Qatar University (QU) has announced that it admitted 2,441 Qatari and 1,214 non-Qatari students for Fall 2016.
All Qatari applicants who achieved the acceptance criteria were admitted on the bases of availability and capacity within each college and major, QU said in a statement.
The admission decisions are correlated with students’ attendance to orientation sessions that will be held from September 3 to 8, the statement notes.
Attending New Student Orientation is mandatory to acquaint and familiarise new students with the opportunities that QU offers. Orientation days are distributed based on the college of enrolment.
September 3 and 4 are the two orientation days specified for male students while September 5 to 8 have been assigned for female orientation sessions. Failing to attend the orientation session would cancel the student’s admission for this semester, QU said.
The New Student Orientation is the starting point for all new students in order to be fully prepared from their very first day of the semester.
The orientation includes the following opportunities: meet the college deans and department heads and get to know them closely in order to know whom to seek help from during the academic and university life; meet and interact with other students in their college by participating in activities; seek advice from current QU students and learn about various academic support and student services available to them; receive academic advice and course selection through meeting with academic advisers; and know how to use the QU portal and email.
The QU Parents Programme will hold an open day on September 24 to promote community partnership between the university and students’ parents.
Parents will be invited to join a campus tour to know more about QU’s facilities and the adopted teaching mechanism within QU.