UAE rolls out list of 100 universities whose graduates qualify for Abu Dhabi Golden Visa

The United Arab Emirates has identified 100 universities whose graduates may be eligible to apply for the Abu Dhabi Golden Visa through the University Graduates category.

The initiative covers institutions from several parts of the world, including the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, Australia and Latin America.

UAE releases list of eligible universities

According to the UAE, graduates seeking the Golden Visa through this route must have obtained their degree from a university ranked among the world’s top 100 by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

The list includes some of the world’s most recognised universities, meaning graduates of these institutions may have an opportunity to pursue the long-term residency pathway, subject to the applicable requirements.

Full list of 100 universities

The institutions listed include:

1. Brown University
2. California Institute of Technology
3. Carnegie Mellon University
4. City University of Hong Kong
5. Columbia University
6. Cornell University
7. Delft University of Technology
8. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
9. Fudan University
10. Georgia Institute of Technology
11. Harvard University
12. Imperial College London
13. Institut Polytechnique de Paris
14. Johns Hopkins University
15. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
16. King’s College London
17. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
18. Korea University
19. Kyoto University
20. Lomonosov Moscow State University
21. London School of Economics and Political Science
22. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
23. Lund University
24. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
25. McGill University
26. Monash University
27. Nanyang Technological University
28. National Taiwan University
29. National University of Singapore
30. New York University
31. Northwestern University
32. Osaka University
33. Peking University
34. Pennsylvania State University
35. Pohang University of Science and Technology
36. Princeton University
37. PSL Research University
38. Rice University
39. Royal Institute of Technology
40. Ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg
41. Seoul National University
42. Shanghai Jiao Tong University
43. Sorbonne University (merged from Paris IV & UPMC)
44. Stanford University
45. Sungkyunkwan University
46. Technical University of Denmark
47. The Australian National University
48. The Chinese University of Hong Kong
49. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
50. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
51. The University of Auckland
52. The University of Manchester
53. The University of Melbourne
54. The University of New South Wales
55. The University of Queensland
56. The University of Sheffield
57. The University of Sydney
58. The University of Tokyo
59. The University of Warwick
60. The University of Western Australia
61. Tohoku University
62. Tokyo Institute of Technology
63. Tsinghua University
64. Universidad de Buenos Aires
65. Universiti Malaya
66. University College London
67. University of Amsterdam
68. University of Birmingham
69. University of Bristol
70. University of British Columbia
71. University of California, Berkeley
72. University of California, Los Angeles
73. University of California, San Diego
74. University of Cambridge
75. University of Chicago
76. University of Copenhagen
77. University of Edinburgh
78. University of Glasgow
79. University of Hong Kong
80. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
81. University of Leeds
82. Durham University
83. University of Washington
84. University of Michigan
85. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
86. University of Oxford
87. University of Pennsylvania
88. University of Science and Technology of China
89. University of Southampton
90. University of St Andrews
91. University of Texas at Austin
92. University of Toronto
93. University of Washington
94. University of Wisconsin-Madison
95. University of Zurich
96. Yale University
97. Yonsei University
98. Zhejiang University
99. Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
100. The University of Warwick

Note: The supplied source list contains some repeated institutions, including The University of Warwick and University of Washington. The list above preserves the names as provided rather than independently correcting or removing duplicates.

What Nigerian graduates should know

The universities span a wide range of highly regarded institutions across different regions, including several schools that are popular among Nigerian students seeking international education.

Among the names on the list are the University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University of Toronto and Harvard University, alongside other major institutions in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

For Nigerians who have graduated from, or are studying at, one of the listed institutions, the Abu Dhabi Golden Visa route could provide an avenue to seek long-term residency in the UAE, provided they meet the other requirements attached to the category.

The development is also likely to attract attention among Nigerians exploring international education and longer-term residency options abroad.