Abu Dhabi University (ADU) has announced that its Master of Arts in Applied Behavior Analysis (MA ABA) has received approval from the Qualified Applied Behavior Analysis Credentialing Board (QABA®), making it the first official master’s program in the UAE to receive this recognition. QABA is an internationally recognized professional credentialing body that assesses academic coursework […]
Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) – one of the largest applied higher education institutions in the region – has celebrated its biggest graduating cohort to date, with more than 6,700 graduates from the 2025-2026 academic year, with the graduating cohort some 43% larger than the previous year’s. More than 12,000 people gathered at Etihad Arena […]
Aldar Education has announced exceptional results from its owned schools in The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2025, achieving scores comparable with some of the world’s highest-performing education systems while recording significant gains across all three core subjects compared with 2022. Regarded globally as one of the […]
Researchers at Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi (SUAD) have developed an artificial intelligence system that can automatically detect and identify fish species in underwater video footage from the Southern Arabian Gulf, helping address a major bottleneck in marine biodiversity monitoring. By reducing the time needed to manually analyse hours of footage, the system can support more scalable […]
How Abu Dhabi Universities Are Expanding Dual-Degree Partnerships Abroad Dual-degree programmes have become one of the more visible ways Abu Dhabi’s higher education institutions connect their students to the wider world. Under these arrangements, a student completes part of their coursework at a home campus in the UAE and the remainder at a partner university […]
Alef Education (ADX: ALEFEDT), a UAE-based global leader in education technology, has announced a partnership with Soro AI Limited, a deployment company of zypl.ai, to introduce AI-powered learning solutions to 250,000 students in Tajikistan, with plans to extend into Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan. The partnership marks a strategic step in Alef Education’s international expansion, […]
Abu Dhabi University (ADU) celebrated the graduation of 1,891 students from the Class of 2026 during four days of ceremonies held at its Abu Dhabi campus. The celebrations brought together graduates from across the University’s academic disciplines, marking a significant milestone in their academic journeys as they prepare to pursue new opportunities and aspirations The […]
Alef Education has shared first-year progress and user-testing findings from its climate literacy collaboration with UNICEF Kenya and the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD). Delivered under an existing tripartite memorandum of understanding, the initiative supports climate education through digital learning resources that help learners explore climate change and its relevance to their communities. The […]
Abu Dhabi University (ADU) has announced a significant expansion of its Dubai campus academic offering with the introduction of eight undergraduate programs across four colleges, starting Fall 2027. Spanning business, engineering, arts and social sciences, and law, the expansion will increase the campus’s academic portfolio, broadening opportunities for students to pursue undergraduate education in Dubai. […]
Aldar Education, the leading education provider in Abu Dhabi and one of the most prominent education groups in the UAE, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Toddle, an AI-first teaching and learning platform built by educators, to introduce one unified learning management system across its 13 operated schools. The partnership will bring planning, teaching, […]



