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AI courses and bootcamps in the UAE

Square1 Ai is an online school, registered in Sri Lanka. Its 27 live bootcamps run for twelve weeks on Zoom with one instructor and 10 projects you keep, from AED 549; self-paced courses start at AED 109. UAE cohorts meet on weekday evenings from 7 PM Gulf time, with full-day sessions at weekends.

AED 549Live bootcamps
7:00 PM UAE timeWeekday sessions start
12 weeksLive, 10 projects you keep

Founding price, half the AED 1,099 standard, until 1 December. Self-paced courses from AED 109.

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What AI roles pay

What AI and tech roles pay in the UAE

Annual base salary in the UAE, from Payscale (read 22 October 2026). The range is the middle half of reported salaries, and each row shows how many salary profiles it rests on.

What AI and tech roles pay in the UAE
RoleMedian a yearMiddle halfTrain for it
Senior software engineerPayscale113 salary profilesAED 223,900AED 100,000 to AED 325,800Claude Code for Engineering, Codex for Software Engineering
DevOps engineerPayscale31 salary profilesAED 200,000AED 88,900 to AED 307,200LLMOps, Cloud Engineer with AI
Solutions architectPayscale45 salary profilesAED 180,000AED 83,100 to AED 312,800Forward Deployed Engineer
Product managerPayscale46 salary profilesAED 170,000AED 83,500 to AED 308,000AI Product Manager
Machine learning engineerPayscale20 salary profilesAED 148,300AED 50,900 to AED 197,200ML Engineer
Business analystPayscale49 salary profilesAED 143,800AED 55,000 to AED 238,500Data Analyst with AI

Salaries are what employers in the UAE report paying, not what Square1 Ai students earn: the first cohorts have not graduated.

Live bootcamps

Bootcamps that fit a working week in UAE.

Twelve weeks each, weekday evenings and weekend days, 25 spots a cohort. Reserving a seat holds the founding price.

Gen AI BootcampBuild and ship LLM products: prompting, retrieval, agents, evals, production.AED 549See the bootcampAgentic AI BootcampMulti-agent systems that plan, coordinate and run in production.AED 549See the bootcampRAG and Search Engineering BootcampRetrieval that actually finds the right thing, measured, at scale.AED 549See the bootcampVoice AI Agents BootcampPhone and in-app voice agents that hold a conversation and complete a task.AED 549See the bootcampML Engineer BootcampTrain, evaluate and serve models that pass contract tests, not notebooks that run once.AED 549See the bootcampComputer Vision BootcampFrom pixels to a deployed vision pipeline you can explain line by line.AED 549See the bootcampFine-Tuning and Open-Weights BootcampPost-train, evaluate and deploy your own model for a real task.AED 549See the bootcampPhysical AI and Robotics BootcampPerception, control and simulation for machines that move.AED 549See the bootcampData Science BootcampFrom messy data to a decision a business acts on, six times.AED 549See the bootcampData Engineering with AI BootcampPipelines, warehouses and quality checks, with agents doing the grunt work.AED 549See the bootcampData Analyst with AI BootcampSQL, dashboards and AI-assisted analysis that answer a manager's question with evidence.AED 549See the bootcampAnalytics Engineer BootcampSQL, modelling and AI-assisted analysis that a finance team trusts.AED 549See the bootcampCodex for Software Engineering BootcampBuild and maintain real codebases with Codex as the pair, from spec to release.AED 549See the bootcampForward Deployed Engineer BootcampDeploy AI systems inside a customer's walls and hand them over running.AED 549See the bootcampClaude Code for Engineering BootcampRun an engineering workflow where Claude Code writes, tests and ships under your review.AED 549See the bootcampSoftware Engineering with AI BootcampShip a full-stack product with coding agents, then prove the defect is fixed.AED 549See the bootcampLLMOps BootcampServe, observe and pay for LLMs in production without surprises.AED 549See the bootcampLLM Evals and Reliability BootcampMake an AI system you can trust: evals, guardrails, monitoring, incident review.AED 549See the bootcampCybersecurity BootcampFind the vulnerability, prove it against a withheld key, fix it.AED 549See the bootcampAI Security and Red-Teaming BootcampAttack and defend LLM applications: prompt injection, data exfiltration, model abuse.AED 549See the bootcampCloud Security Engineer BootcampSecure AWS, Azure and Kubernetes the way a cloud security team does: find it, fix it, prove it.AED 549See the bootcampAI Automation Engineer BootcampReplace six manual business processes with agents and automation that keep running.AED 549See the bootcampGTM Engineer BootcampBuild the outbound machine: data, enrichment, automation, CRM, attribution.AED 549See the bootcampAI Sales Engineer BootcampRun the technical side of an AI sale: discovery, demo, proof of concept.AED 549See the bootcampAI Product Manager BootcampDecide what an AI product should do, prove it with evals, and ship it.AED 549See the bootcampAI Founder BootcampGo from idea to a launched AI product with paying users in twelve weeks.AED 549See the bootcampCloud Engineer with AI BootcampDesign, deploy and run cloud systems with AI doing the toil.AED 549See the bootcamp
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AI courses in the UAE, side by side

AI courses you can take in the UAE in 2026, with their length, how they are taught and the fee each provider lists.

