{"id":37596,"date":"2025-12-09T05:38:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T05:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insider18.com\/?p=37596"},"modified":"2025-12-09T05:55:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T05:55:39","slug":"uae-authority-revokes-accreditation-of-midocean-university-following-detection-of-breaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insider18.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/09\/uae-authority-revokes-accreditation-of-midocean-university-following-detection-of-breaches\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE authority revokes accreditation of Midocean University following detection of breaches"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"37596\" class=\"elementor elementor-37596\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b577428 e-flex e-con-boxed cmsmasters-block-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b577428\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77db71b cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77db71b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:b6ab8982-8006-4387-bea9-e36abfd58bcd-7\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-16\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\"><div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"><div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\"><div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\"><div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"d07df7ad-5c8e-47ca-81d9-2b235bb3994d\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-1\"><div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\"><div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words dark markdown-new-styling\"><p data-start=\"103\" data-end=\"508\">The UAE\u2019s Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MoHESR) has officially revoked recognition of every qualification issued by Midocean University, an institution that runs an executive office within the emirate of Fujairah. This action means that all degrees, certificates, and academic credentials from the university are no longer acknowledged within the country\u2019s higher education system.<\/p><p data-start=\"510\" data-end=\"1053\">The decision was made after MoHESR, in coordination with the Fujairah Free Zone Authority (FFZA), carried out a joint compliance investigation. During this extensive inspection, authorities discovered serious and fundamental violations in how the university was being managed and how its academic programmes were being delivered. The review revealed that the institution had failed to follow approved standards, did not meet required academic benchmarks, and operated in ways that fell short of national regulations governing higher education.<\/p><p data-start=\"1055\" data-end=\"1306\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">These findings prompted the ministry to take firm action to protect students, uphold academic integrity, and ensure that all educational institutions operating in the UAE comply with established rules, quality measures, and accreditation requirements.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-574879d e-flex e-con-boxed cmsmasters-block-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"574879d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-892f9a6 e-con-full e-flex cmsmasters-block-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"892f9a6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-387dbbe cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"387dbbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/insider18.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/post1-6-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-37606\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insider18.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/post1-6-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/insider18.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/post1-6-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/insider18.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/post1-6-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/insider18.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/post1-6-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/insider18.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/post1-6-533x300.webp 533w, https:\/\/insider18.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/post1-6.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21f80ef e-con-full e-flex cmsmasters-block-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"21f80ef\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4522d65 cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4522d65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/insider18.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/post2-7-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-37610\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insider18.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/post2-7-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/insider18.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/post2-7-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/insider18.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/post2-7-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/insider18.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/post2-7-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/insider18.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/post2-7-533x300.webp 533w, https:\/\/insider18.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/post2-7.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bdc112 e-flex e-con-boxed cmsmasters-block-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2bdc112\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71f851e cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71f851e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-start=\"232\" data-end=\"278\">Compliance review reveals serious breaches<\/h3><p data-start=\"280\" data-end=\"480\">The investigation revealed major shortcomings in the university\u2019s internal operations, the systems used to deliver its academic courses, and its compliance with national higher-education requirements.<\/p><p data-start=\"482\" data-end=\"813\">The Ministry reported that the university\u2019s Fujairah executive office had been enrolling students and running educational activities without securing mandatory accreditation. Inspectors also discovered that the institution was carrying out practices \u201cinconsistent with the laws and regulations governing higher-education entities\u201d.<\/p><p data-start=\"815\" data-end=\"1204\">These practices included delivering online programmes without an approved quality-control framework, as well as major inconsistencies between the student and programme information submitted by the university and what inspectors actually found on site. The scale of the discrepancy raised additional concerns regarding the accuracy, validity, and transparency of its academic documentation.<\/p><p data-start=\"1206\" data-end=\"1509\">After the inspection, MoHESR completed a comprehensive verification and technical review. Following this assessment, the Ministry announced its decision to revoke recognition of every qualification issued by the university and update its status in the official accreditation records to \u201cnot accredited\u201d.<\/p><h3 data-start=\"1511\" data-end=\"1586\">Ministry emphasises decision safeguards students and academic standards<\/h3><p data-start=\"1588\" data-end=\"1961\">Officials stressed that this action was necessary to protect students, preserve educational standards, and uphold the credibility of the UAE\u2019s academic sector. The Ministry reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring all institutions comply with regulatory guidelines that support a reliable learning environment and prevent any unauthorised or misleading educational activities.<\/p><p data-start=\"1963\" data-end=\"2129\">Students and parents were encouraged to ensure that universities and their academic programmes are formally licensed and accredited before proceeding with admissions.<\/p><p data-start=\"2131\" data-end=\"2268\">This verification can be completed through MoHESR\u2019s official website or by contacting the Ministry\u2019s Customer Happiness Centre at 800511.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a11d65 e-flex e-con-boxed cmsmasters-block-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9a11d65\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e295a6 elementor-widget-divider--view-line cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3e295a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UAE authorities have cancelled Midocean University\u2019s accreditation after uncovering significant violations, ensuring educational standards are protected and preventing students from being affected by the institution\u2019s non-compliance with national regulations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[76],"post_template":[],"top_category":[],"class_list":["post-37596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uae","tag-education","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/insider18.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/insider18.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/insider18.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insider18.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insider18.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37596"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/insider18.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37619,"href":"https:\/\/insider18.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37596\/revisions\/37619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insider18.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insider18.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insider18.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insider18.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37596"},{"taxonomy":"post_template","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insider18.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_template?post=37596"},{"taxonomy":"top_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insider18.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/top_category?post=37596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}