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Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan inaugurates the campus at Dubai International Academic City
Dubai, Sept 12, 2025: His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, UAE Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, inaugurated the first international campus of the business school, the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), at Dubai International Academic City, part of TECOM Group PJSC.
Sheikh Hamdan welcomed the institution to Dubai, noting that the opening of IIMA’s first international campus in the emirate reflects the deep-rooted ties and growing partnership between the UAE and India.
With the launch of its first international campus at Dubai International Academic City, IIMA has expanded its global presence in management education. The new campus aims to deliver learning opportunities to aspiring leaders across the Middle East and neighbouring regions, while fostering rich cross-cultural exchange and academic collaboration. The Dubai campus is equipped with cutting-edge academic resources and modern amenities to support students’ learning needs.
The first programme launched by the IIMA Dubai Campus is a full-time one-year MBA programme, designed to meet the advanced learning and upskilling requirements of global professionals and entrepreneurs seeking to enhance their management expertise. Structured across five terms, the programme will offer a rigorous academic experience and international exposure in a high-calibre learning environment that reflects the global standards of IIMA’s highly ranked MBA.
In the first year, the IIMA Dubai Campus plans to establish two dedicated centres of excellence, with one focusing on case writing and development, and the other on start-up incubation.
The inaugural ceremony held to mark the opening was attended by Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs; Reem bint Ebrahim Al Hashimy, Minister of State for International Cooperation; Omar bin Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy, and Remote Work Applications; Sara bint Yousef Al Amiri, Minister of Education; Dr. Abdulrahman Al Awar, Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation and Acting Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the UAE; Helal Al Marri, Director-General of the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism (DET); and Aisha Miran, Director-General of the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA).
From the Indian side, the ceremony was attended by Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Education, Government of India; Sunjay Sudhir, the Ambassador of India to the UAE and senior officials of IIMA.
