Ahmedabad

The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) has shifted all 35 students from its Dubai campus to its main campus in Ahmedabad due to the ongoing tensions in West Asia, sources said on Tuesday.

The students, enrolled in a one-year MBA programme launched in September 2025, were in Spain for an internship when the conflict escalated.

“Due to the worsening situation in the Middle East, the institute decided to move the students directly to Ahmedabad instead of bringing them back to Dubai,” a source said.

The move aims to ensure that their academic schedule continues without disruption.

Students will now attend in-person classes at the Ahmedabad campus until conditions stabilise in Dubai.

The Dubai campus, IIMA’s first overseas centre, was inaugurated in September 2025 by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in the presence of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

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The campus was launched to expand IIMA’s global footprint and offer world-class management education to students across the Middle East and neighbouring regions, while promoting cross-cultural academic exchange.