AI courses in the UAE, side by side
CourseLengthHow it is taughtFee
Global AI Leadership Program (Weekend edition)The Academy, MBZUAI3 Oct - 21 Nov 2026, six Saturday modulesclassroom, MBZUAI campus, Abu DhabiAED 55,000 (VAT included, per the October 2026 prospectus)
Global AI Leadership Program (Week-long edition)The Academy, MBZUAIFive consecutive days (5-9 Apr 2027)classroom, MBZUAI campus, Abu DhabiAED 45,000 (VAT not stated on the page)
Data Science & AILe Wagon DubaiAbout 2 months full-time (about 6 months part-time)classroom Dubai or live onlineNot listed on its site
AI with Python (Machine Learning)Edoxi Training Institute60 hoursclassroom Dubai (Bur Dubai) or live onlineNot listed on its site
Live AI bootcamps (27 tracks)Square1 Ai12 weeks, about 15 hours a weekLive online, weekday evenings from 7 PM Gulf time and weekend daysAED 549 (founding price)

Fees and lengths as each provider lists them on its own site, checked 22 October 2026. Ask the provider for the current intake before you pay.

Your options

Four ways to learn AI in the UAE

Each fits a different person. The right one depends on whether you need a degree, a university name, a free start or a portfolio.

  1. Route 1

    A degree or master's

    Fits when You want a formal qualification in AI, or the theory in depth.

    Watch for Years of study and a large fee; check how much of it uses the tools teams work with now.

  2. Route 2

    A university or institute short course

    Fits when You want a known name on a short AI course, online or on campus.

    Watch for Most are a few weeks and teach concepts; ask whether you build and deploy something.

  3. Route 3

    A free or funded programme

    Fits when You want to try AI before paying for anything.

    Watch for Good for basics; nobody reviews your work, so you still need projects to show.

  4. Route 4

    A live online bootcamp

    Fits when You are working and want a job-shaped portfolio in twelve weeks, taught live on Gulf time.

    Watch for Square1 Ai's bootcamps are new and not accredited: the first cohorts have not graduated, so there is no placement rate yet.

Questions

Questions people in the UAE ask

Which AI course is best in the UAE?

It depends on what you need. The Academy, MBZUAI's Global AI Leadership Program (Weekend edition) lists AED 55,000 (VAT included, per the October 2026 prospectus) and The Academy, MBZUAI's Global AI Leadership Program (Week-long edition) lists AED 45,000 (VAT not stated on the page); the table above lists each one's length and fee. If you are working and want a portfolio an employer can check, Square1 Ai's twelve-week live bootcamps are AED 549 at the founding price.

How much does an AI course cost in the UAE?

A Square1 Ai live AI bootcamp is AED 549, the founding price until 1 December (the standard price is AED 1,099), and a self-paced course is AED 109. Other providers' fees are in the table above.

What does a solutions architect earn in the UAE?

Payscale puts the median base salary for a solutions architect in the UAE at AED 180,000 a year, with the middle half between AED 83,100 and AED 312,800, from 45 salary profiles.

Are there free AI or tech courses in the UAE?

Yes. 42 Abu Dhabi: Tuition-free peer-to-peer coding academy in the 42 Network; its Level 6 qualification is equivalent to a Bachelor's in Software Development and AI Applications; admission through an online game, a check-in and the Piscine. Square1 Ai's certification practice is free too: practice questions, timed mock exams and study plans for AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, CompTIA, Cisco, ISC2 and Claude exams.

Can I learn AI online in the UAE while working full time?

Yes. UAE cohorts meet on weekday evenings from 7 PM Gulf time, with full-day sessions at weekends. The work between sessions is graded by Nova, Square1 Ai's AI tutor, whenever you submit it. Plan for about fifteen hours a week across the twelve weeks.

Is it an accredited qualification in the UAE?

No. Square1 Ai teaches online and its bootcamps are not accredited by the UAE Ministry of Higher Education or the KHDA. You leave with 10 deployed projects and a recorded defence of your work, not an accredited certificate.

Does the bootcamp guarantee a job?

No. No placement rate is published because the first cohorts have not graduated. You leave with 10 projects an employer can open and run, a recorded defence of your work, and a hiring plan worked through with your instructor.

How do I pay?

Reserving a seat is free and takes your name, email and country. Nothing is charged until the start date is confirmed and you say yes.

25 spots a cohort. Hold one on Gulf time.

Pick a bootcamp, reserve with your name and email, and hear the start date first. Nothing is charged until you confirm.

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