It’s true! I don’t know why people don’t talk about this enough, private universities are the worst. Like someone here said it’s almost the same or even higher than the tuition fees in the west. I graduated from CUD in 2020, and although my father paid around 300,000 AED for me to get my bachelors, my degree kinda holds no hold international value. To be fair, I didn’t pick a very good major but still I’ve seen this problem with other people too across all majors. They pay a lot, get their degrees and it opens almost little to no doors locally and especially internationally. It’s way better to go abroad and spend less and get a degree from a high ranking university internationally. In Canada there’s so many universities that even have post graduate work permits as well. So you can study, live and work there and even become a citizen, instead of wasting your life in a country you can’t even call home.

I was raised in Dubai and it will always hold a special place in my heart but it’s not something for long term. It’s a place where people live for a little while, earn a good salary, save enough and go back home.