Malé · private · Dhivehi (national language) + English (HE primary medium; Arabic for Islamic studies)
SubjectsEngineering & Technology · Natural Sciences · Business & Management · Arts & Humanities · Social Sciences · Law · Computer Science & IT
Accreditation
Maldives Qualifications Authority (MQA / މޯލްޑިވްސް ކޮލިފިކޭޝަންސް އޮތޯރިޓީ) — established under Higher Education Act; statutory body under Ministry of Higher Education, Labour and Skills Development regulating Maldivian HE qualifications, programme accreditation, institutional licensing, and foreign-qualification recognition. Maldives HE is small in scale reflecting country's ~520K population: 1 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Maldives National University, MNU, 2011); 1 INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Islamic University of Maldives, IUM, 2015); ~10-15 PRIVATE COLLEGES (Villa, Cyryx, Mandhu, Avid, MAPS, Clique, etc.). Plus specialised: Maldives Polytechnic (technical-vocational), Maldives Aviation Academy. Most institutions concentrated in capital Malé due to extreme urbanisation (~40% of population in Malé). Dhivehi is national language; English is HE primary medium given small Dhivehi-language academic-resource base and international student recruitment.. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-15.
Founded 2008 (chartered as private college with Australian university partnerships). Major Maldivian private college with Australian university partnerships. Founded 2008. ~1,500+ students. Strong business + IT programmes.
Malé · private · Dhivehi (national language) + English (HE primary medium; Arabic for Islamic studies)
SubjectsBusiness & Management · Tourism
Accreditation
Maldives Qualifications Authority (MQA / މޯލްޑިވްސް ކޮލިފިކޭޝަންސް އޮތޯރިޓީ) — established under Higher Education Act; statutory body under Ministry of Higher Education, Labour and Skills Development regulating Maldivian HE qualifications, programme accreditation, institutional licensing, and foreign-qualification recognition. Maldives HE is small in scale reflecting country's ~520K population: 1 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Maldives National University, MNU, 2011); 1 INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Islamic University of Maldives, IUM, 2015); ~10-15 PRIVATE COLLEGES (Villa, Cyryx, Mandhu, Avid, MAPS, Clique, etc.). Plus specialised: Maldives Polytechnic (technical-vocational), Maldives Aviation Academy. Most institutions concentrated in capital Malé due to extreme urbanisation (~40% of population in Malé). Dhivehi is national language; English is HE primary medium given small Dhivehi-language academic-resource base and international student recruitment.. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-15.
Founded 2014 (chartered as private business + management college). Major Maldivian private business college. Founded 2014. ~1,000 students. Business + management + tourism programmes.
Malé · private · Dhivehi (national language) + English (HE primary medium; Arabic for Islamic studies)
SubjectsEngineering & Technology · Natural Sciences · Business & Management · Arts & Humanities · Social Sciences · Law · Computer Science & IT · Tourism
Accreditation
Maldives Qualifications Authority (MQA / މޯލްޑިވްސް ކޮލިފިކޭޝަންސް އޮތޯރިޓީ) — established under Higher Education Act; statutory body under Ministry of Higher Education, Labour and Skills Development regulating Maldivian HE qualifications, programme accreditation, institutional licensing, and foreign-qualification recognition. Maldives HE is small in scale reflecting country's ~520K population: 1 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Maldives National University, MNU, 2011); 1 INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Islamic University of Maldives, IUM, 2015); ~10-15 PRIVATE COLLEGES (Villa, Cyryx, Mandhu, Avid, MAPS, Clique, etc.). Plus specialised: Maldives Polytechnic (technical-vocational), Maldives Aviation Academy. Most institutions concentrated in capital Malé due to extreme urbanisation (~40% of population in Malé). Dhivehi is national language; English is HE primary medium given small Dhivehi-language academic-resource base and international student recruitment.. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-15.
Founded 2009 (chartered as private business + IT focused college). Major Maldivian private college specialising in business + IT. Founded 2009. ~2,500+ students. English-medium. Strong information technology + business + tourism programmes.
