A big leap towards PM Modi's vision on Globalisation of Education: IIMA opens first international Campus in Dubai

Dubai is rapidly growing as a destination of choice for exceptional students and a global hub for talent, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

In yet another big leap towards globalisation of India's education as envisaged by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad has opened its Dubai Campus on September 11. After a branch of IIT was opened at Abu Dhabi two years back, around one and half years ago PM Modi assured the leadership of UAE to open an IIM campus at Dubai. The assurance given by PM Modi was fulfilled. On September 11, the crown prince of Dubai Hamdan bin Mohammed inaugurated first international campus of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad at Dubai International Academic City. As education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan rightly pointed out that this campus will the best of India to the world. Dubai has provided the perfect launchpad to the ethos of Indian in Spirit, Global in outlook by hosting IIMA international campus in Dubai.

Dubai is rapidly growing as a destination of choice for exceptional students and a global hub for talent, innovation, and entrepreneurship. In the first year, IIMA Dubai Campus plans to establish two dedicated centres of excellence, one focused on case writing and development, and the other on start-up incubation. First programme launched by IIMA Dubai is a full-time one-year MBA. Structured across five terms, the programme will offer a rigorous academic experience and international exposure in a high calibre learning environment that reflects the global standards of IIMA’s highly ranked MBA. The first cohort of IIMA’s full-time one-year MBA programme in Dubai comprises 35 students, including 27 (77.14%) male and eight (22.86%) female students

The establishment of the IIMA Dubai Campus has been made possible with the joint vision of the leadership of the Indian and Dubai governments. With the launch of its first international campus at Dubai International Academic City, IIMA has expanded its global presence in management education. The new campus aims to deliver world-class learning opportunities to aspiring leaders across the Middle East and neighbouring regions, while fostering rich cross-cultural exchange and academic collaboration. The Dubai campus is equipped with cutting-edge academic resources and modern amenities to support students’ learning needs a rapidly changing international environment,

Muhammad pointed out that “Dubai continues to draw world-class universities as part of our commitment to advancing the higher education sector in line with the Dubai Economic Agenda D33 and the Education 33 Strategy”. which aspires to make Dubai one of the world’s top 10 student cities by 2033. By fostering a vibrant, multicultural learning environment, we are building an education ecosystem that fuels sustainable development and prepares the next generation to create a brighter tomorrow for Dubai and the world,”

The inaugural ceremony held to mark the opening of the state-of-the-art Dubai Campus of IIMA was attended by Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Education, India, Sunjay Sudhir, the Ambassador of India to the UAE and senior officials of IIM Ahmedabad Along with top Ministers and officials of UAE. Dharmendra Pradhan said this was a new milestone in India-UAE knowledge collaboration, Dubai has provided a perfect launchpad to the ethos of Indian in spirit, global in outlook by hosting IIM Ahmedabad international campus.”