Popular degree programmes in the UAE

Many courses are popular in the UAE due to the scope in the country and the various areas covered within the field

Psychology
For those who wish to pursue psychology in the UAE, there are a wide number of options to choose from. Students can easily find careers related to clinical psychology, psychology in the field of education, marketing and much more.
By the study of human behaviour and a thorough understanding of minds, students can implement their learning in different organisations.
Some of the universities that offer psychology as a course, either as different courses focusing on various areas or as a whole, include Amity University Dubai, Canadian University Dubai, Herriot Watt University, Middlesex University, American University in the Emirates and many more.
Law
A good number of students pursue law in the UAE, for its popularity and wide scope - either as lawyers, legal advisors in well-renowned companies, legal consultants and other positions.
By studying a law programme in the UAE, students will be confident by the end of the course to master in legal research, and different areas of law - such as criminal law, family law, basic knowledge of proceedings, and even going to field trips to courts for a hands-on experience.
Practical knowledge is an added value of studying law in the UAE. Some of the universities that offer this course include Middlesex University Dubai, DIFC Academy of Law, Al Ghurair University, among others.
Marketing
The UAE is driven by strong marketing skills of professionals who have honed their abilities in well-known universities that offer the marketing programme. A wide branch is covered under marketing, including branding, relationships, emarketing, digital marketing, and many more.
Towards the end of completion of your marketing course in the UAE, you will have strong knowledge on product development and being an apt service provider, as well as know how to market anything most efficiently.
Universities that offer this course include University of Wollongong in Dubai, SAE Dubai, Amity University Dubai and many more.
Journalism and Mass Communication
The UAE encourages journalism to a great extent. Its growing scope thus helps aspiring journalists to take up the course in the country, rather than moving elsewhere.
The need for good quality reporting and hard news is growing - magazines are something that a working professional would pick up along with brewing tea on a weekend, and newspapers circulate every single day.
To crack it to the best media companies in the UAE, students can hone their journalistic skills in some of the best universities offering journalism with a real practical touch through live reporting tasks and assignments.
Head to Middlesex University Dubai, Murdoch University Dubai or Manipal University Dubai to master your skills in quality writing and reporting in different areas, including broadcast, print media or digital.
Bachelor of Commerce (BCOM)/ Accounting and Finance
The UAE is a bustling country with plenty of employment opportunities in the accounting and finance field, as it is a field of necessity in every company. Whether it is Emirates, Standard Chartered Bank or even Zomato, there are endless chances and a huge scope for those who aspire to be accountants, bankers, consultants, auditors and plenty of others.
What makes it easier to work for well-known companies in the UAE is to be a fresh graduate from the best universities offering the course, such as Middlesex University Dubai, Manipal University Dubai, American University in Dubai, Curtin University Dubai and many more.
Architecture/Design
The UAE has universities that offer courses specialising in design and architecture for the purpose of understanding a built environment, energy efficiency, learning different strategies of designing, developing sustainable approaches that are involved in the making of built structures and many more.
With the help of a bachelors' degree in architecture from the UAE, students will be confident to move abroad or even within the UAE for related jobs, using their design skills efficiently.
Some of the universities that offer this course include Manipal University Dubai, Herriot Watt University, The British University in Dubai and many more.
Fashion Design
With the growing trends in fashion and Dubai being the hub of fashion influencers and aspiring designers, universities and specialised institutes in Dubai offer fashion designing courses, covering it at the retail level as well as the technical level from the basics.
Those looking for jobs in the UAE to work as designers, or even working under fashion retail, can benefit from courses offered at some of the best universities.
The UAE is a creative hub for exploring your fashion instincts, as there are many fashion events that happen from time to time where fashion lovers can observe and even create pieces for participants in the near future.
Middlesex University has recently launched the new course of BA Honours in Fashion Design. Herriot Watt University offers the course as well. The Institute of Luxury Fashion and style offers courses covering various aspects under luxury fashion.
Computer Science Engineering
Whether you wish to enhance your knowledge on different programming concepts, learning application development or keeping up with the latest changes in technology systems, universities in the UAE that have IT programmes will help you move further to your goal to work at renowned companies such as Oracle, Dell, Microsoft and many others.
Additional short courses are provided to students too with the help of such companies in order to boost the development of students, through the learning of cloud computing, Java, etc.
Some of the universities that offer this course include Middlesex University Dubai, Herriot Watt University Dubai and many others.

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