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GEMS to open $100 million school campus in Dubai

The School of Research and Innovation will be the most expensive in a city where education costs are already among the highest globally

Artist's rendering of new GEMS School of Research and Innovation (GEMS)

GEMS Education will open a futuristic $100 million campus in Dubai where the annual fees could reach as high as $56,000.

The 47,600-square-meter School of Research and Innovation, opening in August, will offer a 600-seat auditorium, Olympic-sized pool, football field-turned-helipad, robotics labs, go-cart engineering workshops, and a 400-meter track for testing go-kart designs.

The school will be the most expensive in a city where education costs are already among the highest globally, with private operators like GEMS dominating due to demand for premium education from wealthy expatriates, Bloomberg reports.

Founded by an Indian family more than 60 years ago, GEMS is now one of the world’s largest education providers, with Brookfield Asset Management leading a $2 billion investment in the business last year.