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GEMS World Academy – Dubai delivers award-winning education that inspires ambition, academic excellence, and independent thinking. Through strong pastoral care and a vibrant international community, we nurture curiosity, global awareness, and personal growth. Discover the difference in an inclusive environment where every student is empowered to thrive.

EXPLORE our
Curriculum

GEMS World Academy – Dubai offers award-winning education with high aspirations for every student. With strong pastoral care, we foster academic success, independent thinking, and global awareness. Our inclusive, ambitious community nurtures curiosity, hard work, and excellence, shaping future leaders ready to make a difference. 

2 to 3 years old

Nursery

The GEMS World Academy – Dubai Nursery offers a Reggio-inspired programme for children aged 2 and 3 years, leading into an IB programme from age 3.

4 to 11 years old

Primary Years Programme

The PYP places the child at the centre of learning, using an integrated framework of essential elements that connect to support personal, social, emotional, and physical development.

11 to 16 years old

Middle Years Programme

The MYP (Grades 6-10) supports adolescents’ growth with a rigorous curriculum that fosters inquiry, conceptual understanding, and critical thinking, meeting their intellectual, emotional, and social needs.

16 to 19 years old

Diploma Programme

The IB Diploma Programme (DP) is a challenging curriculum for students aged 16-19, preparing them for university and beyond. It promotes holistic growth and is highly respected by top universities worldwide.

16 to 19 years old

Career-Related Programme

The Career-related Programme (CP) blends IB values with career-focused education. GEMS World Academy – Dubai is one of only two IB schools in the UAE accredited to offer all four IB programmes.

Welcome from
our Principal

Welcome to GEMS World Academy – Dubai (GWA), where we provide an award-winning education. We are an inclusive, positive, stimulating, demanding and open-minded community.  We have huge ambition and aspiration for every student, and our commitment to their success is combined with excellent pastoral support to make sure that students feel safe, secure, and successful always. 

Dr Saima Rana

Deputy CEO,
GEMS Education and CEO/Principal, GEMS World Academy – Dubai 

WHY

GEMS World Academy?

At GEMS World Academy – Dubai, our tailored IB approach goes beyond the classroom, preparing students for life after graduation. Over 60% of our alumni have joined top 50 QS World Universities, including Cambridge, Yale, Princeton, and Oxford.

GWA_The IB Plus 2

WHY

GEMS World Academy?

At GEMS World Academy – Dubai, our tailored IB approach goes beyond the classroom, preparing students for life after graduation. Over 60% of our alumni have joined top 50 QS World Universities, including Cambridge, Yale, Princeton, and Oxford.

GWA_Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Social Impact-1

WHY

GEMS World Academy?

At GEMS World Academy – Dubai, our tailored IB approach goes beyond the classroom, preparing students for life after graduation. Over 60% of our alumni have joined top 50 QS World Universities, including Cambridge, Yale, Princeton, and Oxford.

University Destinations

WHY

GEMS World Academy?

At GEMS World Academy – Dubai, our tailored IB approach goes beyond the classroom, preparing students for life after graduation. Over 60% of our alumni have joined top 50 QS World Universities, including Cambridge, Yale, Princeton, and Oxford.

GWA_Extra-Curricular Opportunities

WHY

GEMS World Academy?

At GEMS World Academy – Dubai, our tailored IB approach goes beyond the classroom, preparing students for life after graduation. Over 60% of our alumni have joined top 50 QS World Universities, including Cambridge, Yale, Princeton, and Oxford.

The Language Institute
The IB Plus
Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Social Impact
University Destinations
Extra-Curricular Opportunities
The Language Institute

Why choose

GEMS World Academy - Dubai?

The IB Plus

WHY

GEMS World Academy?

At GEMS World Academy – Dubai, our tailored IB approach goes beyond the classroom, preparing students for life after graduation. Over 60% of our alumni have joined top 50 QS World Universities, including Cambridge, Yale, Princeton, and Oxford.

GWA_The IB Plus 2
Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Social Impact

WHY

GEMS World Academy?

At GEMS World Academy – Dubai, our tailored IB approach goes beyond the classroom, preparing students for life after graduation. Over 60% of our alumni have joined top 50 QS World Universities, including Cambridge, Yale, Princeton, and Oxford.

GWA_Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Social Impact-1
University Destinations

WHY

GEMS World Academy?

At GEMS World Academy – Dubai, our tailored IB approach goes beyond the classroom, preparing students for life after graduation. Over 60% of our alumni have joined top 50 QS World Universities, including Cambridge, Yale, Princeton, and Oxford.

University Destinations
Extra-Curricular Opportunities

WHY

GEMS World Academy?

At GEMS World Academy – Dubai, our tailored IB approach goes beyond the classroom, preparing students for life after graduation. Over 60% of our alumni have joined top 50 QS World Universities, including Cambridge, Yale, Princeton, and Oxford.

GWA_Extra-Curricular Opportunities
The Language Institute

WHY

GEMS World Academy?

