History
Dubai College was founded in 1978 under an Amiri decree issued by the late Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum.
Before the school moved to its current location, it was housed in two small villas near Safa Park. Dubai College started its first year with five teachers and twenty two pupils.
The Board of Governors set up a debenture system and arranged bank loans to fund a permanent building for the school. The contracted architectural firm was Brewer, Smith and Brewer. In 1979, the first school building, now dubbed A Block, was constructed near the Chicago Beach Hotel.
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