Malé · public · Dhivehi (national language) + English (HE primary medium; Arabic for Islamic studies)
SubjectsMedicine & Health Sciences · Pharmacy
Accreditation
Maldives Qualifications Authority (MQA / މޯލްޑިވްސް ކޮލިފިކޭޝަންސް އޮތޯރިޓީ) — established under Higher Education Act; statutory body under Ministry of Higher Education, Labour and Skills Development regulating Maldivian HE qualifications, programme accreditation, institutional licensing, and foreign-qualification recognition. Maldives HE is small in scale reflecting country's ~520K population: 1 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Maldives National University, MNU, 2011); 1 INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Islamic University of Maldives, IUM, 2015); ~10-15 PRIVATE COLLEGES (Villa, Cyryx, Mandhu, Avid, MAPS, Clique, etc.). Plus specialised: Maldives Polytechnic (technical-vocational), Maldives Aviation Academy. Most institutions concentrated in capital Malé due to extreme urbanisation (~40% of population in Malé). Dhivehi is national language; English is HE primary medium given small Dhivehi-language academic-resource base and international student recruitment.. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-15.
Founded 1973 (heritage to Allied Health Services Training Centre 1973 — Maldives's OLDEST HE institutional predecessor; now Faculty of Health Sciences within MNU). Maldives's premier health sciences institution. EXTRAORDINARY HERITAGE — to ALLIED HEALTH SERVICES TRAINING CENTRE 1973 — MALDIVES'S OLDEST HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONAL PREDECESSOR (pre-dates MNU 2011 by 38 years). Now Faculty of Health Sciences within MNU. ~1,500 students. Nursing + pharmacy + biomedical sciences. Major pipeline for Maldivian healthcare. Maldives still imports significant doctors from Pakistan + India + Bangladesh + Sri Lanka.
Malé · public · Dhivehi (national language) + English (HE primary medium; Arabic for Islamic studies)
SubjectsTourism · Business & Management
Accreditation
Maldives Qualifications Authority (MQA / މޯލްޑިވްސް ކޮލިފިކޭޝަންސް އޮތޯރިޓީ) — established under Higher Education Act; statutory body under Ministry of Higher Education, Labour and Skills Development regulating Maldivian HE qualifications, programme accreditation, institutional licensing, and foreign-qualification recognition. Maldives HE is small in scale reflecting country's ~520K population: 1 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Maldives National University, MNU, 2011); 1 INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Islamic University of Maldives, IUM, 2015); ~10-15 PRIVATE COLLEGES (Villa, Cyryx, Mandhu, Avid, MAPS, Clique, etc.). Plus specialised: Maldives Polytechnic (technical-vocational), Maldives Aviation Academy. Most institutions concentrated in capital Malé due to extreme urbanisation (~40% of population in Malé). Dhivehi is national language; English is HE primary medium given small Dhivehi-language academic-resource base and international student recruitment.. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-15.
Founded 1987 (heritage to Hotel and Catering Training School; now Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism Studies within Maldives National University 2011). Maldives's premier tourism + hospitality training institution. Heritage to 1987 Hotel and Catering Training School. Now Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism Studies within MNU 2011. ~2,000 students. CRITICAL for Maldives — tourism is ~30% of GDP and biggest employer. COVID-2020 context: ~99% drop in tourist arrivals during pandemic, -33% Maldives GDP contraction, faculty programmes severely impacted; rebuilding 2022-onwards.
Malé · public · Dhivehi (national language) + English (HE primary medium; Arabic for Islamic studies)
SubjectsTheology & Religious Studies · Languages & Linguistics · Education · Law
Accreditation
Maldives Qualifications Authority (MQA / މޯލްޑިވްސް ކޮލިފިކޭޝަންސް އޮތޯރިޓީ) — established under Higher Education Act; statutory body under Ministry of Higher Education, Labour and Skills Development regulating Maldivian HE qualifications, programme accreditation, institutional licensing, and foreign-qualification recognition. Maldives HE is small in scale reflecting country's ~520K population: 1 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Maldives National University, MNU, 2011); 1 INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Islamic University of Maldives, IUM, 2015); ~10-15 PRIVATE COLLEGES (Villa, Cyryx, Mandhu, Avid, MAPS, Clique, etc.). Plus specialised: Maldives Polytechnic (technical-vocational), Maldives Aviation Academy. Most institutions concentrated in capital Malé due to extreme urbanisation (~40% of population in Malé). Dhivehi is national language; English is HE primary medium given small Dhivehi-language academic-resource base and international student recruitment.. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-15.
