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	Education City Qatar
		Qatar Foundation is headquartered in a unique Education City, a 2,500-acre campus on the outskirts of Doha which hosts branch campuses of some of the world's leading universities, as well as numerous other educational and research institutions.
		Supported by abundant residential and recreational facilities, Education City is envisioned as a community of institutions that serve the whole citizen, from early childhood education to post-graduate study.
		Moreover, Education City is envisioned as a hub for the generation of new knowledge -- a place that provides researchers with world-class facilities, a pool of well-trained graduates, the chance to collaborate with likeminded people and the opportunity to transfer ideas into real-world applications.
	www.qf.edu.qa /output/page301.asp (109 words)

	Department of Energy - U.S. Energy Secretary Visits Qatar
		During his visit, the secretary toured Education City, a 2,500-acre campus on the outskirts of Doha, which hosts branch campuses of some of the world’s leading universities, as well as a number of other educational and research institutions.
		“Education City is indicative of Qatar’s commitment to meet the challenges of the future and embracing an open society.
		Qatar has brought together the strength and vision of its leaders, the insight and discipline of the scientific community, the knowledge and research skills of academia and, perhaps most important of all, the idealism and imagination of young people.”
	www.energy.gov /news/2670.htm (745 words)

	Qatar Foundation
		Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development is a private, chartered, nonprofit organization, founded in 1995 by His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of Qatar, and chaired by Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned.
		Qatar Foundation is headquartered in a unique Education City in Doha, Qatar, which hosts branch campuses of some of the world's leading research universities, including Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Texas AandM University at Qatar, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar and Georgetown University in Qatar.
		Education City is, in essence, a university of universities, a community of educational and research institutions that serve the whole citizen, from early childhood education to post-graduate study.
	www.hays.com /jobs/qatarfoundation/about.html (654 words)

	education in Qatar - Embassy of Qatar in Washington DC
		Qatar follows a policy of compulsory education until the end of the elementary stage and free education to all citizens.
		Qatar has 113 elementary schools; 60 for boys and 53 for girls, 56 preparatory schools; 28 for boys and 28 for girls, and 41 secondary schools; 19 for boys and 22 for girls.
		The Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development is a private, non-profit chartered organization, founded in 1995, which aims to develop and utilize human potential through a network of centers and a unique Education City, with branch campuses of some of the world's leading universities.
	www.qatarembassy.net /education.asp (972 words)

	Accepted into Education City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Education City is the brainchild of the ambitious and popular Qatari royal family, the Al-Thanis, who run this enormously wealthy country of 800,000 people.
		Qatar, a neighbor of Saudi Arabia, rests on a rich bed of oil and natural gas, and the Qatari royal family has spent billions building Education City, traveling the globe courting top universities and companies.
		Education City professors say they have been put on “high alert” by the U.S. Embassy in Qatar because of growing tensions with Iran, and there is an evacuation plan in place in the event of any serious anti-American threats.
	www.diverseeducation.com /artman/publish/printer_5962.shtml (2560 words)

	Medical College in Qatar
		The Qatar Foundation envisions the Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar as a central feature of a planned "education city" in Qatar's capital, Doha, that will also include schools for pre-kindergarten to post-graduate students, specialized training in design arts and languages, and sports facilities.
		Qatar is a major energy producing state on the Arabian Gulf, with one of the world's largest reserves of natural gas.
		Qatar and the United States are close allies in preserving security in the Gulf region, and American energy firms have a large p resence in Qatar.
	www.news.cornell.edu /chronicle/01/4.12.01/Qatar.html (875 words)

	qatar
		Qatar is a small peninsula bordering the Arabian Gulf and Saudi Arabia.
		The area of Qatar is approximately 11.521 sq km, and the population is about half a million.
		Not many people know Qatar or where it is, but under the leadership of our young Emir (Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, see picture above), the country has developed rapidly and became one of the important countries in the world.
	www.comp.leeds.ac.uk /eric/latifa/qatar.htm (259 words)

	BU vies to open satellite campus in Qatar - The Boston Globe
		Boston University is competing against universities around the country to open a branch of its communications school in Qatar, which has been cherry-picking top universities' programs for its Education City.
		Qatar gives multimillion dollar contracts to universities to hire faculty and staff to educate students from the Middle East in Qatar.
		The Qatar foundation, which is backed by the Qatar government, has been seeking top programs from around the United States to develop a full menu of offerings for undergraduates and graduate students.
	www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/12/08/bu_vies_to_open_satellite_campus_in_qatar (594 words)

	Qatar information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Qatar served as the headquarters and one of the main launching sites of the US invasion of Iraq [1] in 2003.
		Qatar is also one of the two least taxed sovereign states in the world with no income tax[2], Bahrain is the other.
		Qatar explicitly uses Wahhabi law as the basis of its government, and the vast majority of its citizens follow this specific Islamic doctrine.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Qatar (2565 words)

	The State of Qatar-Education (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In 1956, the basis of modern education was formed which consisted of “three stages of school education: primary (6 years program), preparatory (3 years program) and secondary (3 years program).
		The government public education system is the same except that there are now scientific schools for all stages and advance schools also.
		Qatar Foundation, which is a none-profit organization supports and controls the developments of the education city and now it has about 5 famous universities in the Education City.
	www.du.edu /~aalbuai2/qatar/edu.htm (251 words)

