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FINANCING HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THE GLOBAL COMMON GOOD

INTRODUCTION

The State

of Qatar

Qatar University (QU) is Qatar’s Most

prominent and sole national institution

of higher education

QU is a beacon of academic and

research excellence!

QU Provides the widest range of

educational programs and degrees in

Qatar1

State of Qatar

initiatives in Financing

Education for the Global

Common Good

Reach Out To Asia (ROTA)

• The idea for an initiative, which would reach out to the Asian continent to provide those in

need with quality education was conceived by Emir of the State of Qatar, His Highness

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in November, 2005

• ROTA has joined the global effort (granted special consultative status with the United

Nations Economic and Social Committee ECOSOC since 2009) to achieve basic, quality

education for both primary and secondary school children throughout Asia and the Middle

East

• In each of the 14 chosen countries, building or adopting schools; promoting female

education; initiating academic fellowships; coordinating student exchange programs;

providing teacher and vocational training; and connecting participating countries through a

shared Knowledge Network.

Educate a Child Initiative

• Launched in November 2012, by Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser

of Qatar, Educate A Child (EAC) is a global program of the Education Above

All Foundation (EAA) that aims to significantly reduce the number of

children worldwide who are denied their right to education.

• Contributes to the UN's Sustainable Development Goal 4: to ensure

inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning.

• Influenced the enrolment and retention of at least 10 million out of school

children (OOSC) – April 2018

• Aims to mobilize US$1 billion to support education and develop innovative

financing mechanisms to foster program sustainability

• Keep the issue of out of school children at the top of global and national

agendas.

Qatar Foundation Education City

• Six top American universities, one British university and one

French university have branch campuses at Education City.

• Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP), a state-of-the-art

facility comprising 45,000 square meters of office and laboratory

space. QSTP aims to fuel Qatar’s knowledge economy by

encouraging companies from around the world to develop and

commercialize their technology in Qatar, and by helping

entrepreneurs to launch start-up technology businesses

State of Qatar

initiatives in Financing

Education for the Local

Common Good

Qatar National Vision 2030

Qatar National Research Fund

• The Qatar National Research Fund, established in 2006, had a

clearly defined vision: “To enable research and development

excellence in Qatar in order to achieve a knowledge-based

economy”.

• This encouraged international collaboration, and could be said to

be the main reason why Qatar University tops the list of the most

international universities.

• Qatar is the only GCC country appearing in the top 10. It is also

the first time a Middle Eastern institution has topped this list.

What is the impact on QU?

• Qatar University has, in the last five years, been one of the fastest growing

institutions for research in the region. Our researchers’ publications have increased

by approximately 246 per cent in this period.

• The university has undertaken more than 450 research projects with 319

collaborators in the past years. The ever-increasing research efforts have resulted

in 3,200 co-authored publications from 1,093 collaborating institutes.

• The presence of the branch campuses in town not only enhanced research output

and collaboration at QU but also enriched the higher education scene in the

country with health competition and collaboration between students and faculty

• Enrolments in higher Ed have more than doubled in a decade – from 100 million in

2000, to 214 million in 2015 we nearly tripled

• Worldwide about one-third of all higher education students are enrolled in private

institutions in Qatar, 95% are at the national university.

2015

2016

57Male Students

93Female Students

Education

Humanities & Social Sciences

Sharia, Law & Islamic Studies

Science

Engineering Business & Economics

7,660Male and Female Students

19,000+Students at the undergraduate and graduate level

:

18:1Student-faculty

ratio

HOSTS NINE COLLEGES

In 1973, recognizing the importance of education to the country’s expanding society,

the Emir of Qatar issued a decree proclaiming the establishment of

Qatar’s first national College of Education

In its first year, the college admitted 57 males and 93 female students. After several

semesters, the rapid development of the country made it necessary to expand to

accommodate new areas of specialization

In 1977, QU was founded with four colleges -- Education, Humanities and Social

Sciences, Sharia, Law and Islamic Studies and Science.

By 1985, two additional colleges -- Engineering, and Business and Economics -- were

added

By Fall 2005/06, the number of male and female registrants for study at

QU reached 7,660

Today! QU hosts 9 colleges. It offer widest range of academic programs with

45 Bachelors, 25 Masters, 4 Diplomas, Doctor of Medicine,

Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.), and 4 Doctoral programs 2

College of Pharmacy was launched having been reformed from the Pharmacy

Program

Qatar’s first national college of Medicine was launched

RESEARCH

$25m in

research

Grants

Successes in

NPRP and

UREP Cycles

More than USD$25m

won in competitive

research grants 2016 Continuous success

in competitive

research grants

(NPRP and UREP

cycles)

• Publication number by QU is progressing

year by year. It showed %23 increase in

2017 (1462) vs 2015 (1222)!

• Publication impact (FWCI) which shows a higher rate

than the world average should be supported by the

increase in the qualitative scientific output for the

sustainable and effective research success by QU.

Qatar University - Research Performance (2013-2018)

Source: SciVal

World Average = 1

RESEARCH CENTERS

RESEARCH CENTERS

Gulf Studies Center (GSC)

Knowledge Intelligence Networked Data and Interdisciplinary Research (KINDI)

Qatar Transportation and Traffic Safety Center (QTTSC)

Center for Sustainable Development (CSD)

Environmental Studies Center (ESC)

Gas Processing Center (GPC)

Center for Advanced Materials (CAM)

Center for Entrepreneurship (CFE)

Center for Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS)

Animal Laboratory Research Center (LARC)

Biomedical Research Center (BRC)

Central Laboratories Unit (CLU)

Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI)11

Center for Energy and Sustainability Law (CESL)

20-11-2018Qatar University Elsevier Report

• Knowledge share by QU researchers via International Collaboration has the biggest share

(%77.6) in total publications and the highest FWCI score/citation per publication. If the

internationalized academic output can be increased quantitatively it may take QU to higher

level of academic performance.

Qatar University - Collaboration Intensity (2013-2018)

Source: SciVal

Untapped Market Addressed Market

These agreements also

engender Chair positions on

issues that are of national,

regional and international

importance

PARTNERSHIPS

QU academic and research

profile is further strengthened

through signed agreements,

academic collaborations and

partnerships with industry,

government, academia,

business and civil society

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Overall Ranking Progress “QS”

Overall Ranking Progress “THE”

Inclusion & Diversity at Qatar University

35% of our Student Population is non-Qatari

QU also provides need & merit scholarships to international students, especially to

HALI students from majority Muslim countries located outside of the Gulf (e.g.,

Sudan, Yemen, Pakistan, etc.) (1982 scholarships) 65% of which are non-Qataris

93 Qatari scholarship holders study worldwide

QU has also developed initiatives in order to welcome refugee students from the

region. The Center for Volunteerism and Civic Responsibility has planned,

organized, and implemented two new student-led community engagement projects

for Syria.

During the recent diplomatic crisis, Qatar U ensured that students from nations

implementing a blockade against Qatar were able to accelerate academic

requirements (like necessary exams) so that they could evacuate prior to the

blockade

The number of students from these countries in fact increased after the blockade up

from 1787 to 1837

...!شــكـــرا ًThank you...!

Cesar Wazen for President Hassan Al-Derham