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Of the 3 Foundation universities in the United Arab Emirates, Khalifa University ranks highest at #230 in the QS World University Rankings. University of Wollongong - Dubai Campus (#18 in United Arab Emirates) and Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi (#22 in United Arab Emirates) complete the top three. Across the whole list there are 5 courses to choose from.
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Only one university here holds a QS World position — Khalifa University at #230 — so it heads the list. Below them, universities follow their research output: Khalifa University is cited most (1,109,587 citations).
3 are public and 0 private (100% public). By location, Abu Dhabi (1) account for the most of those we can place. The oldest is Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, founded in 2006. Khalifa University is the largest, with 6,000 students.
The most common subjects are Languages & Linguistics (1), Science (1), Education (1) and Medicine & Health Sciences (1). The usual length is 1 year. 100% are full-time. Start dates lean to Fall (100% of courses with a stated intake) and Spring (100% of courses with a stated intake). Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi offers the widest choice, with 3 of these courses.
Khalifa University (QS World #230), University of Wollongong - Dubai Campus (#18 in United Arab Emirates) and Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi (#22 in United Arab Emirates) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
3 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 1 year.
Fall is the main intake — 100% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Spring is the second.
Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, with 3, ahead of University of Wollongong - Dubai Campus (1).
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