DOHA: Qatar Global Education Fair has received more than 3,000 visitors within two days, according to organisers.
The event at Sheraton Doha Resort & Convention Hotel, is sponsored by Qatar University (QU) and Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), and organised by BMI as part of a series of fairs taking place in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Kuwait.
It included more than 50 universities, higher education institutions and government organisations.
A large number of students and education professionals visited the QU booth and were briefed on services, resources and facilities the university offers such as scholarships and academic grants, accreditation, undergraduate and graduate studies, application and visa process, student accommodation, and training and internships, among others.
Lama Ali, Representative and Graduate Admission Specialist, Admissions Department, QU, said, “Through our participation in the event, we encouraged students to pursue their graduate studies and we gave them an insight on the wide range of graduate programmes we offer at the university. The organisation offers 32 programmes at graduate level — 24 Master’s, four diplomas, one PharmD and three doctoral programmes.”
Zaher Mohamed Albahnasi, a second year student of statistics at QU College of Arts and Sciences, said, “At the QU’s booth, we had the opportunity to get information on the Master’s programme in applicable statistics the college offers and admission requirements.”
Ahmed Khalil, a third year student at College of Shariah and Islamic Studies, said, “We were oriented on the Master’s programmes in Quranic Sciences and Exegesis, and in Fiqh and Usul Al Fiqh the college offers, as well as research opportunities, scholarships and curricula.” The event featured workshops on ‘Study in the US’; ‘Tips for finding your dream job’; ‘Study in the UK’; ‘Study in the US at University of California’; ‘Study in Qatar’; ‘Study in Canada’; ‘How to find a job in the digital age’; ‘Study at Hamad Bin Khalifa University’; ‘Study English in the UK’; and ‘Study in France’.
The Peninsula
