Dubai Academic City has an area of 18 million square kilometers and is home to 25 academic international institutions. Apart from the skilled and well-trained workforce that foreign investors benefit from when opening a business in Dubai Academic City, there are other advantages, such as other free zones. Business people will be allowed to establish 100% foreign-owned companies and 100% tax exemptions from personal income and corporate income tax for 50 years. They will also benefit from customs exemptions.