TEXAS A&M University at Qatar has recognised 40 high-achieving Qatari high school students who completed a science and math enrichment programme in collaboration with the Supreme Education Council’s Higher Education Institute.
Over a two-week period, the students, enrolled at 10 Doha high schools, took 40 hours of chemistry, maths and physics as part of a programme designed to encourage the students to consider pursuing education and careers in engineering and science.
TAMUQ dean and CEO Dr Mark H Weichold presented the students with certificates of achievement on Monday and congratulated them on completing the programme.
“This is a significant educational accomplishment,” he told the students while observing that their completion of the programme proves that you are on the right track to be successful university students in engineering and science.
During the programme’s opening ceremony two weeks ago, Weichold had urged the students to consider the importance of their studies at the University.
He reminded the students that they were sitting in the same chairs as full-time undergraduate engineering students who, not too long ago, were in high school.
“And you are learning from some of the same outstanding faculty members who teach our undergraduate students,” he said.
TAMUQ’s science programme co-ordinator and a professor of chemistry Dr Hassan S Bazzi said the students performed well during the courses.
“I am encouraged to see these high school students earning such high marks,” Bazzi said while observing that they did well, and that proves that their schools are doing good work.
TAMUQ’s student and community relations director Mariam al-Mannai, said the enrichment programme was a fantastic way to recruit potential engineering students.
“We are glad to reach out to potential engineering students and to challenge them with math and science that will help prepare them for university studies,” she maintained.
Al-Mannai said she anticipates more programmes in the future that will be larger in terms of scope and enrolment. “In the coming months we will develop a comprehensive roster of activities that will give Qatar’s best and brightest the stimulation they need to become competitive candidates for admission to premier universities, especially Texas A&M at Qatar,” she added.
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