About Qatar Foundation

Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development is a private, chartered, nonprofit organization, founded in 1995 by His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of Qatar, and chaired by Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned. The Foundation is guided by the principle that a nation's greatest resource is the potential of its people, and aims to develop that potential through a network of centers devoted to progressive education, research and community welfare.

Qatar Foundation is headquartered in a unique Education City in Doha, Qatar, which hosts branch campuses of some of the world's leading research universities, including Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar and Georgetown University in Qatar. It is also home to Qatar Academy, the Learning Center, the Academic Bridge Program, the RAND-Qatar Policy Institute, Al Shaqab Stud and Riding Academy, Fitch Qatar and Qatar Science and Technology Park. Future projects include a state-of-the-art conference and cultural center and Sidra's 400-bed, all-digital academic medical center.

Qatar Foundation's other projects include the Qatar Diabetes Association and the Social Development Center.

Through its projects and its partnerships with elite institutions, Qatar Foundation hopes to transform Qatar into a knowledge-based society. Qatar Foundation's mission is to prepare the people of Qatar and the region to meet the challenges of an ever-changing world by providing world-class educational opportunities, to improve quality of life and to make Qatar a leader in innovative education and research.