Rising to the challenges of a rapidly changing world, VCUarts Qatar is where new things happen every day, ideas flourish and creativity is in abundance.
VCUarts Qatar is a place of limitless possibility, where you can uncover your personal expression, turn your passion into a career, and learn how to become globally engaged.
VCUarts Qatar is the overseas sister campus of the internationally renowned Virginia Commonwealth University’s prestigious School of the Arts in Richmond, Virginia. VCUarts in Virginia has been a top-ranked art and design program in the United States for more than 10 years, according to U.S. News & World Report.
Established in 1998 through a partnership with Qatar Foundation, VCUarts Qatar offers students the opportunity to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in graphic design, interior design and painting and printmaking, a Bachelor of Arts degree in art history and a Master of Fine Arts degree in design. In addition, VCUarts Qatar’s Libraries have the broadest range of art and design books in Doha, as well as the region’s only Materials Library.
Most recently, VCUarts Qatar showed the world what its passionate and talented alumni were capable of, with alumni from all programs featuring significantly in the creative underpinning of FIFA World Cup 2022 – Bouthayna Al Muftah, a VCUarts Qatar Graphic Design alumna, designed the eight official posters for the tournament.
Aisha Al-Ziani, a Painting + Printmaking alumna, was part of a trio that sang the first official soundtrack, "Hayya Hayya", celebrating the universality of football.
Dimitri Yuri, an Art History graduate, helped script and direct the official country profile videos for the World Cup.
And many other VCUarts Qatar people were involved in organizing major events, in promotions and working with the media, and in design, production and management of this worldwide-impacting event.
This isn’t unusual. In fact, works by students and alumni from VCUarts Qatar have featured in exhibitions worldwide, from Tokyo and Dubai, and from Paris to Moscow to Hong Kong and Washington DC.
VCUarts Qatar students’ creativity and inspiration is fueled by participation in world class art and design events like the Venice Biennale and field trips to study, work and network, as well as visits by internationally acclaimed designers and artists such as Tarun Tahiliani, Hassan Hajjaj, Richard Serra, Shirin Neshat, Jeff Koons, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Diane von Furstenberg, Reza Abedini, Marina Abramović, Wissam Shawkat, and Hector Ayuso.
Major events by VCUarts Qatar include the upcoming the BFA + MFA exhibition by graduating students in May of 2023, the Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art in the fall of 2023, and the Tasmeem Doha art and design conference in the Spring of 2024 as well as ongoing exhibitions and lectures on everything from art and technology, to product development and pop culture.
Interested students are encouraged to find out more by contacting our Admissions team. They are waiting to hear from you!
