Public university in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, founded 1997

University of Sharjah Admission Requirements 2027

The University of Sharjah, established in 1997, lists 21,183 students from more than 100 nationalities. Its tuition fees for academic year 2026/2027 are charged per credit hour, from AED 1,971 in Sharia and Islamic Studies to AED 2,656 in business, computing and several engineering programmes, and most master's programmes cost AED 3,200 per credit hour. The undergraduate application fee is AED 360.

Verified 15 Sep 2026 Sources Official site

Next deadline

Not published

The Fall 2026 round closed 1 Jul 2026. The next cycle is not published yet.

Tuition

See fees

charged per credit or per semester

English test

IELTS 5.5

TOEFL 61, waiver possible

Acceptance rate

Not published

Application fee

AED 360

Requirements

The university's own pages we could read do not state these requirements yet. Check the official admission page.

English test waiver

English-taught undergraduate programmes at the University of Sharjah require IELTS Academic 5.5, TOEFL iBT 61 or TOEFL ITP 500 or the equivalent, while a few Arabic-track programmes accept IELTS 4.0 or a remedial course and Sharia and Arabic-track arts programmes need no English test. Graduate programmes taught in English require TOEFL ITP 550 or its equivalent, or IELTS 6, and native English speakers whose earlier studies were in English are exempt.

Sources, checked 15 September 2026