Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar

Short description: University in Qatar

Carnegie Mellon University Qatar

Front entrance at sunset

Other name

| CMU-Q
Motto| "My heart is in the work" (Andrew Carnegie)
Type| Private satellite campus
Established| 2004; 22 years ago (2004)

Parent institution

| Carnegie Mellon University
President| Farnam Jahanian
Provost| James Garrett
Dean| Michael Trick

Academic staff

| 64

Administrative staff

| 90
Undergraduates| 467 (Fall 2022)[1]
Location|

Doha

Qatar

[ ⚑ ] : 25°18′59″N 51°26′20″E﻿ / ﻿25.31639°N 51.43889°E﻿ / 25.31639; 51.43889
Campus| Multi-versity Education City, 2,400 acres (9.7 km2)
|u}}rs| Cardinal, Gray, and Tartan Plaid[2]
Mascot| Scotty the Scottie Dog[3]
Website| www.qatar.cmu.edu

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (Arabic: جامعة كارنيجي ميلون في قطر) is a satellite campus of Carnegie Mellon University in Doha, Qatar. This campus is a member of the Qatar Foundation and started graduating students in May 2008. It enrolls around 400 students and has 60 faculty and postdoctoral researchers and 90 staff members.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Academics
* 3 Funding
* 4 Faculty
* 5 Buildings
* 6 Gallery
* 7 See also
* 8 References
* 9 External links

## History

Carnegie Mellon University's campus in Qatar was established in 2004.[4] It was the fourth U.S. higher education institution to establish a campus in Qatar. The establishment of the campuses was spearheaded by Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, the mother of Qatar's current Emir Tamim bin Hamad al Thani.

## Academics

Carnegie Mellon Qatar is part of Education City, a campus on the outskirts of Doha that currently houses eight other university campuses from the United States and Europe. Education City's other institutions include Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, Weill Cornell Medical College, Virginia Commonwealth University, Texas A&M, Northwestern University, HEC Paris, and University College London.

The Doha campus of Carnegie Mellon offers the same degree programs and curricula that students receive at the Pittsburgh campus. Undergraduate degrees are offered in Computer Science, Business Administration, Information Systems, Computational Biology, and Biological Sciences (a degree offered in conjunction with Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar).

## Funding

The campus facilities and upkeep are entirely financed by the Qatar Foundation. Carnegie Mellon also receives subsidies each year to run the campus and pay faculty. It is estimated that Carnegie Mellon has received between $50 and $60 million per year from the nation of Qatar to operate the Doha campus.[5][6] Tuition for the school was $49,610 in 2015.[5]

## Faculty

As of December 2015, the campus had 62 faculty members.[5] In a The Washington Post article, the dean of the university's Qatar campus, Ilker Baybars, called faculty recruiting “the most difficult part of [his] job”, noting that it is difficult to persuade tenured professors to leave America for Doha. In order to persuade professors to teach at the Doha campus, the university has provided incentives such as salary premiums, generous housing arrangements, and research funding.[7]

The atrium of Carnegie Mellon Qatar with the university motto

## Buildings

Carnegie Mellon Qatar is housed in a building designed by architects Legorreta + Legorreta. The university began occupancy in August 2008. All academics, student affairs, operations, and events are held in the building.

## Gallery

* The East-West Walkway holding an architecture exhibit

* Fountain in backyard of Carnegie Mellon University

## See also

* List of universities and colleges in Qatar

## References

1. ↑ "New academic year sees highest enrollment at Carnegie Mellon Qatar". Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar. August 30, 2022. https://www.qatar.cmu.edu/news/new-academic-year-sees-highest-enrollment-at-carnegie-mellon-qatar/. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
2. ↑ "Official Carnegie Mellon colors". cmu.edu. http://www.cmu.edu/identity/id_colorplaid.html.
3. ↑ "Carnegie Mellon's Mascot". http://www.cmu.edu/mascot/.
4. ↑ "History". Carnegie Mellon University Qatar. http://www.qatar.cmu.edu/history.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Doha's Education City by the numbers: Enrollment, diplomas, faculty, finances". Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/12/06/dohas-education-city-by-the-numbers-enrollment-diplomas-faculty-finances/.
6. ↑ Stoltzfus, Justin (2016-04-08). "Advocate questions motive behind Qatar's financial ties to U.S. colleges". Gulf News Journal. http://gulfnewsjournal.com/stories/510712102-advocate-questions-motive-behind-qatar-s-financial-ties-to-u-s-colleges.
7. ↑ "In Qatar's Education City, U.S. colleges are building an academic oasis". Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/in-qatars-education-city-us-colleges-are-building-an-academic-oasis/2015/12/06/6b538702-8e01-11e5-ae1f-af46b7df8483_story.html.

## External links

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Academics|

* College of Engineering
* College of Fine Arts
* Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences
* H. John Heinz III College of Information Systems and Public Policy
* Mellon College of Science
* School of Computer Science
* Tepper School of Business
* Margaret Morrison Carnegie College (defunct)

Branch campuses|

* Australia
* Qatar
* Rwanda
* Silicon Valley

Student life|

* Traditions
* Greek Life
* Scotch'n'Soda
* Miller Gallery
* The Tartan
* The Oakland Review
* WRCT
* University Athletic Association
* Alma Mater

Research|

* Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
* Software Engineering Institute
* Robotics Institute
* Human Computer Interaction Institute
* Computational Biology Department
* Language Technologies Institute
* Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse
* Carnegie School

People|

* Andrew Carnegie
* Mellon family
* Alumni and faculty

Projects and legacies|

* Alice
* Andrew Project
* BLISS
* CMMI
* Mach
* 3M computer
* Center for PostNatural History
* Conflict Kitchen
* Robot Hall of Fame
* Waffle Shop: A Reality Show
* YinzCam

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