About the City:

Dubai is a city in the United Arab Emirates, located within the emirate. The emirate of Dubai is located on the southeast coast of the Persian Gulf and is one of the seven emirates that make up the country. It has the largest population in the UAE (2,106,177) and the second-largest land territory by area (4,114 km) after Abu Dhabi. It is one of the few cities in the world that has undergone such a rapid transformation - from a humble beginning as a pearl-diving center - to one of the fastest growing cities on earth. Dubai today is a tourism, trade and logistics hub and has earned itself the reputation of being the ‘gateway between the east and the west'.  It is also considered as the dynamic nucleus of the Arabian Gulf region.

Dubai is without a doubt a destination of the 21st century. Read any article about the fastest growing city in the region and it’s almost guaranteed you’ll see the words ‘ambitious’, ‘record-breaking’ and ‘staggering’. This meteoric growth has not gone unnoticed, and each year thousands of expats arrive to claim a slice of the action.Dubai is already renowned as the business capital of the Middle East Region. Dubai has always put a strong emphasis in education. In Dubai the no. of colleges and Universities has grown significantly in last 20 years and every year the no. of their staff and students increases by about 30%. There are many colleges and universities are affiliating themselves to prestigious institutions abroad.

For the research of structural biology, the most popular universities are

• University of Birmingham Dubai
• King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
• University of Wollongong
• University of Dubai
• Zayed University
• Biotechnology University College Dubai
• British university in Dubai
• American University in the Emirates (AUE)

Dubai Attractions:

Dubai is the most fashionable and progressive emirate out of the seven that make up the UAE, Dubai is more like an independent city that takes pride in its modernism. The place that is developing at an unbelievable pace especially in the tourism and trade sector. The best attractions of Dubai are Dubai Fountains, the tallest building Burj Khalifa, The Dubai Mall, Burj AI Arab, Ski Dubai, Global Village and the popular Museums are AI Jaber Gallery, Etihad Museum, Coffee Museum, Sky Dubai, IMG Words of Adventure, Legoland Dubai, Seawings snapshot Experience, Musandam kahsab day trip, Alserkal Avenue Arts Distinct, Dubai Atlantis Aquaventure Waterpark, Dubai Marina Tours etc.

Transportation Facilities to Dubai:

In Dubai, Dubai International Airport is there to make the transport more efficient from other countries. The airport has won numerous awards for its excellence in design and services. Airbuses are also there to make the journey more comfortable from the airport to the proposed place. Al Maktoum International Airport, a major airport in Jebel Ali, Dubai, currently under construction is likely to be the largest airport in the world in terms of freight handled moving up to 12 million tonnes a year, and with capacity to handle five million passengers a year during its first phase of construction.

The airport will be fully built-out and operational by 2017, although this date may be extended further, given, the impact of global financial crisis. The airport is the biggest section of Dubai World Central. When fully built, it will be an airport with 120million passenger/year capacity. The airport will complement the Dubai International Airport, located 40kms away.