DOHA: The Doha Institute for Graduate Studies (DI) is finalizing its preparations to receive its first group of master’s students on October 4, 2015.
“The logistical, administrative, and academic units at the Doha Institute, in collaboration with the admissions office, have finalized preparations and procedures necessary to launch the academic year 2015-2016,” said Dr Hend Al Muftah, Vice President for Administration and Finance at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies.
Dr Al Muftah also said that the preparations include organizing a number of events and orientations conducted by DI staff and faculty to guide the new students and brief them with all the information they need to start the academic year.
“These activities are aimed to offer the best services to the students and are based on specific foundations, programs, and dates to facilitate a smooth and effective process of joining the Institute,” she said.
The Admissions Office at DI had announced student acceptances for the academic year 2015-2016, including 28 Qatari nationals who will be joining 9 academic programs at DI’s School of Social Sciences and Humanities and the School of Public Administration and Development Economics.
By its March 31, 2015 admissions deadline, the DI had received 903 applications from across the Arab world, around 125 of which were extended offers of admissions. Currently, a total of 42 students were accepted at the School of Public Administration and Development Economics, and 83 at the School of Social Sciences and Humanities.
Admissions decisions were based on a rigorous and competitive selection process that assessed the abilities of each student and included interviews between DI faculty and shortlisted candidates.
“The DI attracted students with outstanding academic record from universities from across the Arab world,” said Dr Al Muftah. “Selections were made according to an applicant's exceptional undergraduate record, mastery of both the Arabic and English languages and expected contributions to society upon graduation.”
She also said that more than 40 university professors in various disciplines have joined the DI. “The DI has attracted an elite group of academics and researchers from some of the best universities in the world,” she said.
Designated as a not-for-profit, private institution, the DI is operated exclusively for educational, research and public service purposes. It was founded in 2014, as an autonomous legal entity, by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies. It is licensed as a national institution of higher education by the Supreme Education Council of Qatar. Programs of study will be offered at the master’s degree level in its two schools of School of ?Social Sciences and Humanities and School of Public Administration and Development Economics. ?
Call for applications for the academic year 2016-2017 will be announced during the first semester of study.
The Peninsula
