Indian engineering and management institutes, which have set up bases in Dubai, are facing a 13-60 per cent dip in admissions due to the economic crisis in the city, which is one of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The institutes with branch campuses in Dubai include the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS)-Pilani, Institute of Management Technology (IMT), S P Jain Center of Management, and Manipal University.
Manipal University, for instance, says it has been able to admit 622 students this year against 721 last year — a drop of 13 per cent. “While institutions of higher learning in Dubai have been affected severely, we have been fortunate to have had a minimal impact on our new admissions. While partly this can be attributed to the economic slowdown and the emigration of middle-class expatriates due to job displacements, the increase in the number of universities competing for quality students is also a contributing factor,” said B Ramjee, director of Manipal University, Dubai.
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