Network with the largest gathering of high school counsellors and leaders from the Gulf and Africa’s top international schools.
Dubai, UAE
1 & 2 Oct 2025
BMI offers an exclusive opportunity to connect with counsellors and principals from prestigious international and private high schools across the Gulf region. In the Middle East, education remains a top priority for both families and governments at local and national levels.
Meanwhile, Africa presents immense growth opportunities, yet reaching key schools through personal visits can be challenging. To bridge this gap, we bring top international schools from key African countries to Dubai, ensuring you can engage directly with influential decision-makers.
Don’t miss this unique event—your chance to network with key school leaders who can introduce your institution to aspiring international students and nurture early interest in studying abroad.
BMI’/THE’s Gulf & Africa International Schools Forum & Workshop provides an exclusive opportunity for you to meet one-on-one with senior high school counsellors from top international and private high schools from across both regions.
Each participating counsellor has been handpicked and specifically invited to the event based on their school’s record of students travelling abroad for higher education. On qualifying to attend, BMI/THE pays for their transportation to Dubai, accommodation and all meals.
Reinforce your unique educational offering with a focused opportunity to widen your network with influential principals and school counsellors who actively prepare and advise their students on the next stages of their academic journey.
Benefits you will enjoy as a participating educational institution include:
With so much variety in global undergraduate admissions processes and requirements, our events give counsellors the chance to not only meet industry colleagues face to face, but also enhance their own knowledge and career development.
During our workshop, counsellors will also attend educational seminars which form part of Times Higher Education Counsellor Accreditation Programme (THE CAP). Consisting of 12 modules and covering a solid range of content to help improve counsellors’ daily tasks when advising students, THE CAP is a ground-breaking professional development programme to support the international school sector.
All attending counsellors will receive some in-person training from THE CAP during the event, and then finish the remaining sessions online. Once completed, they will be among an elite cohort of school counsellors who hold a globally recognised accreditation, bolstering their career profile and thereby enhancing the reputation of their school.
The fact that the counsellors and school leaders can obtain this extra professional development training and certification is a huge incentive for them to attend the Forum & Workshop. Hence, we are able to ensure that the best of the best participate in our event and are genuinely interested in improving their industry knowledge and global network.
This regional event gives you the unique ability to connect with influential leaders at the secondary school level across the Gulf, you'll mix and mingle with counsellors from Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Hold 26 meetings and network with school leaders who advise teenagers and their parents on the next steps in their academic careers.
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One Delegate/ One Meeting Schedule
Apr 09 - Apr 10
Dubai
Two Delegates/One Meeting Schedule
Apr 09 - Apr 10
Dubai
Two Delegates/Two Meeting Schedules
Apr 09 - Apr 10
This regional event gives you the unique ability to connect with influential leaders at the secondary school level across the Gulf, you'll mix and mingle with counsellors from Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Hold 26 meetings and network with school leaders who advise teenagers and their parents on the next steps in their academic careers. IMPORTANT: Starting January 1, 2025, a 5% UAE VAT will be added to all invoices for registrations made on or after this date. Bookings made prior will not incur UAE VAT. The prices listed are net and exclude UAE VAT.
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One Delegate/One Meeting Schedule
Oct 01 - Oct 02
Dubai
Two Delegates/One Meeting Schedule
Oct 01 - Oct 02
Dubai
Two Delegates/Two Meeting Schedules
Oct 01 - Oct 02
Early bird rates end on Jul 25, 2025
Meet thousands of affluent local and expat students as well as those funded via national scholarship programmes during your three-city trip, which includes our main fairs plus escorted visits to top private and international schools.
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Sep 29 - Sep 30
Dubai In-person Fair
Oct 04 - Oct 05
USD 4,400
Abu Dhabi - High School Visits
Oct 06
Abu Dhabi In-person Fair
Oct 07
USD 2,800
At BMI's most prestigious event, we bring accredited institutions together with the heads of international scholarship organisations and senior staff who manage public and private training programmes to decide which education providers will receive their students and train their staff. No other event gives you this kind of access to such a powerful audience.
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One Delegate /One Meeting Schedule
Oct 08 - Oct 09
Dubai
Two people/One Meeting Schedule
Oct 08 - Oct 09
Dubai
Two delegates/Two Meeting Schedules
Oct 08 - Oct 09
Dubai
Private Meeting Lounge (incl. 1 meeting schedule)
Oct 08 - Oct 09
