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# Working as a teacher in the United Arab Emirates

Teacher is a regulated profession in the United Arab Emirates. Foreign qualifications go through: Hold at least a bachelor’s or four-year university degree in the required field; foreign graduates submit attested educational certificates. The Education Professional licence requires category-specific tests; tailored training follows an unsuccessful test.

- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: Hold at least a bachelor’s or four-year university degree in the required field; foreign graduates submit attested educational certificates. The Education Professional licence requires category-specific tests; tailored training follows an unsuccessful test.
- Recognition authority: Authority depends on emirate and school: MoE evaluates some private-school applicants; KHDA (Dubai), ADEK (Abu Dhabi), SPEA (Sharjah), and Ras Al Khaimah Department of Knowledge are named.

## Sources

Education Professional licence section: mandatory for UAE education professionals; teachers must hold a teacher licence to work legally. — https://u.ae/en/information-and-services/education/school-education-k-12/qualifications-to-be-a-teacher

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### APA

ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Teacher in the United Arab Emirates: recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 24549a26f1d4bbe3c35b64437fc45e42]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/teacher/united-arab-emirates/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Teacher in the United Arab Emirates: recognition},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
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  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {24549a26f1d4bbe3c35b64437fc45e42},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/teacher/united-arab-emirates/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

### Markdown

[Teacher in the United Arab Emirates: recognition](https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/teacher/united-arab-emirates/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version 24549a26f1d4bbe3c35b64437fc45e42; retrieved 2026-10-16; built 2026-10-16.

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