Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar Starts Semester With the Highest Student Enrollment in Campus History

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Published September 23rd, 2020 - 08:54 GMT

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar Starts Semester With the Highest Student Enrollment in Campus History

CMUQ Campus

Highlights

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, started the fall 2020 semester with its highest enrollment numbers since opening its doors in 2004.

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, started the fall 2020 semester with its highest enrollment numbers since opening its doors in 2004. There are 124 first-year students enrolled at CMU-Q representing 34 nationalities.

The CMU-Q student body is composed of 442 students representing 52 nations.

Michael Trick, Dean of CMU-Q said, “The first-year students started university during a pandemic. They are resilient and our community has come together to ensure that they are prepared, and feel supported in their academics and throughout their student experience.”

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar offers five programs; biological sciences, business administration, computational biology, computer science and information systems.

Background Information

Carnegie Mellon University Qatar

For more than a century, Carnegie Mellon University has challenged the curious and passionate to imagine and deliver work that matters. A private, top-ranked and global university, Carnegie Mellon sets its own course with programs that inspire creativity and collaboration.

In 2004, Carnegie Mellon and Qatar Foundation began a partnership to deliver select programs that will contribute to the long-term development of Qatar. Today, Carnegie Mellon Qatar offers undergraduate programs in biological sciences, business administration, computational biology, computer science, and information systems. Nearly 400 students from 38 countries call Carnegie Mellon Qatar home.