Culinary schools in United Arab Emirates

The Dubai culinary schools researched deliver short professional diplomas rather than degrees: City & Guilds (UK) Level 2 and Level 3 qualifications, with programme attendance attested by the Dubai Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA), according to the schools. These statements are school-published; no KHDA register was readable. For degree-level programmes, the UAE's Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA) under the Ministry of Higher Education maintains lists of licensed institutions and accredited programmes; no culinary degree was researched in this pass.

Source: caa.ae

City & Guilds Level 2 Diploma in Food Preparation and Culinary Arts

Delivered in about three months full-time (ICCA Dubai, 620 on-campus hours) or about eight weeks (SCAFA Pro Accelerator). Source

City & Guilds Level 3 Advanced Diploma in Culinary Arts and Supervision

SCAFA's Pro Kitchen, a 20-week programme that includes the Pro Accelerator training. Source

Teaching languages. Both schools researched teach in English; ICCA Dubai asks for English at about IELTS 5.5.

Tuition context. Prices are in AED. ICCA Dubai lists tuition of AED 42,648 for UAE residents (plus mandatory extras, exclusive of VAT) and USD 11,847 for international students; SCAFA lists all-inclusive packages of AED 20,055 (8 weeks) and AED 46,830 (20 weeks) covering materials, uniforms, ingredients and a knife set. Source

Admissions. ICCA Dubai asks for Year 12 or equivalent, working English (about IELTS 5.5), minimum age 16 for UAE residents and 18 for international students, and a medical examination; it states it provides student visas matching the programme duration. SCAFA lists an education visa as an indicative extra cost of AED 3,675. Source

Nothing here establishes visa, work-permit or credit-transfer eligibility. Check current rules with the official sources below.

• Commission for Academic Accreditation (UAE Ministry of Higher Education)
• Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA), Dubai