Founded 2015 (chartered as MALDIVES'S SECOND national-level university — specialised in Islamic sciences; heritage to Faculty of Sharia and Law within Maldives National University). MALDIVES'S SECOND national-level university — specialised in Islamic sciences. Chartered 16 February 2015. Heritage to Faculty of Sharia and Law within MNU; spun off as independent university due to growing demand for Islamic HE in 100%-Sunni-Muslim Maldives. ~3,000+ students. 5 faculties: Islamic Studies + Sharia and Law + Quran and Sunnah + Languages + Educational Studies. ARABIC-DHIVEHI bilingual with English Islamic finance programmes. Major imam-training pipeline for Maldives. CONTEXT: Maldives Constitution Article 9-10 requires Maldivian citizens be Sunni Muslim — IUM serves entire population 100% Sunni context.
Hulhulé · public · Dhivehi (national language) + English (HE primary medium; Arabic for Islamic studies)
SubjectsEngineering & Technology
Accreditation
Maldives Qualifications Authority (MQA / މޯލްޑިވްސް ކޮލިފިކޭޝަންސް އޮތޯރިޓީ) — established under Higher Education Act; statutory body under Ministry of Higher Education, Labour and Skills Development regulating Maldivian HE qualifications, programme accreditation, institutional licensing, and foreign-qualification recognition. Maldives HE is small in scale reflecting country's ~520K population: 1 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Maldives National University, MNU, 2011); 1 INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Islamic University of Maldives, IUM, 2015); ~10-15 PRIVATE COLLEGES (Villa, Cyryx, Mandhu, Avid, MAPS, Clique, etc.). Plus specialised: Maldives Polytechnic (technical-vocational), Maldives Aviation Academy. Most institutions concentrated in capital Malé due to extreme urbanisation (~40% of population in Malé). Dhivehi is national language; English is HE primary medium given small Dhivehi-language academic-resource base and international student recruitment.. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-15.
Founded 1979 (heritage to Civil Aviation Authority training school; major expansion as institution serving Maldivian + regional aviation training). Maldivian aviation training institution. Heritage to Civil Aviation Authority training school 1979. Located on Hulhulé island near Velana International Airport. ~500 students. Pilot training + air traffic control + aviation engineering. Strategic for tourism-dependent Maldives — aviation infrastructure is critical national industry.
Maldives Qualifications Authority (MQA / މޯލްޑިވްސް ކޮލިފިކޭޝަންސް އޮތޯރިޓީ) — established under Higher Education Act; statutory body under Ministry of Higher Education, Labour and Skills Development regulating Maldivian HE qualifications, programme accreditation, institutional licensing, and foreign-qualification recognition. Maldives HE is small in scale reflecting country's ~520K population: 1 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Maldives National University, MNU, 2011); 1 INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Islamic University of Maldives, IUM, 2015); ~10-15 PRIVATE COLLEGES (Villa, Cyryx, Mandhu, Avid, MAPS, Clique, etc.). Plus specialised: Maldives Polytechnic (technical-vocational), Maldives Aviation Academy. Most institutions concentrated in capital Malé due to extreme urbanisation (~40% of population in Malé). Dhivehi is national language; English is HE primary medium given small Dhivehi-language academic-resource base and international student recruitment.. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-15.
Founded 2009 (chartered as Maldives's technical-vocational education institution; under Maldives Qualifications Authority + Ministry of Higher Education direct authority). Maldives's national technical-vocational education institution. Founded 2009. Heritage to Vocational Training Center 1974 + Maldives Center for Linguistic + Maldives Polytechnic merging. ~3,000+ students. Multi-campus: Malé + Hulhumale + Hithadhoo + Kulhudhuffushi (regional reach). Strong engineering + IT + construction + maritime + tourism vocational programmes.
