Recent Projects
The Jafar Centre
The multi-award winning and visionary building reflects the College's strategic vision of education in the mid 21st century. Containing the stunning Bridgman Library, a green-screen studio, light and adaptive classrooms and Harkness suites, a magnificent art department and a cafe opening out onto the quad, the building represents our principles of inter-disciplinarity, group learning and break-out spaces.
The LEED Gold-certified Jafar Centre demonstrates exceptional sustainable credability, achieving the highest LEED score in the MENA region for schools (v4 BD+C). This high-performance academic hub designed to support STEM leaning, reduces electricity costs, lowers carbon emissions, and ensures a healthy, progressive environment for learning:
- the highest-scoring LEED v4 school building in the MENA region
- one of only three educational facilities in MENA to achieve LEED Gold under this rating system
- the fourth highest LEED score globally outside the USA for BD+C: Schools
- ranks 10th highest worldwide in LEED v4 BD+C: Schools
The Kilachand Piano
Dubai College is now the proud possessor of arguably the finest piano in the Emirate. A brand-new Steinway Concert D grand piano has been installed in the auditorium and will showcase the quality and standard of the school's young pianists. Our Piano students have already enjoyed a professional masterclass with pianist Andrew Smith on this prestigious instrument and the Music Department has a fantastic legacy for our musicians to enjoy for many years to come.
The Dubai College Foundation
The Dubai College Foundation is a UK-registered charity whose aims are to support the College and its philanthropic endeavours, both within DC and in the developing world. Registered with the International Humanitarian City in Dubai (reg. 150114) as well as the Charity Commission in the UK (reg. 1173243), it has its own board of Trustees and allows the College to fundraise within Dubai for third world projects as well as to offer tax-effective giving to UK supporters for both the College and worldwide projects through the Gift Aid system.