Dubai Science Park Company Setup for Life Sciences, Energy and Environment Businesses

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Who sets up in Dubai Science Park

The park welcomes companies in life sciences, medical, wellness and pharma, energy and environment. In practice that means regional offices of drug and device manufacturers, scientific offices that promote registered medicines, diagnostics suppliers, research teams, solar and water technology firms, and consultancies that serve them.

Space ranges from coworking desks and offices to laboratories, light industrial units and warehouses. That mix matters for science businesses, because a distributor may need temperature controlled storage while a scientific office only needs a desk and a regulatory address.

Licence options the park offers

Dubai Science Park lists three routes: a new Free Zone Limited Liability Company (FZ-LLC), a branch of an existing foreign or UAE company, and a freelance permit for individual professionals. Licences run for one year and renew annually.

• FZ-LLC: a separate legal entity with individual or corporate shareholders.
• Branch: a legally dependent arm of your parent company, often chosen by multinationals already registered abroad.
• Freelance permit: for independent specialists such as consultants or researchers working under their own name.

Health sector approvals sit alongside the licence

A trade licence lets you exist as a company. Selling, storing or promoting regulated products can also need product registration or facility approvals from the health regulator. We map your activity first, so the licence wording, the premises you lease and the later health approvals line up instead of clashing.

If your plan includes mainland distribution or hospital tenders, we explain early how a free zone entity works with local distributors, or whether a mainland branch belongs in your structure.

Why use Emiracle for a science park licence

Science founders tend to be precise about their products and short on time for paperwork. We take the file from activity selection to bank meeting: application, shareholder documents, attestation of foreign papers, Arabic translation where needed, establishment card, visas and Emirates ID. Our Downtown Dubai team coordinates every step and can meet you at the park when needed.

Where the official steps happen

How it works with Emiracle

1. Activity and premises check
   We confirm your activity fits the park's science clusters and which space type you need: desk, office, lab or warehouse.
2. Document collection
   Passports, parent company papers and board resolutions are gathered, then attested and translated through licensed providers where required.
3. Application and initial approval
   Emiracle prepares and submits the registration through the DDA channel and tracks the initial approval.
4. Lease and licence issue
   You sign the lease, fees are settled at cost, and the licence and incorporation documents are issued.
5. Visas and banking
   We open the immigration file, book medicals and biometrics, and assemble a bank pack for account opening.

Documents to prepare

• Passport copies of all shareholders and the manager
• Business plan or activity description, including any regulated products
• For a branch: parent company certificate of incorporation, memorandum and articles, and board resolution, attested
• Specimen signatures and proof of address for shareholders
• Any existing health product registrations or distribution agreements

Fees

Frequently asked questions

Related pages

Official sources

• UAE Government portal: Starting a business in a free zone (accessed 2026-10-16)
• Dubai Development Authority: Setting up a business (accessed 2026-10-16)
• Dubai Legislation Portal: Law No. (8) of 2023 amending Law No. (15) of 2014 concerning the Dubai Development Authority (accessed 2026-10-16)
• Dubai Science Park: FAQs (accessed 2026-10-16)
• Gulf News: Tecom Group's Dubiotech and Enpark join to form Dubai Science Park (accessed 2026-10-16)