Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar

Branch of Weill Cornell Medicine in Doha, Qatar

Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar

Type| Private, nonprofit medical school
Established| 2001 (2001)[1]

Parent institution

| Cornell University
Affiliation| Weill Cornell Medicine
Hamad Medical Corporation
Qatar Foundation
Endowment| Parent Institution, 10 Billion USD
Dean| Javaid I. Sheikh, M.D.[2]

Academic staff

| 77 full-time, 690 affiliated[3]
Students| 322[3]
Location|

Education City, Doha

Al Rayyan

Qatar

25°19′05″N 51°26′20″E﻿ / ﻿25.3180°N 51.4389°E﻿ / 25.3180; 51.4389
Campus| Education City
Website| qatar-weill.cornell.edu

Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) is a branch of Weill Cornell Medicine of Cornell University, established on April 9, 2001, following an agreement between Cornell University and the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development.[1] It is located in Education City, Qatar, near the capital of Doha.

WCM-Q has 322 students, 22 preliminary students, 103 pre-medical students, and 197 in its MD program.[3]

## Profile

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Interior of Weill Cornell–Qatar

The school offers a six-year medical program with a single admissions. Students who complete undergraduate degrees elsewhere are able to apply to a four-year program. All students are awarded a Doctor of Medicine from Cornell University.[4] When the school's pre-medical program opened in the fall of 2002, and was reportedly the first coeducational institute of higher education in Qatar.[5] Its clinical affiliates are the Hamad Medical Corporation's General Hospital and Women's Hospital.[6]

According to The Washington Post, Weill Cornell–Qatar receives $121.7 million just to cover the operating expenses for the university, making it the most expensive U.S. university in Qatar's Education City.[7]

WCM-Q has 33 clubs, sports teams, and student organizations, some of which participate against other university campuses in Education City.[8]

## Financial Aid and Scholarship

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### Financial Aid

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Students and applicants who are citizens of the State of Qatar should contact the scholarship office of the Higher Education Institute (HEI) or Sidra Medicine for information on securing funding for their education. International students have the opportunity to receive need-based financial aid through the Qatar Foundation in the form of a zero-interest loan.[9]

### Scholarship

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#### Qatar Foundation Scholarship

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Each year, the scholarship office at the Qatar Foundation awards a limited number of scholarships to students based on their exceptional academic performance.[10]

## See also

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* Schools portal

* Weill Cornell Medicine, the school's main campus in New York City
* Duke-NUS Medical School, an American medical school located in Singapore
* List of universities and colleges in Qatar

## References

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1. ^ a b "Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar". Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
2. ^ "Administrative Officials". Weill Cornell Medicine–Qatar. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
3. ^ a b c "Fact Sheet 2018-2019" (PDF). Office of Communications, Weill Cornell Medicine–Qatar. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
4. ^ "Medical Program". Weill Cornell Medicine–Qatar. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
5. ^ "CORNELL UNIVERSITY TO ESTABLISH MEDICAL SCHOOL IN QATAR". Cornell News. 9 April 2001. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012.
6. ^ Clinical Affairs — Hamad Medical Corporation
7. ^ Anderson, Nick. "Texas university gets $76 million each year to operate in Qatar, contract says". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
8. ^ "Student Activities & Programs". Weill Cornell Medicine–Qatar. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
9. ^ "Financial Aid and Scholarships | Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar". qatar-weill.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
10. ^ "Financial Aid and Scholarships | Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar". qatar-weill.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-07.

https://qatar-weill.cornell.edu/Portals/0/Fact Sheet/Documents/fact-sheet-2020-2021-en.pdf

## External links

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* Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar
* Weill Cornell Medicine, New York
* Qatar Campus
* Qatar Foundation: WCM-Q
* Records of the Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar

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Cornell University

Academics|

* Colleges: Agriculture and Life Sciences
* Architecture, Art, and Planning
* Arts and Sciences
* Engineering
* Forestry (Defunct)
* Hotel Administration
* Human Ecology
* Industrial and Labor Relations

* Graduate and Professional Schools: Business
* Graduate
* Law
* Medical (Qatar, Sciences, Tri-Institutional)
* Public Affairs
* Veterinary

