From left: Abrara Rageh, Assistant Director of Communications and Public Affairs at the Northwestern University in Qatar and Agustin Indaco, Assistant Teaching Professor of Economics at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar.
Universities in Qatar are anticipating a higher number of enrolment in the coming years, top officials of leading universities in the country said in an exclusive interview with The Peninsula this week.
Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q) Assistant Director of Communications and Public Affairs Abrara Rageh said the university received the highest number of applicants in the school’s history this year, while elaborating on the university’s admission status in 2022.
She said the 15th class to be admitted to NU-Q includes the most talented students from the pool of applicants and represent over 25 nationalities. There are over 50 nationalities represented in the entire student body.
The Gulf state is peculiarly known for its broad range of institutions with an aim to encourage Qatari and foreign students to take up courses in one of the best education hubs in the Middle East. The country is home to over 100 nationalities and is one of the top academic choices for students due to a superlative quality of education offered, Rageh said.
NU-Q, a globally renowned institute anticipates to have the constant level of admissions over the years to “provide unique experiential learning opportunities” with added incisive programmes.
“Northwestern Qatar is known for its liberal arts education and employs an innovative hallmark educational approach known as ‘learning by doing’, which is a collaborative experiential approach. It also has a vibrant interdisciplinary research programme on the Global South,” she added.
With the approaching FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar, several institutes looks forward to promoting the education system in the region.
Assistant Teaching Professor of Economics at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) Agustin Indaco told The Peninsula, “Everyone on the campus is eagerly waiting and preparing for the World Cup. In many of our courses, the topic comes up either organically in conversations or as a case study. It is such a massive event that there are logistical aspects to consider, economical effects to analyse, marketing campaigns to study, among other topics.”
CMU-Q, a multi-diverse university consists of students from 60 countries and anticipates more new entrants as Qatar is growing in all sectors including education.
He said: “With the increased awareness about Qatar and the region, I am sure there will be a growing interest from students all over the world to come to the Education City and study at CMU-Q or one of the Education City campuses. On top of that, the fact that one of the stadiums is in Education City, just a few hundred metres away from CMU-Q, will provide an additional level of visibility to all universities in Education City.
“We continually look for new ways to broaden our students’ education and provide learning opportunities that are current and relevant. Over the past several years, we have developed new course material in areas like Islamic finance and sports analytics. These are growing fields that are relevant to Qatar,” he added.
