Murdoch University was founded in Perth, western Australia in 1973 and opened its Dubai campus in 2007. All photos: Murdoch University Dubai
Murdoch University was an early mover in offering courses abroad, with the first students graduating from its Singapore campus in 1993.
As well as the Dubai campus, from 2018 the university has offered postgraduate business courses in Yangon, Myanmar’s capital.
The university is in Dubai Knowledge Park where a new campus opened in 2020, replacing the previous one in Dubai International Academic City.
Dr James Trottern is dean and academic president of Murdoch University Dubai.
A one-year foundation programme that prepares high school students for the first year of their degree is available.
Bachelor’s degree subjects at Murdoch University Dubai include accountancy, banking, business information systems, computer science and criminology.
The Bachelor's list also includes cybersecurity and forensics, finance, human resource management, journalism, management, marketing, psychology and strategic communication (PR).
Murdoch University Dubai's master’s degree subjects include business administration, education and information technology.
80 per cent of Murdoch students in Dubai are expatriate UAE residents, 19 per cent are international students from outside the country and 1 per cent are Emirati.