* Non-student-enrolling: Computing and Information Science

Athletics|

* Sports: Ivy League
* Baseball (Men)
* Basketball (Men, Women)
* Football (Men)
* Ice Hockey (Men, Women)
* Lacrosse (Men)
* Soccer (Men)
* Squash (Men)
* Wrestling (Men)

* Fields and Arenas: Barton Hall
* Berman Field
* Hoy Field
* Jones Golf Course
* Lynah Rink
* Newman Arena
* Schoellkopf Field

* Culture: All Sports Competition
* "Give My Regards to Davy"
* Harvard Hockey Rivalry
* Touchdown (mascot)

Campus|

* Campuses: Central
* North
* Tech
* West

* Buildings: Arboretum
* Art Museum
* Bailey Hall
* Balch Hall
* Barnes Hall
* Botanic Gardens
* Bradfield Hall
* Brain Collection
* Caldwell Hall
* Center for Advanced Computing
* Computing and Communications Center
* Comstock Hall
* Dairy
* Deke
* Fernow Hall
* Fuertes Observatory
* Libraries
* Llenroc
* Hartung–Boothroyd Observatory
* McGraw Tower
* Morrill Hall
* Ornithology Lab
* Press
* Rice Hall
* Risley Residential College
* Sage Chapel
* Sage Hall
* Statue of Ezra Cornell
* Synchrotron
* Straight Hall
* Telluride House
* Thompson Institute
* A.D. White House

History|

* People: Ezra Cornell
* Andrew Dickson White
* Henry W. Sage

* Former buildings: Stone Hall
* Roberts Hall
* East Roberts Hall

* Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862
* Irving Literary Society
* Cornell gorge suicides

Cornelliana|

* Chimes
* Club of New York
* Dragon Day
* Far Above Cayuga's Waters
* Slope Day
* Songs

People|

* Alumni
* Faculty
* Presidents
* Trustees

Publications|

* Administrative Science Quarterly
* arXiv
* Cornell Chronicle
* Cornell Lunatic
* Cornell Policy Review
* Cornell Review
* Daily Sun
* Diacritics
* Epoch
* ILR Review
* International Affairs Review
* International Law Journal
* Journal of Empirical Legal Studies
* Journal of Law and Public Policy
* Law Review
* Legal Information Institute
* Oyez Project
* New German Critique
* Philosophical Review

Student life|

* Catholic Community
* Chorus
* Fraternities and sororities
* Aleph Samach
* Quill and Dagger
* Sphinx Head
* Glee Club
* Hotel Ezra Cornell
* Marching Band
* Messenger Lectures
* Pep Band
* WVBR-FM

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Qatar Foundation مؤسسة قطر

Education|

* Academic Bridge Program
* Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
* Georgetown University in Qatar
* Hamad Bin Khalifa University
* HEC Paris in Qatar
* Northwestern University in Qatar
* Qatar Academy
* Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies
* Texas A&M University at Qatar
* Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar
* Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar
* World Innovation Summit for Education

Science and research|

* QScience
* Qatar BioBank
* Qatar Biomedical Research Institute
* Qatar Cardiovascular Research Center
* Qatar Computing Research Institute
* Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute
* Qatar Green Building Council
* Qatar National Research Fund
* Qatar Science & Technology Park
* Qatar Solar Technologies
* Sidra Medical and Research Center
* Translation and Interpreting Institute

Community development|

* Al Shaqab
* Baraem
* Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development
* Jeem TV
* Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art
* QatarDebate
* Qatar Diabetes Society
* Qatar Digital Library
* Qatar National Library
* Qatar Music Academy
* Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra
* QF Radio
* Qur’anic Botanic Garden
* Reach Out To Asia
* Stars of Science

Joint ventures|

* Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing (defunct)
* Fitch Qatar
* HBKU Press
* MEEZA
* Qatar MICE Development Institute
* Qatar National Convention Centre
* RAND-Qatar Policy Institute (defunct)
* Vodafone Qatar

Key people|

* Moza bint Nasser
* Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
* Mohammad Fathy Saoud
* Hind bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani

Projects and legacies|

* Education City
* Msheireb Downtown Doha

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* United States

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