DOHA: Doha Institute for Graduate Studies held a faculty welcome day it dubbed ‘Hayakum,’ to host about 40 new university professors as the new institution’s first academic year begins on October 4.
“It is an institute from Qatar to Qatar,” said Acting President Professor Yasir Suleiman in his inaugural address.
“It is at the same time an institute in Qatar for the Arab region, as we will witness when the first group of students will arrive from Arab countries,” said Professor Suleiman, who comes to the institute from University of Cambridge, where he serves as Director, Centre of Islamic Studies.
Present to greet the professors was the institute’s Vice- President, Administration and Finance, Dr Hend Al Muftah, who praised staff for hard work to “turn a dream [the institute) into a reality”.
The event was the first opportunity for the faculty of the two schools of the institute to meet and get introduced to the rest of staff by the deans of School of Social Sciences and Humanities and School of Public Administration and Development Economics — Professors Rasheed El Enany and Hassan Aly, respectively.
Representatives from other administrative and academic sections presented functions of their departments, including Enrolment and Student Affairs; Human Resources; Information Technology; Research Office; Institutional Effectiveness; Finance; and Communications and External Relations.
The event at the library seminar room ended with a question-answer session and a reception.
It is an independent institute for learning and research in the fields of social sciences, humanities, public administration and development economics.
Study programmes are offered at the Master’s degree level in both schools.
Designated as a not-for-profit, private institution, the institute operates exclusively for educational, research and public service purposes.
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