	Gulf Times â€“ Qatarâ€™s top-selling English daily newspaper - Qatar
		"Qatar Foundation is committed to preparing students to occupy leadership roles in an increasingly global society," said Dr Abdulla Al Thani, vice-president of education at Qatar Foundation.
		Commenting on the standard of education and life on campus, Laith Algaz, freshman student at Carnegie Mellon University said: "The branch campuses at Qatar Foundation offer exactly the same degrees and programmes as their main campuses and provide a unique learning experience that is replicated nowhere else.
		With the opening up of the Qatar Science and Technology Park in 2007 to foster research and development within the region, studying at Education City can open up a whole range of career and research options that students would be hard pressed to find at many other universities," added Dr al-Thani.
	www.gulf-times.com /site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=115224&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16 (949 words)

	University Explores Educational Opportunity in Qatar
		The Qatar Foundation, a nonprofit organization established in the 1990s to support the educational goals of the Qatari government, has invited Carnegie Mellon to create undergraduate business and information technology programs in Qatar's Education City.
		"Qatar was hoping to partner with great universities in different areas, and they came to us to see if we'd be interested in establishing an undergraduate program in computer science and an undergraduate program in business," Kamlet said.
		While Qatar is a westernized nation with a culture much like that of the United States, another area of concern is maintaining Carnegie Mellon's commitment to diversity and freedom of expression.
	www.cmu.edu /cmnews/030314/030314_eduqatar.html (1032 words)

	EducationNews.Org- America's leading Education News Source Online
		Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development is a private, chartered, nonprofit organization, founded in 1995 by His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of Qatar.
		Guided by the principle that a nation's greatest resource is the potential of its people, Qatar Foundation aims to develop that potential through a network of centers devoted to progressive education, research and community welfare.
		Qatar Foundation's flagship project, Education City, is a 2,500-acre campus on the outskirts of Doha that hosts branch campuses of some of the world's leading universities, as well as numerous other educational and research institutions.
	www.educationnews.org /Commentaries/The_Qatar_Foundation_occupies_a_unique_place_and_time_in_history.htm (694 words)

	Feature: A letter from Doha
		Qatar sources say her current target is to invite several other institutions to establish campuses in Doha, including an international business school from Fontainebleau, France, and a leading London music school.
		Thanks to its huge liquid gas reserves Qatar, experts maintain that the Gulf state is well on the road to becoming the richest country in the world.
		The president of Qatar University, Sheikha al-Misnat is said to be one of Sheikha Mozah's closest advisers.
	quickstart.clari.net /qs_se/webnews/wed/bn/Uqatar-sheikha-feature.RL2__DN3.html (1079 words)

	American education thriving ... in Qatar \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Taking globalization of higher education to new heights, five American universities, including Carnegie Mellon and Georgetown, have opened satellite campuses here in the past few years, employing some of the same professors as at their stateside campuses, demanding the same tuition, and – theoretically – providing the same education.
		"Education is a primary building block of any human," explains Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser al-Missned, the energetic, reform-minded second wife of Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani.
		As head of the Qatar Foundation, she is the main force behind Education City.
	www.csmonitor.com /2007/0222/p01s02-wome.html (531 words)

	Qatar Foundation's Discover Education City exhibit comes to Abu Dhabi \| Qatar Foundation
		Today Qatar Foundation and the universities at its Education City in Doha are staging an exhibit in Abu Dhabi which is designed to attract students to one of the Middle East's premier educational locations.
		Qatar Foundation is a private, nonprofit organization chartered in 1995 on the personal initiative of His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar.
		The central tenet of Qatar Foundation's philosophy is that people are a country's most valuable resource, and that enabling people to develop their full potential benefits both the individual and society as a whole.
	www.ameinfo.com /73704.html (1150 words)

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		KUWAIT: Representatives from the Qatar Foundation's Education City held a seminar on Wednesday at Radisson SAS hotel after completing their two-day visit to Kuwait, which included an exhibition and a visit to several schools in Kuwait.
		The Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development is a private, chartered, non-profit organisation, founded in 1995 by Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, the Amir of Qatar, and chaired by Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned.
		These five leading universities in Qatar are Virginia Commonwealth School of the Arts in Qatar, Weill-Cornell Medical College in Qatar; Texas A and M University at Qatar; Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar and Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in Qatar.
	www.kuwaittimes.net /localnews.asp?dismode=article&artid=1373548762 (705 words)

	MENAFN - Middle East North Africa . Financial Network News: DOHA: Education City's Qatar Academy is celebrating the ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		DOHA: Education City's Qatar Academy is celebrating the success of this year's "School Without Walls", a new programme which extends education beyond the school's boundaries to the northern coastline of Qatar to offer students a new learning experience.
		Students were also given a lesson on Qatar's culture and tradition with a falconry demonstration and a discussion about the traditional way of Qatari life; the Bedouin tribe, fishing, the way coffee was made and the general way of life before oil.
		The Qatar Academy, however, plans to extend the program to ultimately involve all of grades 4 through 10, and to expand its curricular program to involve groups such as the Friends of Environment.
	www.menafn.com /qn_news_story_s.asp?storyid=97320 (506 words)

