The registration opened in the second edition of the Hamdan bin Mohammed academic scholarship program for Emirati students

The Knowledge and Human Development Authority in Dubai announced the opening of registration in the second edition of the Hamdan bin Mohammed academic scholarship program for Emirati students from the Emirate of Dubai for the next academic year 2025-2026, as of Thursday until June 30, 2025, via the “Emirati” platform in the “Dubai Now” application on smartphones.

His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense and Chairman of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Dubai, launched the Hamdan bin Mohammed academic scholarship program in 2024 to support distinguished Emirati students from public and private school graduates, to enable them to follow their university studies in the finest universities and international academic programs, with a total budget for the program estimated at one billion and 100 million dirhams during The coming years.

The program comes within the framework of the “Dubai Social Agenda 33” initiatives, in an embodiment of the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, may God bless him, by investing in people to ensure the success of real and sustainable development.

The program aims to develop Emirati human resources in the Emirate of Dubai by combining academic excellence and developing specialized, leadership and pioneering skills, and the program also encourages Emirati talents to enroll in strategic specializations that contribute to supporting the future growth process of the emirate, targeting the selection of the best 100 male and female students annually from UAE outstanding graduates of public and private schools in various educational curricula, to study the degree of degree Bachelor’s degree in specializations that add a qualitative value in the strategic priority sectors, as part of a vision that contributes to preparing a generation of leaders and creators who are able to advance the wheel of development in the emirate.

The first edition of the program recorded a wide turnout from the Emirati academic outstanding students to study in a number of prestigious international universities in countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia, where the program witnessed in its first edition all students who are scholarships outside the country in universities ranked among the best 200 universities in the world, or among the best 100 academic programs globally. About 15% of the first -batch students joined international universities classified among the 20 best universities, or among the top 10 programs in the world. The academic majors chosen by students of the first batch of the program between engineering, medicine, economics and finance, information technology, and law varied, reflecting the future development trends adopted by Dubai in its educational and research strategies.

Promising leaders
“The Hamdan bin Mohammed academic scholarship program embodies the vision of our rational leadership and its deep belief in the importance of investing in man as an essential element to achieve comprehensive and sustainable development. This leading program is one of the basic pillars of the education strategy in Dubai 2033 and Dubai Social Agency 33, where it aims to enable students Excellent Emiratis of knowledge, experiences and leadership skills, and their support in achieving their aspirations and active participation in making a prosperous future for their homeland.

She added: “We are proud of the achievements of students of the first batch of the program, and we look forward to supporting more UAE students who excel in their next step to be influential national leaders in the government and private sectors, and we also urge Emirati families in Dubai to seize this exceptional opportunity, based on our established conviction that the family support for their children’s academic march is a pivotal component in building a prosperous future For our society and our country. “

Program conditions
It is required for the program to be enrolled in the program that the applicant be one of the citizens of the United Arab Emirates who holds a summary issued by the Emirate of Dubai, and that he must be between 17 and 20 years old, and from high school graduates in the year of scholarships or in previous academic years (not to exceed two years as a maximum), and that he has obtained a high school diploma from an accredited academic system, and is equivalent from the Ministry of Education, or that it is one of the first high school Those identified annually.

The general conditions include that the applicant is not obtained by another study mission from any party inside or outside the United Arab Emirates, and that he has personally submitted a request to enroll in the scholarship program in the specified dates, and that he has obtained conditional or unconditional acceptance in a specific program and university from an academic institution, which meets the standards and conditions of the scholarship program, and that it be completely full -time to study in the country of scholarship.

For more information about the program, benefits and conditions of application, please visit the following link:

KHDA – Hamdan bin Mohammed Academic Scholarship Program