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| High school students making inquiries about Education City’s academic institutions |
The fair at the Student Centre in Education City offered prospective students, their families and the larger Doha community comprehensive insight into life at Education City through the perspective of currently enrolled students, representatives of participating universities and admissions counsellors.
Soud Abdulaziz al-Tamimi, Executive Director, Project Management Office, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, said: “My colleagues at Qatar Foundation and across the universities and centres have provided lots of opportunities to help you prepare for college. Whether that is through summer enrichment programmes, standardised testing services, visits to your school or debating opportunities, as a high school student, you have many opportunities to grow, develop and prepare yourself for college.”
Jassim al-Muftah, Student Center Business Operations Supervisor, Qatar Foundation, delivered the main presentation while introducing the six participating universities of the event as well as the Academic Bridge Programme, a foundation programme that prepares students for university study.
“While you are a student at one of these universities, you will have the opportunity to take classes at the other five universities. So let’s say you want to be a government press secretary. In that instance you may study journalism at Northwestern University and at the same time, enroll in political science classes at Georgetown University,” said al-Muftah.
After the presentations, attendees made their way into the exhibition area, where each of the participating universities had set up booths for facilitation. Special meeting areas served as a platform for students curious to know about the mandatory standardised tests such as SAT, ACT, TOEFL and IELTS that are often a pre-requisite for admissions. The British Council, Reach Out To Asia and the Higher Education Institute were also present at the event to provide students with information about their services.
“This event is very useful in that all the information can be had under one roof. It is important for senior high-school students to come here as it helps them to gauge their options in making potentially life-changing decisions,” said Qatari national Sarah Khaled al-Yahri, a grade 12 student at Qatar Independent Secondary School.
During ‘Discover Education City’, six universities offering undergraduate degrees, carefully-selected for offering top programmes in their respective area of teaching were showcased: Virginia Commonwealth University (VCUQatar), Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMCQ), Texas A&M University at Qatar, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMUQ), Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar (SFS-Qatar) and Northwestern University in Qatar (NUQ).
Following this event, Qatar Foundation and the universities in Education City will be hosting a series of programmes for students and counsellors. The campaign will also travel to rest of the Gulf and includes school visits and a counsellor event.