Malé · private · Dhivehi (national language) + English (HE primary medium; Arabic for Islamic studies)
SubjectsEngineering & Technology · Natural Sciences · Business & Management · Arts & Humanities · Social Sciences · Law · Computer Science & IT · Tourism
Accreditation
Maldives Qualifications Authority (MQA / މޯލްޑިވްސް ކޮލިފިކޭޝަންސް އޮތޯރިޓީ) — established under Higher Education Act; statutory body under Ministry of Higher Education, Labour and Skills Development regulating Maldivian HE qualifications, programme accreditation, institutional licensing, and foreign-qualification recognition. Maldives HE is small in scale reflecting country's ~520K population: 1 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Maldives National University, MNU, 2011); 1 INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Islamic University of Maldives, IUM, 2015); ~10-15 PRIVATE COLLEGES (Villa, Cyryx, Mandhu, Avid, MAPS, Clique, etc.). Plus specialised: Maldives Polytechnic (technical-vocational), Maldives Aviation Academy. Most institutions concentrated in capital Malé due to extreme urbanisation (~40% of population in Malé). Dhivehi is national language; English is HE primary medium given small Dhivehi-language academic-resource base and international student recruitment.. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-15.
Founded 2008 (chartered as private multi-discipline college; "Mandhu" = "Mandhu" Maldivian term). Major Maldivian private college. Founded 2008. ~2,000+ students. Business + IT + tourism + management programmes. English-medium.
Malé · private · Dhivehi (national language) + English (HE primary medium; Arabic for Islamic studies)
SubjectsMedicine & Health Sciences · Pharmacy
Accreditation
Maldives Qualifications Authority (MQA / މޯލްޑިވްސް ކޮލިފިކޭޝަންސް އޮތޯރިޓީ) — established under Higher Education Act; statutory body under Ministry of Higher Education, Labour and Skills Development regulating Maldivian HE qualifications, programme accreditation, institutional licensing, and foreign-qualification recognition. Maldives HE is small in scale reflecting country's ~520K population: 1 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Maldives National University, MNU, 2011); 1 INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Islamic University of Maldives, IUM, 2015); ~10-15 PRIVATE COLLEGES (Villa, Cyryx, Mandhu, Avid, MAPS, Clique, etc.). Plus specialised: Maldives Polytechnic (technical-vocational), Maldives Aviation Academy. Most institutions concentrated in capital Malé due to extreme urbanisation (~40% of population in Malé). Dhivehi is national language; English is HE primary medium given small Dhivehi-language academic-resource base and international student recruitment.. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-15.
Founded 2012 (chartered as private health-sciences focused college; pharmacy + nursing + allied health). Major Maldivian private health-sciences college. Founded 2012. ~1,200 students. Premier private pharmacy + nursing + allied health training. Important pipeline given Maldives's reliance on imported healthcare professionals (significant Pakistani + Indian + Filipino healthcare workforce).
Malé · public · Dhivehi (national language) + English (HE primary medium; Arabic for Islamic studies)
SubjectsEngineering & Technology · Natural Sciences · Business & Management · Arts & Humanities · Social Sciences · Law · Computer Science & IT · Education
Accreditation
Maldives Qualifications Authority (MQA / މޯލްޑިވްސް ކޮލިފިކޭޝަންސް އޮތޯރިޓީ) — established under Higher Education Act; statutory body under Ministry of Higher Education, Labour and Skills Development regulating Maldivian HE qualifications, programme accreditation, institutional licensing, and foreign-qualification recognition. Maldives HE is small in scale reflecting country's ~520K population: 1 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Maldives National University, MNU, 2011); 1 INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Islamic University of Maldives, IUM, 2015); ~10-15 PRIVATE COLLEGES (Villa, Cyryx, Mandhu, Avid, MAPS, Clique, etc.). Plus specialised: Maldives Polytechnic (technical-vocational), Maldives Aviation Academy. Most institutions concentrated in capital Malé due to extreme urbanisation (~40% of population in Malé). Dhivehi is national language; English is HE primary medium given small Dhivehi-language academic-resource base and international student recruitment.. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-15.
