Business degree is still number one choice among Dubai students

Out of the 52,586 students who attend higher education institutions in Dubai, 22,890 (44 per cent) are studying business, a Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) report found.

The report, which studies the Dubai private education landscape in 2013/14, found that the majority of students studying business reflect the business environment in Dubai.

As for the least chosen field of study, natural and physical science fell at the bottom of the list with only 226 students (0.4 per cent). Tourism and Hospitality (one per cent) as well as education (two per cent) and medicine (three per cent) followed.