Dubai International Academy – International School & Learning in Dubai, UAE

Dubai International Academy (DIA) is one of the most recognized prestigious, selective, non governmental and co ed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School with two campuses: DIA Emirates Hills and DIA Al Barsha. DIA Emirates Hills was founded in 2005 and is the first UAE based school to be authorized to deliver the entire continuum of all the four IB programmes, the Primary Years Programme (PYP), Middle Years Programme (MYP), Dipoloma Programme (DP), and the Career related Programme (CP). The schools deliver a high achieving international education at both campuses which starts in Early Years (age 3) up to Year 13 (age 18) and aspires to high academic and personal well being growth.

The schools have built their expertise on the basis of their strength in pursing the demanding IB curriculum, whose focus is inquiry based learning, critical thinking, whole person development of students through a broad range of courses, including languages, mathematics, sciences, arts, and physical education. DIA also has a staff of highly qualified and experienced international educators who apply the latest teaching strategies. Alongside such a challenging academic programme are large state of the art buildings, located on spacious campuses, with auditoriums, athletics tracks and vast playing fields, swimming pools, gymnasiums and dedicated science and design laboratories, music and drama rooms, together with well stocked libraries, all to support academic excellence and the honing of various skills.

The Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) ranks Dubai International Academy very highly, with the Emirates Hills branch of DIA receiving an Outstanding rating in the most recent inspections. These schools have been recognised by some of the most respected international accreditation agencies like The Council of International Schools (CIS), the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), which fortifies their position of authority in international learning even further. Having a diverse student body of more than 80 nationalities, with a reputation of the graduates to be accepted by the best Universities across the globe, DIA is aimed at producing well rounded students that are ready to influence the society positively