🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Qualification
International curricula in the UAE revision,
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British, American, Indian and IB curricula in UAE schools
IGCSE, A-Level, AP, IB and Indian board qualifications, all taught locally and inspected by KHDA or ADEK.
Most students in the UAE attend private schools following an overseas curriculum. That means sitting UK, US, Indian or IB examinations on their home timetables while living in a country whose own academic year may not match.
International curricula in the UAE at a glance
- Qualifications
- IGCSE and A-Level · US High School Diploma with AP · IB Diploma Programme · CBSE and CISCE
- Grading
- As per the home curriculum — 9 to 1 or A* to G at IGCSE, A* to E at A-Level, 1 to 5 for AP, 1 to 7 for IB, percentage marks for Indian boards.
- Exam series
- Follows the home curriculum: May and June for British and IB, May for AP, February and March for Indian boards.
- Results
- As per the awarding body, which may be months out of step with the local school year.
Worth knowing about International curricula in the UAE
The specifics below are the ones that change how you should plan. Always check the current specification with your school or the awarding body — specifications get revised, and the version you are entered for is the one that counts.
Arabic and Islamic Studies are required alongside the overseas curriculum for many students, adding subjects that the home curriculum's timetable does not account for.
Examination series follow the awarding body's calendar, not the local one, which can put exams in the middle of the local school year.
Students frequently apply to universities in several countries at once, each with its own deadline and its own reading of the qualification.
KHDA in Dubai and ADEK in Abu Dhabi inspect schools, which affects reporting but not the examinations themselves.
What each teacher does for International curricula in the UAE
All eight are AI, and we say so plainly. What is real is the output: sessions in your calendar, sources in your book, citations checked, cards queued until you can recall them cold.
Daniel · Study planner
Takes your International curricula in the UAE subjects and works backwards from the real timetable. Follows the home curriculum: May and June for British and IB, May for AP, February and March for Indian boards. Sessions land in your calendar as real events with reminders, and the plan adjusts when a week goes wrong.
Sarah · Subject tutor
Explains at the depth International curricula in the UAE actually assesses, with worked examples, then asks the questions that check you have understood rather than just followed along.
Tommy · Quizzer
Turns each concept you get into a spaced-repetition card and brings it back at widening intervals until you can produce it cold. As per the home curriculum — 9 to 1 or A* to G at IGCSE, A* to E at A-Level, 1 to 5 for AP, 1 to 7 for IB, percentage marks for Indian boards. Most of the gap between where you are and where you want to be is recall under pressure, not understanding.
Margaret · Librarian
Finds sources, summarises them at three depths, imports them into your subject book and formats the citations in MLA, APA, Chicago or Harvard.
Eleanor · Writing coach
Reads your extended answers and essays for structure and argument, and shows you where a marker stops following you — without rewriting it for you.
Charles · Citation checker
Checks every in-text citation points at a real entry in your bibliography, and flags the ones that do not before a marker does.
Penny · Proofreader
Catches grammar, spelling, and the sentences that technically parse but will not survive a tired examiner.
Sam · Accountability
Tracks what you actually did against what the plan said, and tells you early when International curricula in the UAE preparation has slipped far enough to need a different plan rather than more willpower.
Subjects students bring us
These are the International curricula in the UAE subjects we see most. The teachers are not limited to them — if you are sitting something rarer, tell them during onboarding and the plan covers it the same way.
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Biology
- English
- Economics
- Business
- Computer Science
- Arabic
- Islamic Studies
International curricula in the UAE: fair questions
How do I fit Arabic and Islamic Studies around my main curriculum?
By scheduling them as real subjects rather than as an overhead, because they carry their own assessment. Daniel plans them in alongside the A-Level or IB load rather than leaving them to absorb whatever time is left.
I am applying to three countries. Can you help?
Yes, and that is where the planning value is highest. Three application systems with different deadlines on top of one exam timetable is a scheduling problem, and it is the part students most often leave too late.
Which curriculum page should I read?
The one for your awarding body — the Cambridge, Edexcel, IB, AP or Indian board pages all cover the specifics. This page is about the UAE-specific overlay on top of them.
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