Network at the Gulf's largest gathering of high school counsellors and leaders from the region’s best international schools.
Dubai, UAE
9 & 10 Apr 2025
BMI provides an exclusive opportunity for you to meet counsellors and principals from renowned international and private high schools in the Gulf region. Throughout the Middle East, education is a fundamental priority for both families and the government – at local and national levels.
Don’t miss this unique event which gives you the chance to meet and mingle with influential school contacts who can put your brand in front of aspiring international students and sow the seeds for studying abroad from early on.
BMI’s flagship Gulf 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 the region.
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 brand and 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.
Dubai
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
Meet thousands of affluent local and expat students as well as those funded via national scholarship programmes during your two-city trip, which includes our main fairs plus escorted visits to top private and international schools.
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