Dubai International Academic City

Dubai International Academic City (DIAC), was built near Al Ruwayyah along the Dubai-Al Ain Road in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. DIAC is located within Dubai Academic City, which spreads over an area of 129,000,000 square feet (12,000,000 m2), and the development is scheduled to be completed by 2012. The project was launched in May 2006 as an area where educational institutions from within Dubai Knowledge Village will move to. The purpose of DIAC is to be a base for schools, colleges and universities. More than 12,000 students study in 13 international higher education institutes in DIAC. By 2015, Dubai Academic City expects to have 40,000 students.

Institutions at DIAC

Al Ghurair University

American University in Dubai

American University in the Emirates

Azad University

Amity University Dubai

Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani - Dubai

British University in Dubai

Dubai English Speaking College

Emirates Aviation University

French Fashion University Dubai

French School Dubai, secondary school

German School Dubai, primary school

Hamdan eTQM University

Heriot-Watt University Dubai

Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai Men's College campus

Hult International Business School Dubai

Indian Institute of Management Indore Dubai Campus

Institute of Management Technology Dubai

JSS Academy Dubai

Mahatma Gandhi University Dubai

Manipal University Dubai

Murdoch University Dubai

National Institute for Vocational Education Dubai

Rochester Institute of Technology Dubai

St Joseph University Dubai

S P Jain Center of Management Dubai

SZABIST Dubai

UAE Academy of Hospitality

Universal Empire Institute of Medical Sciences

Universal Empire Institute of Technology

University of Waterloo Dubai

Zayed University Academic City

Institutions expected to establish in or move to DIAC

Colleges and universities currently based at DKV (Dubai Knowledge Village)

American University in Dubai (currently near Hard Rock Cafe)

Dubai Aviation College (currently near Garhood Bridge)

Dubai Police Officers' Academy, (currently between Burj Al Arab and Sheikh Zayed Road)

University of Dubai

Institute of Management Technology, Dubai

International Centre for Biosaline Agriculture

St Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics

UAE Academy of Hospitality