The United Arab Emirates has always been considered a strategic hub for culture, education, and knowledge. Believing that education is the pillar of all development, continuous efforts have been put into the Educational sector in order to prepare students to become professional practitioners, future leaders, and well-integrated citizens in the community.

Established in the heart of Dubai in 2008, Saint Joseph University Dubai is the first international branch of Saint Joseph University of Beirut. The foundation of the university has been the result of an academic cooperation with the government of Dubai in order to offer young Emirati students a prestigious Bachelor of Law program under the framework of the Edaad for Leaders Initiative.

Sharing the same vision of the mother campus in Beirut to serve the new generations in the United Arab Emirates with their cultural and human development needs, Saint Joseph University Dubai has taken part of the great project of the Emirate of Dubai to accompany and strengthen the urban and economic developments with cultural and academic developments.

Saint Joseph University Dubai is committed to offering its students the best choices of degree programs designed to cater for their academic and professional expectations. Through its varied and interdisciplinary courses, students tend to enrich their education and prepare them to their future careers. Students enrolled at Saint Joseph University Dubai, participate actively in the learning process which gives them the opportunity to solve real-life problems and assume professional responsibilities.

The graduates of Saint Joseph University Dubai excel in English as well as in Arabic and are fluent in French, the mother language of Saint Joseph University of Beirut. The university’s graduates are highly sought after among the professional legal field. Their success stories include a judge role at the DIFC courts, legal, key administrative and researcher positions at top companies such as Mubadala Investment, Expo2020, Bank of Sharjah, KHDA, PriceWaterHouse Coopers, the Public Prosecution, Twofour54, the Supreme Legislation Committee of Dubai government, Al Tamimi & Company, Jumeirah Group and many others. Also, many graduates pursue their studies at world class universities including Oxford University, London Business School, University of Leeds, Georgetown university, Melbourne University, and others.