Founded 2005 (chartered as distance-learning unit serving outer-atoll students who cannot relocate to Malé). MNU's distance-learning unit serving outer-atoll students. Founded 2005. ~3,000+ distance students across Maldives's 200 inhabited islands (out of 1,190 total). Critical for Maldives's extremely dispersed geography — students from remote atolls who cannot afford Malé relocation. Online + correspondence + limited residential modules.
Hithadhoo · public · Dhivehi (national language) + English (HE primary medium; Arabic for Islamic studies)
SubjectsEngineering & Technology · Natural Sciences · Business & Management · Arts & Humanities · Social Sciences · Law · Computer Science & IT · Education
Accreditation
Maldives Qualifications Authority (MQA / މޯލްޑިވްސް ކޮލިފިކޭޝަންސް އޮތޯރިޓީ) — established under Higher Education Act; statutory body under Ministry of Higher Education, Labour and Skills Development regulating Maldivian HE qualifications, programme accreditation, institutional licensing, and foreign-qualification recognition. Maldives HE is small in scale reflecting country's ~520K population: 1 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Maldives National University, MNU, 2011); 1 INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Islamic University of Maldives, IUM, 2015); ~10-15 PRIVATE COLLEGES (Villa, Cyryx, Mandhu, Avid, MAPS, Clique, etc.). Plus specialised: Maldives Polytechnic (technical-vocational), Maldives Aviation Academy. Most institutions concentrated in capital Malé due to extreme urbanisation (~40% of population in Malé). Dhivehi is national language; English is HE primary medium given small Dhivehi-language academic-resource base and international student recruitment.. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-15.
Founded 2005 (founded as Faculty of Education Hithadhoo Centre; major southern Maldives MNU presence). MNU's major southern Maldives campus on Hithadhoo island in Addu Atoll (Maldives's southernmost atoll). Founded 2005. ~1,000 students. Serves southern Maldivian atoll students who would otherwise need to relocate to Malé. CRITICAL CONTEXT: Addu Atoll was site of British military base 1942-1976 (RAF Gan) — different cultural heritage from northern Maldives. Hithadhoo is Maldives's 2nd-largest city after Malé (~12,000 population).
Kulhudhuffushi · public · Dhivehi (national language) + English (HE primary medium; Arabic for Islamic studies)
SubjectsEngineering & Technology · Natural Sciences · Business & Management · Arts & Humanities · Social Sciences · Law · Computer Science & IT · Education
Accreditation
Maldives Qualifications Authority (MQA / މޯލްޑިވްސް ކޮލިފިކޭޝަންސް އޮތޯރިޓީ) — established under Higher Education Act; statutory body under Ministry of Higher Education, Labour and Skills Development regulating Maldivian HE qualifications, programme accreditation, institutional licensing, and foreign-qualification recognition. Maldives HE is small in scale reflecting country's ~520K population: 1 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Maldives National University, MNU, 2011); 1 INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Islamic University of Maldives, IUM, 2015); ~10-15 PRIVATE COLLEGES (Villa, Cyryx, Mandhu, Avid, MAPS, Clique, etc.). Plus specialised: Maldives Polytechnic (technical-vocational), Maldives Aviation Academy. Most institutions concentrated in capital Malé due to extreme urbanisation (~40% of population in Malé). Dhivehi is national language; English is HE primary medium given small Dhivehi-language academic-resource base and international student recruitment.. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-15.
Founded 2010 (founded as Faculty of Education Kulhudhuffushi Centre; major northern Maldives MNU presence). MNU's major northern Maldives campus. Founded 2010. ~800 students. Serves northern Maldivian atoll students. Kulhudhuffushi is Maldives's 3rd-largest city + designated as second city after Malé per new urbanisation policy.