At GEMS World Academy – Dubai, our tailored IB approach goes beyond the classroom, preparing students for life after graduation. Over 60% of our alumni have joined top 50 QS World Universities, including Cambridge, Yale, Princeton, and Oxford.

The Language Institute

MEET OUR

EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAM

Our diverse team of educators from across the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa brings global expertise to a truly international environment. With over 900 years of combined IB experience, our staff are at the heart of everything we do. We invest in people, nurture a strong, values-driven culture, and lead innovation through action research, best practice groups, and forward-thinking teaching and learning approaches.

MORE FOR

OUR COMMUNITY

GEMS World Academy’s State-of-the-Art Senior School 
We are excited that we have expanded our school with the opening of GEMS World Academy’s brand-new, purpose-built Senior School, just minutes from our original site. Specifically designed for students in Grades 9-12, this cutting-edge campus offers an unrivaled educational environment, created to foster both academic excellence and personal growth. 

MORE FOR

OUR COMMUNITY

GEMS World Academy’s State-of-the-Art Senior School 
We are excited that we have expanded our school with the opening of GEMS World Academy’s brand-new, purpose-built Senior School, just minutes from our original site. Specifically designed for students in Grades 9-12, this cutting-edge campus offers an unrivaled educational environment, created to foster both academic excellence and personal growth. 

MORE FOR

OUR COMMUNITY

GEMS World Academy’s State-of-the-Art Senior School 
We are excited that we have expanded our school with the opening of GEMS World Academy’s brand-new, purpose-built Senior School, just minutes from our original site. Specifically designed for students in Grades 9-12, this cutting-edge campus offers an unrivaled educational environment, created to foster both academic excellence and personal growth. 

MORE FOR

OUR COMMUNITY

GEMS World Academy’s State-of-the-Art Senior School 
We are excited that we have expanded our school with the opening of GEMS World Academy’s brand-new, purpose-built Senior School, just minutes from our original site. Specifically designed for students in Grades 9-12, this cutting-edge campus offers an unrivaled educational environment, created to foster both academic excellence and personal growth. 

MORE FOR

OUR COMMUNITY

GEMS World Academy’s State-of-the-Art Senior School 
We are excited that we have expanded our school with the opening of GEMS World Academy’s brand-new, purpose-built Senior School, just minutes from our original site. Specifically designed for students in Grades 9-12, this cutting-edge campus offers an unrivaled educational environment, created to foster both academic excellence and personal growth. 

MORE FOR

OUR COMMUNITY

GEMS World Academy’s State-of-the-Art Senior School 
We are excited that we have expanded our school with the opening of GEMS World Academy’s brand-new, purpose-built Senior School, just minutes from our original site. Specifically designed for students in Grades 9-12, this cutting-edge campus offers an unrivaled educational environment, created to foster both academic excellence and personal growth. 

MORE FOR

OUR COMMUNITY

GEMS World Academy’s State-of-the-Art Senior School 
We are excited that we have expanded our school with the opening of GEMS World Academy’s brand-new, purpose-built Senior School, just minutes from our original site. Specifically designed for students in Grades 9-12, this cutting-edge campus offers an unrivaled educational environment, created to foster both academic excellence and personal growth. 

MORE FOR

OUR COMMUNITY

GEMS World Academy’s State-of-the-Art Senior School 
We are excited that we have expanded our school with the opening of GEMS World Academy’s brand-new, purpose-built Senior School, just minutes from our original site. Specifically designed for students in Grades 9-12, this cutting-edge campus offers an unrivaled educational environment, created to foster both academic excellence and personal growth. 

Innovative Learning Spaces
Four-Court Sports Hall 
25m

Swimming Pool 
Art
Rooms
Black Box
Theatre
Sustainability
Centres
Fitness
Studio
Music Practice
Rooms

Hear from
OUR GWA Community 

At GEMS World Academy – Dubai, we believe in the power of community. "Voices of our Community" highlights the stories, experiences, and insights of our students, parents, staff, and alumni. Their diverse perspectives showcase the vibrant spirit that makes our school truly exceptional

The biggest thing for me is the warmth, the feeling of being one big family.
The friends we had made at the school, throughout the years are unbelievable. I feel that the school has always been there to support us, just as other parents. And other families have been there to support us. The way the students are able to reflect, especially on their own learning, Also, to apply everything into the real world.

Anna Martin

GWA Parent

I love the fact that it’s an IB curriculum and that they have so many extra enrichment activities at the school for my children and they really encourage them to embrace all their talents and all their interests.
And the children love to come to school every day because they have so many opportunities for them to just excel. Both of my children really enjoy the IB because they can really be themselves. The IB embraces their critical thinking skills and really push them to be the best that they can be. The children have grown up here, so it really is their second home. And I think it’s a place where they can enjoy themselves, they can have fun, they can make friends, and they can learn at the same time. So, I really love that GWA is the school that my kids are going to.

Leigh Glicksman

GWA Parent

school admissions
Nursery – Grade 12