Qatar Foundation Education City Hub

Qatar Foundation Education City Hub is a recognised university in Qatar. Below is what AlmiStudy records about it — only verified fields are shown; anything not confirmed is deliberately left out rather than guessed.

CityDoha

RegionAsia

TypePublic

SubjectsEngineering & Technology; Natural Sciences; Business & Management; Arts & Humanities; Social Sciences; Law; Computer Science & IT

AccreditationMinistry of Education and Higher Education, State of Qatar (MOEHE / وزارة التعليم والتعليم العالي) — apex regulator for Qatari HEIs. Qatari HE classifications: (1) PUBLIC NATIONAL — Qatar University (flagship 1973), University of Doha for Science and Technology (UDST 2022 from CNA-Q merger), Community College of Qatar, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies; (2) QATAR FOUNDATION RESEARCH — Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU 2010, Qatar Foundation's flagship research university); (3) EDUCATION CITY BRANCH CAMPUSES — UNIQUE GLOBAL MODEL — 6 American university branches + 2 European: Cornell (Weill Cornell Medicine 2001), Texas A&M 2003, Carnegie Mellon 2004, Georgetown School of Foreign Service 2005, Northwestern Journalism + Communications 2008, VCU School of the Arts 1998 (FIRST Education City branch), HEC Paris 2010 (business), University College London 2010-2020 (closed); (4) PRIVATE — Lusail University, Stenden/NHL Stenden Qatar, etc. Plus Qatar National Library + Qatar Foundation research network. Arabic is national language; English is HE primary medium across nearly all institutions (Education City branches are 100% English American/European-curriculum with same degrees as home campus).

Official websitehttps://www.qf.org.qa

Accreditation registryhttps://www.edu.gov.qa

Founded 1995 (founded as Sheikha Moza bint Nasser's visionary non-profit foundation; Education City 1998; manages 8+ branch campuses; sovereign-wealth-supported). Qatar Foundation is the visionary non-profit organization founded 1995 by SHEIKHA MOZA BINT NASSER AL-MISSNED (born 1959) — second wife of Emir Hamad bin Khalifa, mother of current Emir Tamim, internationally celebrated philanthropist + UN Goodwill Ambassador. Qatar Foundation's EDUCATION CITY (opened 1998) revolutionized Middle Eastern HE by hosting American + European branch campuses with full home-curriculum + identical degrees. ~3,000+ international students across all Education City institutions. SUBHAN-ALLAH vision: one woman's strategic philanthropy transformed Qatar from Gulf rentier-state to globally significant education hub in 25 years. Sheikha Moza is among most influential Arab women globally.

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