Students celebrating their graduation during a ceremony recently.
Doha: Qatar University (QU) recently held graduation ceremonies for the Class of 2022 female students from nine individual colleges.
The ceremonies were held for the 45th batch of graduates from the Colleges of Education, Shariah and Islamic Studies, Engineering, Law, Health Sciences, Pharmacy, Medicine, Business and Economics and Arts and Sciences (mass communications, history, psychology, social work and sociology programmes, graduate studies, biology, environmental sciences, statistics, chemistry, sports sciences, mathematics, Arabic language, English literature and linguistics, international affairs, policy planning and development programmes).
The College of Education’s ceremony included 515 female graduates In the presence of H E Buthaina bint Ali Al Nuaimi, Minister of Education and Higher Education and H E Dr. Hamda Al Sulaiti, Vice-President of the Shura Council as the guest of honour of the ceremony.
The College of Shariah graduated 92 female students and College of Engineering 196 students whereas college of Law graduated 286 female students this year. The number of graduates reached 574 from these three faculties.
The College of Health Sciences, the College of Pharmacy and the College of Medicine graduated 93, 51 and 46 respectively. The College of Business and Economics saw off 503 female students.
The largest college of the university, the College of Arts and Sciences graduated 985 students in two ceremonies. The last graduation ceremony was graced by two guests of honor, H E Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Thani bin Khalid Al Thani, CEO of Qatar Media Corporation, and H E Sheikha Hessa bint Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the Arab League for Humanitarian Affairs and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Shafallah Center for Children with Special Needs.
As QU graduates its 45th cohort of graduates, the university continues to chronicle a long history spanning decades in which it contributes heavily to Qatar’s development and prosperity, through boosting the labour market with qualified graduates.
The ceremonies included a video screening produced by QU where the public learned about the university’s vision and the most important achievements of its students.
QU’s new strategy places an emphasis on elevating the student experience by placing QU as a pioneer and a leading educational institution in the higher education sector in Qatar and beyond. QU is committed to providing quality education in areas of national priority, moving towards building a knowledge-based society.
