Prospective graduate students will have a unique chance to experience a taste of academic life at a special Graduate Open House, organised by Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), tomorrow. HBKU is opening its doors to welcome those interested in enrolling on graduate programmes from 4.30pm to 8.30pm, tomorrow, at the HBKU Student Center in Education City.
Faculty members, deans, admissions staff, and current students will be available to answer questions about the programmes on offer and discuss the admissions process at HBKU. In addition, attendees will have the chance to experience a range of sample class activities offered by HBKU professors, providing interested candidates with a glimpse into their potential futures. There will also be demonstrations by professors of projects currently being undertaken at HBKU.
HBKU offers graduate degrees in the fields of cyber security, data science, computer science and engineering, sustainability, biological and biomedical sciences, law, translation studies, audiovisual translation, Islamic studies, Islamic finance, and energy and resources. All will be presented at tomorrow’s event.
As part of a full and diverse programme, Dr Josélia Neves, Associate Professor at HBKU’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences will give attendees the opportunity to interact with the “Art Translates” inclusive art project undertaken by her students that allows blind people to enjoy paintings through touch and audio description. Dr. Antoine Hyafil, Director of Academic Programs at HBKU’s Executive Education Center, will host an interactive discussion that centers on the challenges facing the energy and resource sector.
Dr Tarek Al Ansari, Assistant Professor with the College of Science and Engineering will discuss sustainable development as the key to the future and professors from the College of Law and Public Policy will explore a legal problem with attendees of the Graduate Open House and showing innovative ways to solve them, echoing an approach taken in class and in the college’s “Legal Lab”.
Those interested in pursuing graduate study in the sciences, will also be able to learn about research internships and mentorship available to HBKU students through the HBKU College of Science and Engineering’s emphasis on close collaboration with the University’s three prestigious research institutes: Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI), Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), and Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI).
The University’s admissions cycle opened earlier this month.
