Information for New and Returning Students

To enter the campus students must meet the following conditions:

• All students are required to have a negative PCR test result prior to the start of the academic year, within 96 hours of entering the campus for the first time.
• HE students who are vaccinated or not vaccinated for health reasons or those  who are excluded from vaccination:
• Must show a negative PCR test result within 96 hrs of the beginning of the academic year and at the beginning of each semester
  • For our students that is from 19^th September onwards
• Following that, students must take a PCR test if they experience symptoms of COVID-19

HE students who are not vaccinated, without having a medical excuse or an exemption:

• Must show a negative PCR test result within 96 hrs of the beginning of the academic year and at the beginning of each semester
  • For our students that is from 19^th September onwards
• After the beginning  of the academic year, the Green Pass protocol will be applied, or having a negative PCR result for a period not exceeding 7 days.

 Unvaccinated Students

HE students who are not vaccinated, without having a medical excuse or an exemption:

• Must show a negative PCR test result within 96 hrs of the beginning of the academic year and at the beginning of each semester
  • For our students that is from 19^th September onwards
• After the beginning  of the academic year, the Green Pass protocol will be applied, or having a negative PCR result for a period not exceeding 7 days.

Students who have had a full course of valid vaccinations from another country, that have not yet been registered in the Al Hosn App should provide vaccination evidence of all doses including booster.  We will continue to monitor your current status through the Al Hosn App readers at the campus. 

Please note that on the first instance of you coming to campus, you would be required to present a negative PCR test which is not more that 96 hours old. 

Vaccination is encouraged as it is currently the most effective means of protecting yourself against Covid-19. However, if you are unvaccinated against Covid-19 you would need to provide either a valid medical exemption and a negative PCR test result every seven days or without an exemption a negative PCR test result every 48 hours 

The chance of testing positive for Covid-19 is now significantly reduced, particularly if you are fully vaccinated. 

However, if you do test positive or think you may have come in close contact with someone with Covid-19, you should follow the Dubai Health Authority guideline as outlined here. You should also notify the university through the Wellbeing team or call us on 044280500 and ask to speak to a Covid-19 Coordinator.

If you are under 18 years old and living in student accommodation, please contact the Student Wellbeing Manager for support and guidance.

If you have to isolate, you will be able to access any learning online until you can return to campus.

If your symptoms are severe, such as shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, call 998 immediately. 

Student overseas travel form (Outbound)

Student overseas travel form (Inbound)

We will continue to follow rigorous sanitation and cleaning  on campus, according to both the measures required by the Ministry of Education and also to our own clear principles to keep our community as safe as we can. This includes:

• Face masks
• Hand sanitisation
• Continuous sanitation and cleaning measures, particularly for high-volume areas and items

We feel that these measures should give everyone confidence that their learning environment is as safe as we can possibly make it.

We ask that everyone in our community does their best to follow these rules in order to keep each other protected.