Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar

Coordinates: 25°19′05″N 51°26′20″E / 25.3180°N 51.4389°E / 25.3180; 51.4389
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Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar
TypePrivate, nonprofit medical school
Established2001 (2001)[1]
Parent institution
Cornell University
AffiliationWeill Cornell Medicine
Hamad Medical Corporation
Qatar Foundation
EndowmentParent Institution, 10 Billion USD
DeanJavaid I. Sheikh, M.D.[2]
Academic staff
77 full-time, 690 affiliated[3]
Students322[3]
Location
Education City, Doha
,
Al Rayyan
,
Qatar

25°19′05″N 51°26′20″E / 25.3180°N 51.4389°E / 25.3180; 51.4389
CampusEducation City
Websiteqatar-weill.cornell.edu

Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) is a branch of Weill Cornell Medicine of Cornell University, established on April 9, 2001, following an agreement between Cornell University and the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development.[1] It is located in Education City, Qatar, near the capital of Doha.

WCM-Q has 322 students, 22 preliminary students, 103 pre-medical students, and 197 in its MD program.[3]

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Interior of Weill Cornell–Qatar

The school offers a six-year medical program with a single admissions. Students who complete undergraduate degrees elsewhere are able to apply to a four-year program. All students are awarded a Doctor of Medicine from Cornell University.[4] When the school's pre-medical program opened in the fall of 2002, and was reportedly the first coeducational institute of higher education in Qatar.[5] Its clinical affiliates are the Hamad Medical Corporation's General Hospital and Women's Hospital.[6]

According to The Washington Post, Weill Cornell–Qatar receives $121.7 million just to cover the operating expenses for the university, making it the most expensive U.S. university in Qatar's Education City.[7]

WCM-Q has 33 clubs, sports teams, and student organizations, some of which participate against other university campuses in Education City.[8]

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  1. ^ a b "Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar". Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  2. ^ "Administrative Officials". Weill Cornell Medicine–Qatar. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Fact Sheet 2018-2019" (PDF). Office of Communications, Weill Cornell Medicine–Qatar. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  4. ^ "Medical Program". Weill Cornell Medicine–Qatar. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  5. ^ "CORNELL UNIVERSITY TO ESTABLISH MEDICAL SCHOOL IN QATAR". Cornell News. 9 April 2001. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012.
  6. ^ Clinical Affairs — Hamad Medical Corporation
  7. ^ Anderson, Nick. "Texas university gets $76 million each year to operate in Qatar, contract says". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
  8. ^ "Student Activities & Programs". Weill Cornell Medicine–Qatar. Retrieved May 20, 2019.

https://qatar-weill.cornell.edu/Portals/0/Fact%20Sheet/Documents/fact-sheet-2020-2021-en.pdf

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