Malé · public · Dhivehi (national language) + English (HE primary medium; Arabic for Islamic studies)
SubjectsEngineering & Technology · Natural Sciences · Business & Management · Arts & Humanities · Social Sciences · Law · Computer Science & IT · Medicine & Health Sciences · Tourism · Education · Theology & Religious Studies
Accreditation
Maldives Qualifications Authority (MQA / މޯލްޑިވްސް ކޮލިފިކޭޝަންސް އޮތޯރިޓީ) — established under Higher Education Act; statutory body under Ministry of Higher Education, Labour and Skills Development regulating Maldivian HE qualifications, programme accreditation, institutional licensing, and foreign-qualification recognition. Maldives HE is small in scale reflecting country's ~520K population: 1 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Maldives National University, MNU, 2011); 1 INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Islamic University of Maldives, IUM, 2015); ~10-15 PRIVATE COLLEGES (Villa, Cyryx, Mandhu, Avid, MAPS, Clique, etc.). Plus specialised: Maldives Polytechnic (technical-vocational), Maldives Aviation Academy. Most institutions concentrated in capital Malé due to extreme urbanisation (~40% of population in Malé). Dhivehi is national language; English is HE primary medium given small Dhivehi-language academic-resource base and international student recruitment.. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-15.
Founded 2011 (chartered as Maldives's FIRST and ONLY national university by merger of multiple pre-existing colleges; heritage to Maldives College of Higher Education 1998 + earlier specialised colleges going back to 1973 Allied Health Services Training Centre). MALDIVES'S FIRST AND ONLY NATIONAL UNIVERSITY. Chartered 17 January 2011 by merger of pre-existing colleges (Faculty of Education, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism, Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Sharia and Law, Centre for Open Learning, etc.) consolidating Maldives's scattered HE under one university. Heritage to Maldives College of Higher Education 1998 + earlier specialised colleges going back to 1973 Allied Health Services Training Centre. ~10,000+ students. 9 faculties + 4 research centres. ENGLISH-MEDIUM primary instruction (some Dhivehi). Multi-island reach via Faculty of Education distance programmes (critical given Maldives's 1,190-island geography). Pakistani-trained faculty + visiting professors significant. CRITICAL CONTEXT: Climate-change-research is institutional priority given Maldives existential context.
Malé · private · Dhivehi (national language) + English (HE primary medium; Arabic for Islamic studies)
SubjectsEngineering & Technology · Natural Sciences · Business & Management · Arts & Humanities · Social Sciences · Law · Computer Science & IT · Tourism
Accreditation
Maldives Qualifications Authority (MQA / މޯލްޑިވްސް ކޮލިފިކޭޝަންސް އޮތޯރިޓީ) — established under Higher Education Act; statutory body under Ministry of Higher Education, Labour and Skills Development regulating Maldivian HE qualifications, programme accreditation, institutional licensing, and foreign-qualification recognition. Maldives HE is small in scale reflecting country's ~520K population: 1 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Maldives National University, MNU, 2011); 1 INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Islamic University of Maldives, IUM, 2015); ~10-15 PRIVATE COLLEGES (Villa, Cyryx, Mandhu, Avid, MAPS, Clique, etc.). Plus specialised: Maldives Polytechnic (technical-vocational), Maldives Aviation Academy. Most institutions concentrated in capital Malé due to extreme urbanisation (~40% of population in Malé). Dhivehi is national language; English is HE primary medium given small Dhivehi-language academic-resource base and international student recruitment.. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-15.
Founded 2007 (founded as private college by Villa Group — Maldives's LARGEST business conglomerate; partnerships with British + Malaysian universities for franchise degree programmes). MALDIVES'S LARGEST private college. Founded 2007 by VILLA GROUP — Maldives's largest business conglomerate (tourism + shipping + finance, founded by Qasim Ibrahim — Maldivian businessman who ran for President). Multiple British + Malaysian university franchise partnerships (UK's University of the West of England Bristol, Open University, etc.). ENGLISH-MEDIUM. ~7,000+ students (LARGEST private HE in Maldives by enrollment). Multi-campus Malé + Hulhumale + regional. Strong business + tourism hospitality + IT programmes.
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