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Diploma and Higher diploma
Diplomas and higher diplomas, including HNDs, for students after O/L or A/L. These qualifications can lead on to a top-up degree.
Institutes & Universities
Where you can study this
Every place below works with us today and teaches at this level. Pick one to see its programs.
Dubai (UAE)
Vibe Education, Dubai
Diplomas, higher diplomas and extended diplomas at Levels 4 and 5. Vibe also named DreamPath its Best Performing Education Partner for 2025.
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Dubai (UAE)
DeMont Institute of Management and Technology
Pearson BTEC higher national diplomas in business, computing and psychology, plus CMI, NCFE CACHE and CTH professional qualifications. All taught in Dubai.
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Dubai (UAE)
Westford University College
The widest choice in our Dubai group. You can start at foundation level and go all the way to an MBA, with UK universities awarding along the way.
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What you can study at this level
The programs taught at this level. Pick one to see every place that teaches it.
Business Management
How an organisation actually runs: people, money, marketing, supply chains and the decisions that hold them together. Accounting, HR and the MBA all sit here.
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Information Technology
Computing, software engineering, networks, cyber security and data science. The work is building and running the systems every other field now depends on.
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Engineering
Civil, mechanical, electrical and electronic engineering, mechatronics, and the management of engineering projects. Maths and physics carry most of it.
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Healthcare and Life Sciences
Healthcare management and public health, alongside biotechnology, genetics and nutrition science: the management of care and the science behind it.
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Design and Media
Interior design, architecture, animation, fashion, and media and communication: the subjects where you make things, and learn how they reach the people they are for.
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Tourism, Hospitality and Sport
Hotels, travel, tourism and sport, studied as the businesses they are: running the operation, looking after the guests and filling the seats.
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Education
Teaching, early childhood care and educational leadership. For people who want to teach, and for teachers who want the qualification for the next step.
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Psychology
How people think and behave, and what follows from it: counselling, applied psychology, and the people side of running an organisation.
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