	RAND Qatar Policy Institute
		Qatar Foundation is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to developing and utilizing human potential throughout the greater Middle East.
		RQPI is a part of Education City Qatar in Doha, home to a vibrant community of academic and industrial researchers.
		Education City Qatar functions as a hub for initiatives to expand the local base of skilled professionals, diversify the local economy, and serve the entire Gulf region.
	www.rand.org /qatar (362 words)

	Her Highness - Medical Education
		The next generation of doctors in Qatar can be trained without going abroad due to the establishment of the country's first medical school by Her Highness Sheikha Mozah.
		It was established in cooperation with Qatar Foundation as part of Education City, the groundbreaking higher education project initiated and led by Her Highness Sheikha Mozah.
		The college serves the needs of Qatar and the region, and graduates highly-trained doctors and medical specialists to attain the healthcare reforms which are underway.
	www.mozahbintnasser.qa /output/Page23.asp (428 words)

	Emir of Qatar in Los Angeles
		His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani Emir of the State of Qatar, and his wife Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al Missned recently toured the United States including Los Angeles, where the Emir was the guest speaker at the Los Angeles Town Hall.
		Qatar is a close ally of the United States, allowing Central Command to base its regional headquarters near Doha.
		Qatar was able to double the volume of its investment when it signed, in the year 2003, a number of agreements in principle with foreign companies to establish giant projects at a volume of investment reaching more than $40 billion.
	www.arab-american-affairs.net /archives/qatar.htm (1035 words)

	BU pursuing Qatar COM satellite - News
		Boston University is competing with several universities for the chance to open a communications school in the exclusive Education City in Qatar, a Persian Gulf nation with a population of less than 1 million, university officials said over the weekend.
		The Qatar Foundation contract would help create a satellite campus of BU's College of Communication in Education City, a 2,500-acre development that already hosts branch campuses for Carnegie Mellon, Texas A&M and Georgetown universities.
		Additionally, the website states, Education City is "envisioned as a hub for the generation of new knowledge -- a place that provides researchers with world-class facilities, a pool of well-trained graduates, the chance to collaborate with likeminded people and the opportunity to transfer ideas into real-world applications."
	media.www.dailyfreepress.com /media/storage/paper87/news/2006/12/11/News/Bu.Pursuing.Qatar.Com.Satellite-2532004.shtml (369 words)

	The New Media Journal \| Education
		The Century Education Association, representing teachers at Century School District in Ullin, voted early this month to decertify itself from both the Illinois Education Association and the National Education Association and opt for "local-only" representation.
		Membership is $30 for the local association, and $100 for the Association of American Educators compared with $572 for dual membership in the Illinois and National Education associations.
		Taking globalization of higher education to new heights, five American universities, including Carnegie Mellon and Georgetown, have opened satellite campuses here in the past few years, employing some of the same professors as at their stateside campuses, demanding the same tuition, and – theoretically – providing the same education.
	www.therant.us /education.htm (2666 words)

	Welcome to VCUarts
		VCU School of the Arts in Qatar (www.qatar.vcu.edu), the leading design school in the Middle East, is a four-year campus of Virginia Commonwealth University.
		VCUQ was the first campus established in Education City, a unique 2,500 acre campus community on the outskirts of Doha with facilities designed by leading architects for US universities.
		Qatar, where English is the standard second language,isperhaps the most liberal, hospitable and progressive of the Arabian Gulf countries.
	www.vcu.edu /arts/employment/administrative/dean_chief_admin_officer.html (866 words)

	Qatar news - topic by NewsXS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Qatar Telecom agreed to acquire a 51% stake in Kuwait's No. 2 wireless carrier for $3.7 billion in one of the Mideast's largest telecommunications deals.
		Qatar Telecom plans to announce as early as today that it has agreed to buy a controlling stake in Kuwait's second-largest wireless carrier, in a deal valued at about $3.7 billion.
		DUBAI (RTRS): Qatar Telecommunications Corp, the Gulf’s sixth-largest telecom company by market value, said on Wednesday it was considering a bid for Kuwait’s National Mobile Telecommunications Co. A consortium of investors holding a 51 percent stake...
	www.newsxs.com /en/preset/Qatar (525 words)

	Opening of Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar Celebrated
		The historic opening of Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar was celebrated with an inaugural program and press conference held on Oct. 6 at Education City in Qatar's capital city, Doha, attracting worldwide attention as an example of international collaboration.
		Leading the celebration was the Emir of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, and Her Highness Sheikha Mouza bint Nasser Al-Misnad, who chairs the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development and who is also a member of Weill Cornell's Board of Overseers.
		The Medical College will be a central feature of Education City, which will include several graduate and professional schools as well as schools for students of all ages, from prekindergarten to postgraduate students.
	www.med.cornell.edu /deans/2002/10_16_02/article_01-10_16.shtml (1027 words)

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