Staff Reporter
CARNEGIE Mellon University in Qatar (CMUQ) has conducted orientation for its second class of incoming business and computer science students (Class of 2009), it was announced yesterday.
There are 48 students in the Class of 2009, bringing total enrolment for the programme to 88 students. The new class includes 10 students who graduated from the Academic Bridge Programme in Education City. There are six students who transferred from other universities, including one from outside Qatar.
The Class of 2009 hails from 27 different secondary schools, with seven members from other countries. The new batch includes six students who received academic merit scholarships of $10,000 each, renewable annually.
Female candidates continue to be in the majority, with 17 enrolled in the business programme and 13 in computer science. In both classes, there are 34 women in business and 13 men, and 26 women in computer science and 15 men. Qataris comprise 47% of the total enrolment.
“The numbers tell the story-we’ve doubled the size of our student body,” director of admissions Bryan Zerbe said.
Applications are now being accepted for the 2006/2007 academic year. Information on requirements and information on how to apply, can be had from www.qatar.cmu.edu
It was in August 2004 that CMUQ began offering its highly regarded undergraduate programmes in business and computer science at the invitation of the Qatar Foundation, which is promoting Education City.
CMUQ is the first international branch campus operated by CMU, a private American research university that’s regularly ranked among the best in the world. |
