Universal American School  

Universal American School in Dubai

KHDA inspection rating: Acceptable (report issued 02 Apr 2009), 9% max fee increase for 2009-2010

School name	Universal American School
Type of institute	private profit-making K-12 school
Curriculum or Student Nationality	US
Qualifications or Courses	IB, US HS diploma
Head of school	Dr Gunther Brandt (Director)
Executive body or owner	Educational Services Overseas Limited (ESOL)
Date founded	September 2005
Number of students (approx)	850
Number of staff (approx)	100
School location/area/map	Dubai Festival City, Garhoud - location map
Postal address	PO Box 79133, Dubai, UAE
Telephone	+971-4-2325222
Fax	+971-4-2325545
Email	registrar@uasdubai.ae
Website	www.uasdubai.ae (new window)
School fees structure	26,100-61,040 dhs per year (2009-2010)
Teacher salary range	7,800 - 13,700 dhs per month (estimate only, not confirmed)
Student satisfaction rating	from 51 votes. It sucks!Poor Average Good Love it!
Parent satisfaction rating	from 23 votes. Dreadful! Poor Average Good Excellent!
Teacher job satisfaction rating (by teachers, not about teachers)	from 10 votes. Dire!      Poor Average Good Outstanding!

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Universal American School Dubai fees 2009-2010

• Admission fee additional AED 4,000.

20 August 2009

• Universal American School (UAS) tuition fees information updated (was AED 23,500-56,000 for 2008-2009 academic year). Increase is about 9%-11%.
• Add admission fee of AED 4,000.

08 May 2009

• Dr Gunther Brandt is the new Universal American School director for 2009-2010 starting 01 August 2009, replacing Dr Ray Taylor (UAS notice 03 March 2009). Dr Brandt is coming from the Director position at the Baldwin School in Puerto Rico. Previously he was Director of Frankfurt International School, Director of the American School of Sao Paolo, head of Washington International School, Superintendent of Cairo American College, and had a mangement role at Hamburg International School. Dr Brandt even did some teaching between his university studies and globetrotting directorships.
• The KHDA (DSIB) inspection rating of "acceptable" for UAS is being appealed by the school. In a letter to parents dated 02 April 2009 (on UAS website), the director, Dr Taylor, says that the CIS and MSA inspections were much more thorough and came to a more positive conclusion than the KHDA. He says "The CIS and MSA processes include a detailed self-study through which the school's entire faculty and staff reflect on the school's performance and devise goals and strategies to enhance the school's strengths and remedy its weaknesses." ... "The KHDA process, on the other hand, consists of a relatively brief visit by a small group of educators who are totally unfamiliar with the school".

01 September 2008

• Fees information updated (was 21,000-51,000).
• UAS website says director is Dr Ray Taylor (was previously director of Munich International School for 8 years), started at UAS September 2006?
• Student body is about 30% North American, 15% Emirati / UAE Nationals, and over 70 nationalities represented altogether.
• Teachers are mostly from Canada and the USA.
• Student and teacher numbers for 2007-2008?
• UAS is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (MSA), and the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) in Dubai.
• UAS is also accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS) (UAS notice 28 August 2008).
• School facilities include swimming pool, indoor gymnasium, olympic size track and soccer field, music and art rooms, computer and science laboratories, and library.

14 October 2006

• Universal American School Dubai (UAS) is managed by Educational Services Overseas Limited (ESOL) who run several other schools in the Middle East region including the American International School in Abu Dhabi, but not the Universal American School Kuwait (which is unrelated to UAS Dubai except in name).
• Chairman and superintendent of ESOL is Walid Abushakra.
• Accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
• IB to be introduced in 2007-2008. Authorized by IBO to offer the IB diploma program from April 2007.
• Multi-national student body with most teachers from North America.
• PO Box given as 49776 on searchme.ae?
• Previous head was Mr Don Holt?
• Fee information for 2006-2007. Add 4,000 dhs registration/admission fee (one time) and 4,500-5,000 transport fee (annual).

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