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SDG 05 – Gender Equality 2025
DMU began in 1986 as Dubai Medical College for Girls, among the UAE's first medical colleges, at a time when few women in the region could study medicine. Four decades on, women make up almost all of its student body, and DMU's 2025 work extended that mission to women's health in the community (Link).
Women in education at DMU
Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
Women enrolled, AY 2025/26 | 825 of 828 (99.6%) |
Women among 2024/25 graduates | 58 of 59 |
Women among full-time faculty (current directory) | 24 of 38 |
Women among administrative and professional staff (current directory) | 68 of 84 |
Scholarships of up to 40% are open to every female student, and Emirati women in Pharmacy and Nursing receive full scholarships through NAFES. Equal treatment is set out in the Disability, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion policy (D.10).
Women's leadership
Women's Health & Empowerment Club launched (10 February 2025) (Link)
A student-led platform “by women, for women” for women's health awareness, leadership and advocacy, opened with talks by alumni physicians.
The Student Council President, a second-year medical student, won the Sandooq Al Watan HealthTech Pitch Competition and was named among Entrepreneur Middle East's Top 50 Visionary Women 2025.
Four Emirati women medical students were selected for the Emirates Family Medicine Society Youth Council.
Two College of Pharmacy projects led by women faculty were shortlisted from 900 posters at the University of Sharjah's Fifth Women in Research Forum.
DMU's community Iftar on 11 March 2025 honoured International Women's Day, and DMU celebrated Emirati Women's Day on 27 August 2025.
Women's health in the community
Cervical cancer and HPV vaccination awareness, GEMS Cambridge International School (January).
Female hygiene and women's health sessions for girls at Al Ansar School, Sharjah, and Al Mawakeb Al Garhoud (February–March).
“Empower Her” pre-eclampsia awareness day with Nabta Health and CMC Hospital (April) — Link.
Endometriosis awareness campaign (April).
Breast cancer awareness at DMU Hospital, with free mammogram vouchers, and in two girls' schools (October).
Research on women's health (2025)
Breast cancer screening and prevention in the UAE — BMC Public Health (DOI)
Evaluation of health-related quality of life of female students suffering from primary dysmenorrhea — Frontiers in Public Health (DOI)
From biomolecules to breakthroughs: exosomes as next-generation theranostics in female infertility — Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology (DOI)
Sources
QA Hub registers (events, partnerships, research, scholarships, enrolment), read 19 October 2026
QA Hub staff directory (October 2026)
DMU news, dmu.ae