Ahmedabad, March 17 All 35 students of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad's Dubai campus have been relocated to the main campus here due to the ongoing conflict in West Asia, IIMA sources said on Tuesday.
These students, who were enrolled in the one-year MBA program launched in September last year, were in Spain for an internship when the war broke out.
"Due to escalating tensions in the Middle East, the institute authorities decided to move the students directly to the institute's Ahmedabad campus rather than sending them back to Dubai," a source said.
The decision was taken to ensure that the students' academic schedule continued without interruption.
At the IIMA campus in Ahmedabad, the students would continue their course through in-person classes until the situation in Dubai stabilizes, the source said.
Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum inaugurated the IIMA's first overseas campus in the UAE city in the presence of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in September 2025.
The IIMA expanded its global presence in management education, with the new campus aiming to provide world-class learning opportunities to aspiring leaders across the Middle East and neighboring regions, while fostering rich cross-cultural exchange and academic collaboration.
