Universities are offered by grants and discounts on fees to attract potential “secondary” graduates

High education institutions offered grants and discounts on university fees and registration, and facilitated admission procedures, with the aim of attracting potential secondary graduates, and encouraging them to registration early in their academic programs, while academic guides expected that the next academic year will be the largest at the level of the number of university students in the history of Emirati higher education, after amending the university admission system, expecting that universities will witness an increase of 100% in the number of new students.

In detail, universities doubled their advertising campaigns that are funded on social media platforms, organizing open days on their university campus and participating in educational exhibitions at the level of the state emirates and holding attendance and distance introductory seminars, with the approaching exams for the end of the academic year in various educational curricula, with the aim of attracting potential secondary graduates through several means, including facilitating admission mechanisms in some academic programs, providing grants and discounts on tuition fees, To acquire the largest number of male and female students.

Academic guides and registration officials at universities, Mohamed Al -Arousi, Mazen Samaha, and Amani Al -Harfi, affirmed their keenness to establish a “open day” for high school students and parents several times annually, especially in the third semester, with students approaching graduation, and their keenness to registration early in universities, and ensuring a seat in the academic specialization that they dream of, noting that the event of the “open day” is held Under the supervision of marketing departments and attracting students in universities, it is one of the most important methods of communication that allows high school students the opportunity to get to know university majors closely by inviting all representatives of colleges, departments and centers, to take advantage of the fullest extent, as well as identify the campus. They pointed out that the universities will benefit, for the first time this year, the elasticity of admission criteria, which enables them to attract students who did not achieve the condition of the English language by registering them in courses that qualify them to reach the required competence, as well as the possibility of accepting students and registering them in specialized remedial materials in the event that they do not obtain the required degree in the subjects required to study specialization.

“Emsat”

The officials of attracting and registering students in private universities: Rashid Abdel -Qader, Lamia Mahdi and Fatima Al -Shawi pointed out that the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, after the decision to cancel the UAE standard test “Emsat”, allowed the 12 -year students who were unable to join higher education institutions, due to the failure to pass this test, to apply again to enroll in the event that new admission criteria apply to them in education institutions The highest that they want to join, which will also increase the number of new students, especially since universities organize definition campaigns and attract students of this category, to encourage them to complete their higher education.

And they expected that the increase in the number of new students during the next academic year would reach at least 100%, especially since the student capacity for universities allows the accommodation of this increase, with hundreds of globally approved academic programs, which will make it easier for large numbers of students to enroll in Emirati universities instead of searching for an opportunity abroad as it was caused by the many requirements for enrollment and registration in the past.

University discounts

Abu Dhabi University announced a 100% exemption for the registration request fee, and a scholarship of a 50% discount on fees, during the open day for undergraduate and graduate programs, which will provide students with answers to all their inquiries, and the university called on students to enhance their career in the field of business or engineering, by joining them and obtaining the discount.

For its part, Al Ain University for Students presented a 100% exemption of application fees while providing many scholarships and discounts on their study fees, and called on students and their parents to learn about the various academic programs that they provide, in addition to meeting the faculty members and answering their inquiries directly, and helping them to choose the specializations that suit their aspirations, obtaining all information about the available scholarships, and complete exemption from application fees.

Exemption from registration fees

While the University University in Ajman announced the opening of the early admission for summer and autumn 2025, with partial scholarships of up to 50%, as well as a complete exemption from admission fees by 100%, and organized an open day, last week, during which it reviewed its academic programs, its scholarships and its educational environment, as it provides 21 approved programs in various fields such as dentistry, media and business administration.

For its part, the American University of Ras Al -Khaimah congratulated the students of “CBSE”, whose results were recently issued, noting that the “CBSE” graduates for this year are qualified to obtain an academic scholarship between 20 and 40%, and called on students to visit its university campus, to take a tour of its modern facilities, get to know the faculty members and student counselors, discover more about its programs, admission requirements, and admission requirements, And scholarships.

Financial discount

Midlesx Dubai «MDX) also announced an enrollment scholarship of 8,000 dirhams for the next September, and called on students to attend the“ Open Day ”event to get to know the programs offered and speak to experts and receive admission advice from its educational advisers, and to take a tour on the campus, noting that she provided students who were unable to reach the campus, open virtual days until they give them the opportunity to obtain On the full open day experience.

Dubai University announced, during the “Open Day”, which was organized last week, a 100% discount on admission fees, in addition to a number of academic opportunities and scholarships. The University of Birmingham Dubai also provided an opportunity for students to visit its university campus, learn about its programs, grants and discounts offered.

46 thousand university seat

Statistics of the Ministry of Higher Education showed that the annual demand for higher education in the country is estimated at 27 thousand requests from graduates of the 12 grade (submitted to higher education institutions listed within the unified national registration system), distributed over 13,000 females, and 12 thousand males who joined the national service in the previous year, in addition to about 2000 requests from graduates of 12 grades of past years.

While the annual presentation of higher education is estimated at 46 thousand seats, as the capacity of the federal universities is 18 thousand new students annually, while local and private universities offer about 2000 academic programs to accept 26 thousand new students, and local and private scholarships provide opportunities for academic missions outside the country at about 2000 seats annually.

• 100 %is an expected increase in the number of students in universities during the next academic year.