Working as a nurse in the United Arab Emirates
What official sources say about working as a nurse in the United Arab Emirates: how foreign qualifications are recognised.
Nurse is a regulated profession in the United Arab Emirates. Foreign qualifications go through: Submit qualifications and supporting documents for professional evaluation; prescribed examinations apply where required. The relevant authority evaluates the title under the unified PQR and issues the professional practice licence.
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Submit qualifications and supporting documents for professional evaluation; prescribed examinations apply where required. The relevant authority evaluates the title under the unified PQR and issues the professional practice licence.
Regulation and recognition
Nurse is a regulated profession in the United Arab Emirates.
- Recognition route
- Submit qualifications and supporting documents for professional evaluation; prescribed examinations apply where required. The relevant authority evaluates the title under the unified PQR and issues the professional practice licence.
- Recognition authority
- MoHAP, Department of Health–Abu Dhabi (DoH), Dubai Health Authority (DHA), and Sharjah Health Authority (SHA), through the unified health-professional qualification framework.
- Language requirement
- For healthcare-authority licensing exams governed by the Unified PQR, examinations are conducted in English; the clause does not set a CEFR level or a universal English-test score.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 23). Nurse in the United Arab Emirates: recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 36d0e898830b1e492733671bd570c9bf]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/united-arab-emirates/ Retrieved 2026-10-23. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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