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Facilities

World-class infrastructure and cutting edge learning

World-Class Infrastructure and Cutting-Edge Learning

Our two purpose-built campuses—together spanning over 70,000 square meters—offer exceptional, future-focused learning environments designed to support students at every stage of their educational journey. Across both campuses, students benefit from:

  • Communities of fully equipped classrooms arranged in a unique serpentine building layout

  • Shared learning and break-out zones for each grade level

  • Dedicated Arabic language rooms throughout

  • A library and achievement center

  • The WISE Center (Wellbeing, Inclusion, Safeguarding & Environment), supporting holistic student wellbeing

  • Comprehensive science and technology facilities, including a Center of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

  • Ten cross-disciplinary science laboratories suitable for chemistry, physics, and biology

  • Technology suites, including workshops and textiles spaces

  • Visual Arts facilities with dedicated areas for all grades

  • Studios for both 2D and 3D art

  • A ceramics studio with kiln room

  • A photography darkroom

  • Purpose-built music rooms and rehearsal spaces

  • Two fully equipped gymnasiums

  • A student cafeteria with an on-site kitchen, supporting healthy daily dining

Together, our campuses provide inspiring, flexible spaces that encourage innovation, collaboration, creativity, and wellbeing.

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Performing Arts - Music

  • Music rooms
  • Band rooms
  • Individual music practice rooms
  • Music technology suite
  • Recording studio

Performing Arts - Theater and Dance

  • Ultra-modern auditorium - 565 seating capacity
  • Two Black box theatres
  • Digital theater
  • Drama classrooms

Multimedia Facilities

  • TV studio / ‘green screen’ room
  • Radio suite
  • Mac lab / editing suite
  • Digital / blended learning zone

Indoor Sports

  • Main sports hall accommodates 3 full basketball courts-with retractable seating
  • Elementary sports hall large enough for full-sized basketball court
  • Indoor running track / fitness trail
  • Fully equipped fitness suite
  • Indoor Golf Simulator
  • Sports science classrooms / performance analysis

Outdoor sports

  • 400m running track
  • Basketball courts and soccer field
  • Shaded play grounds
  • Roof play areas
  • 3 soccer pitches
  • Baseball diamond

Swimming

  • 50m Olympic pool with moveable boom to create 2 x 25m pools
  • Learner pool

Café/Dining

  • Main dining
  • Elementary dining
  • High School snack bar
  • Middle School snack bar
  • Parents café

 

Sports facilities

Unparalleled facilities offering full provision for athletics

GEMS Dubai American Academy offers purpose-built facilities where students can pursue their interests and have the chance to develop and explore new ones. All through the year, students of all ages can engage in experiential learning opportunities through a wide range of sports. From football and basketball to swimming and soccer, GEMS Dubai American Academy offers athletic options to challenge and inspire every energetic young person. Research reveals that sports builds, qualities of character like leadership, perseverance, teamwork, responsibility, and grit, giving students a solid foundation and transferable skills as well as building strong new friendships. The 70,000m2 campus includes:

  • Unparalleled facilities offering full provision for athletics
  • Largest sports hall in the region that can accommodate 3 full size basketball courts
  • 50-meter Olympic pool and access to proven training programs
  • 400-meter running track, tennis and basketball courts & soccer field; indoor running tracks and fitness trails
  • Shaded playgrounds

 

Photos of Our Facilities

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Main Entrance - Our main entrance lined with foliage and a water feature provides a calming zen feel as you enter the school.

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Atrium - Our bright atrium is where you will find our welcoming front of house staff to assist you. Our Parent Cafe is the perfect place to meet new friends and catch up with old ones.

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Auditorium - With a capacity of 565 seats, our auditorium is well suited to showcase drama productions, musicals, movie screenings and student assemblies

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Outdoor Space - Multiple soccer pitches, a baseball diamond, golf bays and a 400 meter running track all designed to support the physical education offerings throughout the Academy.

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Swimming Pools - An Olympic sized pool is ideal for our amateur and more competitive swimmers alike. An adjacent second pool caters to our little learners as they begin to make waves

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Sports Hall - Unparalleled facilities, including two sports halls, one of which is the largest in the region to accommodate three full size basketball courts and an indoor running track

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Indoor Track - An indoor running track supports year-round training of our athletes

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TV Studio - Art Studios, Digital Music labs, Radio and a TV studio inspire innovative approaches to learning

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Innovation Hubs - Advanced studio spaces for artificial intelligence, 3D printing and robotics development for collaborative design, maker and coding activities

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Multiple Art Rooms - Bright, airy and colorful art rooms inspire creativity and expression in 2D, 3D, digital art with an in-house kiln fired up for ceramics and pottery

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Industrial Design - A space outfitted with the latest tools and machinery to progress through the design cycle and build working models

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Multiple Science Labs - Cross-disciplinary science labs perfect for chemistry, physics and biology

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