Qatar University is a public university in Doha, Qatar, founded in 1973.
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Qatar University (QU) is the national public university of Qatar, located in Doha. It began in 1973 as a College of Education and was established as a university in 1977.
QU has colleges of arts and sciences, business and economics, education, engineering, health sciences, law, medicine, dental medicine, pharmacy, nursing, and Sharia and Islamic studies, with research centres in areas such as gas processing, environmental science, materials and biomedical research.
Programmes in engineering, medicine and the sciences are taught in English, while others use Arabic. Qatari nationals study free, and scholarships are available for some international students.
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Qatar University was founded in 1973.
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