KHDA encourages high quality provision of qualifications and programmes offered by foreign Higher Education Providers (HEPs), which supplements local supply and accelerates the development of high level human resources in the UAE.

However, for KHDA, the quality of such provision must be of high levels and the processes for quality assurance, whether it is undertaken abroad or locally, must be credible and effective. In order to achieve this goal, KHDA has set up the University Quality Assurance International Board (UQAIB) consisting of international quality assurance (QA) experts to assist qualifications and programmes with oversight of the quality of higher education offered by foreign HEPs operating in the Dubai Free Zones.

To view the UQAIB manual, please click here.