Welcome to the Department of Special Education. The Department of Special Education established in the academic year 1987-1988 and is the first special education program in the United Arab Emirates. The Department of Special Education at the United Arab Emirates University is one of the top undergraduate and graduate level programs in the country. The department’s goal is to successfully prepare educators, leaders, and researchers to assist children and youth with special needs to be academically and socially successful life-long learners.

The program is committed to effective teaching, excellent field supervision as well as innovation, and leadership. Offering both undergraduate and graduate programs. You will graduate with all the knowledge, skills and dispositions that you need to be a successful special educator leader and researcher. The Special Education Department includes nationally and internationally renowned faculty.