Despite the United Arab Emirates being a popular destination among international students due to its strong universities and English study programs, many Emirati students looked abroad for higher education last year, the education search platform Erudera.com reports. Last academic year, 6,015 Emirati students moved to the following UK countries:5,255 students in England575 students in Scotland130 students in Wales55 students in Northern IrelandIn total, 33,310 students from the Middle East studied in the UK during 2019/20. That year, the UK also welcomed a record number of international students worldwide, hosting 556,625 international students overall. Meanwhile, just 2,074 Emirati students studied in the US that same year, marking a 134 percent increase since 2006/07. Since 2016, Germany has witnessed an 80 percent decline in Emirati students, whereas Australia between 2018-2021 has seen a drop of 29.52 percent, from 376 down to 265 students.
