Georgetown University: School of Foreign Service in Qatar

On behalf of our faculty, staff, students, and alumni, I welcome you to the web site of Georgetown University-Qatar!

In 2005, Georgetown University brought its 200 year-old tradition of teaching excellence and cutting-edge scholarship into the Middle East, thus launching an exciting, new era in the global diffusion of knowledge. Long renowned for the caliber of its scholars and students, the University’s branch campus in Qatar represents the best of Georgetown’s rich heritage. I invite you to explore and to discover for yourself the depth and breadth of all that Georgetown University-Qatar has to offer—the range and the possibilities of its curriculum, the richness of its intellectual community, its faculty and students, and its study of and engagement with the world.

For us, our geographic location makes our educational mission and our academic experience all the more rewarding. As one of a small number of pioneering American universities in the Middle East, our faculty and students are actively engaged in shaping and constructing the twenty-first century. They have at their disposal the resources of one of the world’s leading research universities, and as their classroom one of the world’s most exciting and fastest developing regions. In a few short years, Georgetown University-Qatar has positioned itself as a leading institution for the global diffusion of knowledge and an active architect in constructing today’s globalized world. Come and explore with us the excitement that unfolds in our classrooms and lecture halls every day, the discoveries and the critical thinking that guide our intellectual inquiries, and the magic that transpires in all of us—students, faculty, and alumni—as we set out on the journey ahead.

I encourage you to find out for yourself all that we have to offer. Read about our mission and our identity. Explore our curriculum. Look into the university’s range of academic and extra-curricular opportunities. Talk to our current and our past students. Study our world and think about how you want to better understand it today and shape it tomorrow. Reflect on our location and our comparative advantage in offering a liberal arts education with degrees and certificates in International Politics, Regional and Arab Studies, American Studies, and Culture and Politics. In all of these, I am confident that you will find in us the perfect intellectual home.

I eagerly look forward to seeing you on campus and among us.

Mehran Kamrava
Interim Dean

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