Education in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, is home to various international and local private schools and universities, with teaching in several languages spoken by Abu Dhabi residents. These schools operate under the authority of the Abu Dhabi Education Council as well as the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Education.

List of educational institutions

Primary and secondary schools

Various international schools are located in the Educational Zone.

• ADNOC Schools
• ABC Private School
• Peekaboo Nursery
• Abu Dhabi Grammar School (Canada/Nova Scotia)
• Abu Dhabi Indian School
• Abu Dhabi International School
• Al Manara School
• Al Nahda National Schools
• Al Noor Indian Islamic School
• Al Najah Private School
• Al Worood Academy
• Al Raha International School
• Amna Bint Wahab
• Ashbal Al Quds Private School
• Asian International Private School
• Bedayati Nursery
• Bright Kids Nursery
• Bright Riders School
• Brighton College Abu Dhabi
• Canadian International School (CIS)
• Emirates Private School
• Emirates Future Internarional Academy
• Giggles English School, Kindergarten & Nursery
• Landus Public School
• Lycée Louis Massignon (École Française)
• The American Community School of Abu Dhabi
• The American International School in Abu Dhabi
• British International School, Abu Dhabi
• The British School - Al Khubairat
• The Cambridge High School
• First Steps School Nursery
• The German School Abu Dhabi
• Indian Islahi Islamic School
• International Academic School, Abu Dhabi
• International Community School
• International School of Choueifat, Abu Dhabi
• Islamia English School
• Our Own English High School
• Pioneers International Private School
• PISCO Private School
• Philippine National School
• Reach British School
• Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Arab Pakistani School
• Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Bangladesh Islamia School
• Sherwood Academy
• St. Joseph's School
• Noah's Ark Nursery
• Tweety Nursery - Abu Dhabi
• Little Flower (P) School
• Umm Amar Secondary School
• Wisdom High School
• Sunrise English Private School
• Institute of Applied Technology (IAT)
• St Josephs High School Abu Dhabi
• Merryland International

Skill development institutes

• Chartered Institute of Finance and Management
• Arab Experts Training Institute

Colleges and universities

• Abu Dhabi University
• Al Khawarizmi International College
• Al Ain University of Science and Technology
• ALHOSN University
• Exeed School of Business and Finance
• European International College
• Higher Colleges of Technology
• INSEAD
• Khalifa University
• Masdar Institute of Science and Technology
• Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
• New York Institute of Technology
• New York University Abu Dhabi
• Petroleum Institute
• New York Film Academy
• Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi
• University of Strathclyde
• Zayed University