the Academic Institutions here.

Benefits for DIAC partners include 100% foreign ownership, 100% tax free, 100% repatriation of profits.

Executive Director of DIAC is Dr Ayoub Kazim (and also of Knowledge Village, KV) expects that by 2015, to have almost 40,000 students attending 40 different institutes.

About the Programs:

They range in duration from one year to four years. Major academic programs include engineering, computer science, fashion and design, biotechnology, environmental studies, quality management and business management programs.

For more information on Dubai International Academy, visit their Website here