Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Hamad bin Suhaim al-Thani honouring a graduate
Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Hamad bin Suhaim al-Thani honouring another graduate
Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Hamad bin Suhaim al-Thani and other dignitaries at the ceremony
QU president Dr Hassan al-Derham said, “Today we celebrate the 44th batch of Qatar University graduates, which is represented by 2,819 female graduates joining an alumni of over 39,000 since the university’s founding. Those successive cohorts of university graduates have contributed a great deal, to what our beloved country Qatar, is witnessing from a comprehensive renaissance in the social, cultural, economic and other aspects of various fields.”
QU president Dr Hassan al-Derham speaking at the event
QU vice-presidents and deans at the ceremony
Moza al-Obaidan represented the graduates
Dr Hanan al-Fayadh was the host of the ceremony
A section of the graduates
Some of the graduates being congratulated
A graduate being congratulated
“Since its establishment, Qatar University has had the most prominent role in leading the development and renaissance for the community, and Qatari women in particular. This positive transformation, achieved by Qatar University, in pushing women to play their role in achieving development is the result of the university's vision and mission over the years. The first of these is the permanent development of the university’s academic programmes to keep pace with the changes of the times and to respond to developmental needs as well as modernisation, aimed at confirming the pioneering role of Qatari women in achieving development and renaissance.”
“As for the second focus, the university was keen to attract, prepare and train many leading female academics and researchers who contribute to achieving the university’s mission and roles, and have even led these transformations in our Qatari society. The most extensive and influential point, is that the university worked on preparing them with the skills, values and attributes that qualify them to enter working life efficiently and effectively, through a unique student experience,” he continued.
QU president told the graduates: “Qatar University is not just a passing stage in your journey that ends with the completion of your studies and your graduation. In fact, the university is your starting point and reference to which the graduate returns. The university, with its professors and all its sectors, spares no effort in serving you, in order to gain more knowledge. The pursuit of knowledge is a path we take and a goal we seek to reach.”
Representing the graduates, Moza al-Obaidan observed: “We stand here today, carrying in our minds the answers, in our hearts certainty and in our hands is the trust. Among us is the teacher who builds generations, the doctor who saves souls, the engineer who innovates for the human being, the accountant, the lawyer, the pharmacist, the researcher, the writer –and there is no shortcoming in those who are not mentioned. The women thrives in her workplace with persistence, and we are the good evidence of that.”
Dr Hanan al-Fayadh, professor in the College of Arts and Sciences was the host of the ceremony. She urged the graduates to continue on the path of success. QU’s new strategy places an emphasis on elevating the student experience by placing QU as a pioneer and a leading educational institution in the higher education sector in Qatar and abroad.
During the ceremony, a documentary film was shown about QU's achievements during the academic year 2020-2021 in various fields. The event was held in line with the preventive and precautionary measures against Covid-19.