In business, finding people who went to the same school as you is not only a great ice breaker but a chance to turn a new contact into a new business or career opportunity.
Also, when you are an expat, finding other expats who have the same nationality as you, is a fantastic way to create new relationships and new opportunities for both sides.
When you are an expat in the United Arab Emirates, where 90% of the population are expats, using Linkedin effectively to find decision-makers or professionals with the relevant nationality can be a huge advantage and time saver.
At Extra Mile, we know Linkedin (our founder worked there) and we have been helping businesses in the UAE with their business development and marketing goals for a few years now.
So we have created Linkedin searches compiling all top universities, business schools and engineering schools in each country. Some searches include more than 90 top schools.
Top 3 reasons why finding people by nationality is an advantage
- Networking with people of the same nationality.
- When selling services or products based on nationality. For example, Air France might want to target French people and UK Financial Advisors might want to target British expats
- Finding contacts within prospects who are the same nationality as you or one of your colleagues to increase the likelihood for them to respond or meet with you
Find all expats on Linkedin from the top 12 nationalities represented in the United Arab Emirates
Each search link will take you to Linkedin search results displaying all Linkedin members having studied in all top schools of the selected country. Which means, most of the people will have the nationality of that country.
Using the searches, you can find all Linkedin members who graduated from the schools of a particular country, wherever they are in the world.
In the UAE obviously, but you can search for anyone from those nationalities in any country in the world like Qatar, Saudi Arabia or Singapore for example.
Use filters on Linkedin for free to narrow down results to your targeted audience
Locations
Filter to people based in your country or your target territory
All filters→ Industry
Filter to people working in your industry or your target industry
All filters→ Job title
Filter to people having relevant job titles
For example: (Head OR Director) AND Marketing will only show people with “director” and “marketing” or “head” and “marketing” in the results
Connections = 2nd
Filter to people being in your 2nd degree network.
Meaning you have at least one mutual connections with all of them.
Meaning you can identify paths for introductions or referrals
If you are in sales or marketing, this is gold.
If you dont have Sales Navigator, we provided search results url on Linkedin.com
If you have a Sales Navigator, you can use both, but best is to save the searches so you get alerted weekly on new results which you can reach out to, in a timely manner.
Download the searches and save time.
Methodology:
For each country, we compiled list of top universities, business schools and engineering schools from various sources.
We then created a search on Linkedin and added each school one by one and save the final search results for you.
Same on process Salesnavigator.
For example, here is the list of all the top schools in France. Clicking on the link will display all people on Linkedin who graduated from those french schools so you can save time and filter to the countries, industries or job titles of interest.
List of top universities, business schools and engineering schools in France
Name | Type | Rank |
Sorbonne University | University | Top 10 |
Institut Polytechnique de Paris | University | Top 10 |
Université Paris-Saclay | University | Top 10 |
University of Paris | University | Top 10 |
PSL Research University | University | Top 10 |
École des Ponts ParisTech | University | Top 10 |
Aix-Marseille University | University | Top 10 |
École Normale Supérieure de Lyon | University | Top 10 |
Université de Bordeaux | University | Top 10 |
University of Montpellier | University | Top 10 |
Université Grenoble Alpes | University | Top 20 |
Agrocampus Ouest | University | Top 20 |
École des Mines de Saint-Étienne | University | Top 20 |
Sciences Po | University | Top 20 |
Université de Lyon | University | Top 20 |
Université Côte d'Azur | University | Top 20 |
Centrale Nantes | University | Top 20 |
University of Lille 1 Sciences and Technology | University | Top 20 |
University of Strasbourg | University | Top 20 |
University of Toulouse | University | Top 30 |
INSA Lyon | University | Top 30 |
Université Panthéon Assas (Paris II) | University | Top 30 |
Université Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | University | Top 30 |
Universite de Lorraine | University | Top 30 |
Nantes Université | University | Top 30 |
CNAM - Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers | University | Top 30 |
Ecole Centrale de Lyon | University | Top 30 |
Université de Rennes 1 | University | Top 30 |
Université de Caen Normandie | University | Top 30 |
Université Clermont Auvergne | University | Top 40 |
Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III | University | Top 40 |
Université de Bourgogne | University | Top 40 |
UVSQ Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines | University | Top 40 |
EHESS - Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales | University | Top 40 |
ESIEE Paris | University | Top 40 |
INSA Toulouse - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées | University | Top 40 |
Montpellier Business School | University | Top 40 |
Université Savoie Mont Blanc | University | Top 40 |
Université Gustave Eiffel | University | Top 40 |
University of Poitiers | University | Top 50 |
Université de Tours | University | Top 50 |
Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC) | University | Top 50 |
CY TECH | University | Top 50 |
Université Toulouse 1 Capitole | University | Top 50 |
Université Lumière Lyon 2 | University | Top 50 |
Ecole normale supérieure | University | Top 50 |
École Polytechnique | University | Top 50 |
AgroParisTech | University | Top 50 |
L'Institut Agro Montpellier | University | Top 60 |
INSEAD Executive Education | University | Top 60 |
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs Sud Alsace | University | Top 60 |
Université d'Angers | University | Top 60 |
University of New Orleans | University | Top 60 |
Université de Bretagne Occidentale | University | Top 60 |
Mines Paris | University | Top 60 |
Faculté Des Métiers de l'Essonne | University | Top 60 |
Université de Limoges | University | Top 60 |
HEC Paris | Business School | Top 10 |
ESSEC Business School | Business School | Top 10 |
EDHEC Business School | Business School | Top 10 |
Emlyon Business School | Business School | Top 10 |
Grenoble Ecole de Management | Business School | Top 10 |
KEDGE Business School | Business School | Top 10 |
NEOMA Business School | Business School | Top 10 |
ESCP Business School | Business School | Top 10 |
The American business school | Business School | Top 10 |
SKEMA Business School | Business School | Top 20 |
TBS Education | Business School | Top 20 |
Montpellier Business School | Business School | Top 20 |
Audencia | Business School | Top 20 |
ESC PAU Business School | Business School | Top 20 |
Université Paris Dauphine-PSL | Business School | Top 20 |
IAE Paris - Sorbonne Business School | Business School | Top 20 |
Sciences Po | Business School | Top 20 |
IÉSEG School of Management | Business School | Top 20 |
Rennes School of Business | Business School | Top 20 |
ESSCA Ecole de management | Business School | Top 30 |
EM Strasbourg Business School | Business School | Top 30 |
EM Normandie Business School | Business School | Top 30 |
Toulouse School of Management | Business School | Top 30 |
BSB – Burgundy School of Business | Business School | Top 30 |
ISC Paris | Business School | Top 30 |
ESC Clermont Business School | Business School | Top 30 |
PSB Paris School of Business | Business School | Top 30 |
Aix-Marseille Graduate School of Management IAE - Aix-Marseille University | Business School | Top 30 |
Institut Mines-Télécom Business School | Business School | Top 30 |
Grenoble IAE | Business School | Top 40 |
ICN Business School | Business School | Top 40 |
Excelia | Business School | Top 40 |
iaelyon School of Management | Business School | Top 40 |
INSEEC Grande Ecole | Business School | Top 40 |
École des Ponts Business School | Business School | Top 40 |
EDC Paris Business School | Business School | Top 40 |
IAE Lille | Business School | Top 40 |
ESIEE Paris | Engineering School | Top 10 |
EPF Ecole d'Ingénieur-e-s | Engineering School | Top 10 |
Grenoble IAE | Engineering School | Top 10 |
École Polytechnique | Engineering School | Top 10 |
IMT Atlantique | Engineering School | Top 10 |
Searches
Title | Country of study | Search Platform | Search Results URL | Top Schools included | Members in Search Results |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Studied @ All Schools in Canada on Linkedin | Canada 🇨🇦 | LinkedIn.com | 55 | 3,790,000 | |
Studied @ All Schools in Egypt on Linkedin | Egypt 🇪🇬 | LinkedIn.com | 20 | 1,400,000 | |
Studied @ ALL Schools in France on LinkedIn | France 🇫🇷 | LinkedIn.com | 91 | 4,370,000 | |
Studied @ All Schools in Germany on Linkedin | Germany 🇩🇪 | LinkedIn.com | 77 | 2,720,000 | |
Studied @ All Schools in India on Linkedin | India 🇮🇳 | LinkedIn.com | 86 | 5,510,000 | |
Studied @ All Schools in Ireland on Linkedin | Ireland 🇮🇪 | LinkedIn.com | 19 | 833,000 | |
Studied @ All Schools in Lebanon on Linkedin | Lebanon 🇱🇧 | LinkedIn.com | 20 | 312,000 | |
Studied @ All Schools in Philippines on Linkedin | Philippines 🇵🇭 | LinkedIn.com | 43 | 1,560,000 | |
Studied @ All Schools in Switzerland on Linkedin | Switzerland 🇨🇭 | LinkedIn.com | 26 | 623,000 | |
Studied @ All Schools in UAE on Linkedin | UAE 🇦🇪 | LinkedIn.com | 15 | 266,000 | |
Studied @ All Schools in United Kingdom on LinkedIn | United Kingdom 🇬🇧 | LinkedIn.com | 93 | 8,720,000 | |
Studied @ All Schools in United States on LinkedIn | United States 🇺🇸 | LinkedIn.com | 112 | 16,100,000 |
Canada 🇨🇦 Egypt 🇪🇬 France 🇫🇷 Germany 🇩🇪 India 🇮🇳 Ireland 🇮🇪 Lebanon 🇱🇧 Philippines 🇵🇭 Switzerland 🇨🇭 UAE 🇦🇪 United Kingdom 🇬🇧 United States 🇺🇸