Key Dates and Numbers – United Arab Emirates
Upcoming deadlines, the most-used calculators and admission cut-offs.
Upcoming dates
- Term 1 (students)
- Dubai private schools (September start): academic year
- Sharjah private schools: academic year for students
- Term 1 mid-term break for students
- Non-MoE private schools: mid-term break may be split between October and February
- Sharjah private schools follow the emirate's own calendar framework
- Dubai private schools: October half-term aligned with the MoE calendar
- Dubai private schools: first mid-term break (MoE-curriculum private schools only)
United Arab Emirates calculators
- Grade 12 Average Calculator
- University Admission Requirements
- Past Admission Cut-offs
- Scholarships
- Equivalency Certificate Requirements
- GPA Calculator (CGPA)
- Target GPA Calculator
- Absence and Attendance Calculator
- Grade and Honours Checker
- GPA to Percentage Converter (5.0 and 4.0)
- Student Stipend Countdown
About this page
This page gathers the next deadlines in United Arab Emirates, the calculators students use here and the published admission figures, each with its source.
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