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Our admissions process is streamlined for your convenience and to ensure a fair, accessible and transparent process for all applicants.
How to Apply
The process of applying to Uptown International School is a simple three-step process.
Uptown International School is an authorized International Baccalaureate World School for the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP), Middle Years Programme (MYP) and the Diploma Programme (DP).
خطوة 01
Applying Online
Before Applying
01
- Please check our age categories to see which year group is correct for your child based on their date of birth.
خطوة 02
Finalizing the Application
02
- The confirmation email will provide a list of required documents and details on how to contact our admissions team.
- Make an appointment for your child’s assessment and pay the one-time, non-refundable and non-transferable application fee.
- All students applying to Uptown International School must be assessed, regardless of age, grade, school or nationality.
خطوة 03
Securing a Place
03
- We will contact you with a date for your child’s placement assessment, administered by the Admissions Office and Uptown International School faculty.
- After the assessment and upon receiving an acceptance letter, a deposit fee is required to reserve your seat.
- A seat cannot be held until the deposit payment is received. We will advise of the amount in the acceptance letter.
- Acceptance to Uptown International School is contingent upon the placement assessment results, student interview and former school reports.
خطوة 04
Apply for Admission
Admission Details
1. Prior to the Assessment
- One copy of the child’s/children’s passport and one copy of the parent's or guardian's.
- Copy of past two years' school report, signed and stamped on the school’s letterhead.
- Copy of any diagnostic testing, educational assessment or psychological assessment (if applicable).
- Emirates id copy of student and parents
- Student birth certificate
- Most recent school report of the student school letterhead paper, signed, dated and stamped
- Previous years school reports
- Application Fee of AED 500 plus 5% VAT added per government regulations. A placement assessment will not be undertaken until the application fee is received.
- Fees can be paid in person or using the Credit Card Authorization Form.
- Please scan the required documents and send them to registrar@uptownschool.ae/ admissions@uptownschool.ae
2. Following Assessment and Offer
- A non-refundable 4,000 registration fee is required to secure your child’s seat.
- Student photo
- Transfer (leaving) certificate
- Medical vaccination certificate
3. Before School Begins
- For Overseas Transfers: copy of the Transfer Certificate from your child's previous school, attested as per KHDA requirements.
- For Local Transfers: A KHDA-attested Transfer Certificate from the previous school is required. For Transfer Certificates, please click here.
- Recent medical record and copy of child’s/children’s vaccination card.
Please download and complete the Medical Form.
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