A public university in Qatar located on the outskirts of the capital city of Doha, Qatar University was the first and largest higher-learning institute in the country. It was founded in 1973 after a degree from the Emir of Qatar. Times Higher Education has ranked the school as high as 401st in the world as well as 75th in the BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings for schools. Now, Qatar University is offering fully funded scholarships to international students.

The student body at Qatar University is roughly 16,000, with more than half of them (8,000) at the College of Medicine. The student to teacher ratio is about 13:1 at the university. Most of the students are graduates, as only about 1,500 are undergraduates. The student body is very diverse as well, as its attendees come from 52 different nationalities. Almost 30 different departments are taught at the school, including Sports Science, Architectural Engineering, and Art Education.

Qatar University consists of nine different colleges. They include the School of Business and Economics, Education, Art & Sciences (which offers students of QU an astounding 2,300 combined majors) Sharia and Islamic Studies, and their prestigious College Medicine. These are all taught at the university’s one campus, which is located on the northern side and about 16 kilometers from the center of Doha.

The university has one of the highest endowments in the middle east, and spends a substantial amount of time towards research. Regularly, alumni and their companies donate large amounts (recently, Marubeni Corporation donated 21 million Qatari riyals). Most of the research at the school goes towards improving the economic health of the country itself! These funds also helps to provide Qatar University scholarships for international students!

Alumni have gone on to be extremely successful, which can be attributed to the fabulous faculty members and teachers of QU. Alumni of the school include famous novelist Dalal Khalifa, Moza bint Nasser (consort of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani), and former soccer player Fahad Thani.

Qatar University Scholarships (Undergraduate and Graduate)

There are many scholarships that are offered to international students, especially if the applicant is from Arabic countries or from GCC countries. You can see all the Qatar University scholarships on this page. There are unique scholarships as well such as for those who are married to Qatari male and those who are the children of the employees.

Qatar University Admissions

There are application guides to help international students apply to Qatar University. To see more information, visit the Undergraduate Admissions and Graduate Admissions. You will find many requirements to apply. So before you do, you should definitely see if you qualify and then prepare the materials.