Top Universities in Abu Dhabi (emirate)
2026 Abu Dhabi University Ranking New
What are the top universities in the Emirati emirate of Abu Dhabi? uniRank answers this question by publishing the 2026 Abu Dhabi University Ranking, which lists 14 higher-education institutions meeting uniRank's selection criteria:
- Official Recognition: institutions must be officialy chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate higher education-related organization in the United Arab Emirates.
- Degree Authority: they must be authorised to grant bachelor's degrees of at least three years' duration and/or postgraduate master's or doctoral degrees.
- Delivery Mode: they must deliver courses predominantly in a traditional, face-to-face, non-distance education format.
The uniRank University Ranking aims to provide a non-academic league table of the top Abu Dhabi Universities based on valid and unbiased web metrics provided by independent web intelligence sources rather than data submitted by the Universities themselves, which might not be independently audited.
2026 Abu Dhabi University Ranking
| #Rank | University | Town/City |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | United Arab Emirates University | Al-Ain |
| 3 | Khalifa University | Abu Dhabi |
| 6 | Higher Colleges of Technology | Al-Ain |
| 7 | New York University Abu Dhabi | Abu Dhabi |
| 9 | Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence | Abu Dhabi |
| 10 | Abu Dhabi University | Abu Dhabi |
| 14 | Al Ain University | Al-Ain |
| 19 | Université Paris-Sorbonne Abou Dhabi | Abu Dhabi |
| 24 | Liwa University | Abu Dhabi |
| 31 | Mohamed Bin Zayed University for Humanities | Abu Dhabi |
| 34 | Fatima College of Health Sciences | Abu Dhabi |
| 38 | Abu Dhabi Polytechnic | Abu Dhabi |
| 42 | Emirates College for Advanced Education | Abu Dhabi |
| 48 | Abu Dhabi School of Management | Abu Dhabi |
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How many universities are there in Abu Dhabi?
- There are 14 officially chartered, licensed or accredited Abu Dhabi higher-education institutions that meet uniRank's selection criteria.
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