Just to reiterate so we don't launch into a tangent, from what I understand, the course is offered by the Emirates Aviation College in collaboration with Jeppessen, which is part of the Emirates Group but not Emirates Airline. The same college offers degrees in various aviation related courses and even MBA's in collaboration with overseas based Universities at a discount rate to EK employees.
the EK cadet program is a totally different program as only open to UAE nationals at present.