21 Best universities for Development Studies in the United Arab Emirates

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Below is a list of best universities in the United Arab Emirates ranked based on their research performance in Development Studies. A graph of 91K citations received by 8.03K academic papers made by 21 universities in the United Arab Emirates was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

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2. University of Sharjah

For Development Studies

#236 in Asia
#1052 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Founded
1997

4. American University of Sharjah

For Development Studies

#380 in Asia
#1471 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Founded
1997

5. Khalifa University

For Development Studies

#546 in Asia
#1865 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
20,000
Founded
2007

8. Al Ain University of Science and Technology

For Development Studies

#698 in Asia
#2184 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Founded
2004

10. New York University Abu Dhabi

For Development Studies

#796 in Asia
#2397 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
1,300
Founded
2010

13. University of Dubai

For Development Studies

#1425 in Asia
#3727 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1997

14. Gulf Medical University

For Development Studies

#1473 in Asia
#3829 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Founded
1998

16. American University in the Emirates

For Development Studies

#1573 in Asia
#4065 in the World
Acceptance Rate
56%
Founded
2006

19. Canadian University of Dubai

For Development Studies

#1773 in Asia
#4472 in the World
Enrollment
2,074
Founded
2006

The best cities to study Development Studies in the United Arab Emirates based on the number of universities and their ranks are Al Ain, Sharjah, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi.