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'''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]].<ref name=overview/> It is located in [[Education City]], [[Qatar]], near the capital of [[Doha]].
'''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]].<ref name=overview/> It is located in [[Education City]], [[Qatar]], near the capital of [[Doha]]. The hosting of the university is considered part of Qatar's [[Qatari soft power|soft power staretgy]] in the field ofeducation.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2023-10-24 |title=Qatar’s War for Young American Minds |url=https://www.thefp.com/p/qatars-war-for-young-american-minds |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=https://www.thefp.com/ |language=en}}</ref>


WCM-Q has 322 students, 22 preliminary students, 103 pre-medical students, and 197 in its MD program.<ref name=factsheet/>
WCM-Q has 322 students, 22 preliminary students, 103 pre-medical students, and 197 in its MD program.<ref name=factsheet/>
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==Profile==
==Profile==
[[File:Cornell qatar interior.jpg|thumb|left|Interior of Weill Cornell–Qatar]]
[[File:Cornell qatar interior.jpg|thumb|left|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.<ref name=admissions>{{cite web |url=http://qatar-weill.cornell.edu/admissions |title=Medical Program |publisher=Weill Cornell Medicine–Qatar |access-date=May 20, 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cunews.cornell.edu/releases/April01/weill.qatar.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119025229/http://cunews.cornell.edu/releases/April01/weill.qatar.html|title=CORNELL UNIVERSITY TO ESTABLISH MEDICAL SCHOOL IN QATAR|publisher=Cornell News|date=9 April 2001|archive-date=19 January 2012}}</ref> Its clinical affiliates are the [[Hamad Medical Corporation]]'s General Hospital and Women's Hospital.<ref>[http://qatar-weill.cornell.edu/clinical/hamad.html Clinical Affairs — Hamad Medical Corporation]</ref>
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.<ref name=admissions>{{cite web |url=http://qatar-weill.cornell.edu/admissions |title=Medical Program |publisher=Weill Cornell Medicine–Qatar |access-date=May 20, 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cunews.cornell.edu/releases/April01/weill.qatar.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119025229/http://cunews.cornell.edu/releases/April01/weill.qatar.html|title=CORNELL UNIVERSITY TO ESTABLISH MEDICAL SCHOOL IN QATAR|publisher=Cornell News|date=9 April 2001|archive-date=19 January 2012}}</ref> Its clinical affiliates are the [[Hamad Medical Corporation]]'s General Hospital and Women's Hospital.<ref>[http://qatar-weill.cornell.edu/clinical/hamad.html Clinical Affairs — Hamad Medical Corporation]</ref> The hosting of the university is considered part of Qatar's [[Qatari soft power|soft power staretgy]] in the field of education.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283541486_The_Rise_of_Qatar_as_a_Soft_Power_and_the_Challenges</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Networks of Hate: Qatari Paymasters, Soft Power and the Manipulation of Democracy » ISGAP |url=https://isgap.org/post/2023/12/networks-of-hate-qatari-paymasters-sof-power-and-the-manipulation-of-democracy/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=isgap.org}}</ref><ref name=":6">https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/236414644.pdf</ref>


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.<ref name=wapo>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/03/08/texas-university-gets-76-million-each-year-to-operate-in-qatar-contract-says/ |last=Anderson |first=Nick |title=Texas university gets $76 million each year to operate in Qatar, contract says |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=June 8, 2016}}</ref>
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.<ref name=wapo>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/03/08/texas-university-gets-76-million-each-year-to-operate-in-qatar-contract-says/ |last=Anderson |first=Nick |title=Texas university gets $76 million each year to operate in Qatar, contract says |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=June 8, 2016}}</ref>
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==Criticism==
==Criticism==
American universities with campuses in Education City, which include [[Texas A&M University|Texas A&M]], [[Carnegie Mellon University|Carnegie Mellon]], [[Georgetown University|Georgetown]], and [[Northwestern University|Northwestern]] alongside Cornell, have been criticized that they possibly cannot uphold the same levels of [[academic freedom]] in Qatar that exist the United States.<ref name=wapo/><ref name=gulfnews>{{Cite news|url=http://gulfnewsjournal.com/stories/510548507-roots-of-american-universities-grow-deeper-in-qatar-drawing-criticism |title=Roots of American universities grow deeper in Qatar, drawing criticism |date=June 8, 2015 |website=Gulf News Journal |access-date=June 8, 2016}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=February 2021|certain=yes|reason=This article without byline from a source whose background is largely unknown for no specified-factors and cursory-digging reveals they're most-likely based in Ajmān of UAE which ipso facto renders them suspicious for post-2013 reports even starts off with authoritative weasel-wording "...Qatar, a nation widely understood to support the foreign terrorist organization Hamas..".}} In response, Cornell has said that its presence in Qatar "is the best way to promote understanding" and that their collaborations across the globe fulfill its mission of "teaching, discovery and engagement."<ref name=jewishweek>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/new-york/cornells-ties-qatar-getting-fresh-scrutiny |last=Ain |first=Stewart |title=Cornell's Ties To Qatar Getting Fresh Scrutiny |date=September 3, 2014 |publisher=The Jewish Week |access-date=June 8, 2016}}</ref>
American universities with campuses in Education City, which include [[Texas A&M University|Texas A&M]], [[Carnegie Mellon University|Carnegie Mellon]], [[Georgetown University|Georgetown]], and [[Northwestern University|Northwestern]] alongside Cornell, have been criticized that they possibly cannot uphold the same levels of [[academic freedom]] in Qatar that exist the United States.<ref name=wapo/><ref name=gulfnews>{{Cite news|url=http://gulfnewsjournal.com/stories/510548507-roots-of-american-universities-grow-deeper-in-qatar-drawing-criticism |title=Roots of American universities grow deeper in Qatar, drawing criticism |date=June 8, 2015 |website=Gulf News Journal |access-date=June 8, 2016}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=February 2021|certain=yes|reason=This article without byline from a source whose background is largely unknown for no specified-factors and cursory-digging reveals they're most-likely based in Ajmān of UAE which ipso facto renders them suspicious for post-2013 reports even starts off with authoritative weasel-wording "...Qatar, a nation widely understood to support the foreign terrorist organization Hamas..".}} In response, Cornell has said that its presence in Qatar "is the best way to promote understanding" and that their collaborations across the globe fulfill its mission of "teaching, discovery and engagement."<ref name=jewishweek>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/new-york/cornells-ties-qatar-getting-fresh-scrutiny |last=Ain |first=Stewart |title=Cornell's Ties To Qatar Getting Fresh Scrutiny |date=September 3, 2014 |publisher=The Jewish Week |access-date=June 8, 2016}}</ref>


A 2017 opinion piece in Cornell's student newspaper, [[The Cornell Daily Sun]], called on Cornell's incoming president [[Martha E. Pollack]] to be more transparent about the relationship between the university and the Qatar Foundation, particularly in the context of the ability for Cornell employees to form a union, something that is illegal in Qatar.<ref name=sun>{{cite news |url=https://cornellsun.com/2017/04/22/letter-to-the-editor-on-weill-medical-college-in-qatar/ |title=Letter to the Editor: On Weill Medical College in Qatar |last1=Eddy |first1=Xavier |last2=Hanna |first2=Christopher |publisher=[[The Cornell Daily Sun]] |date=April 22, 2017 |access-date=May 20, 2019}}</ref>
A 2017 opinion piece in Cornell's student newspaper, [[The Cornell Daily Sun]], called on Cornell's incoming president [[Martha E. Pollack]] to be more transparent about the relationship between the university and the Qatar Foundation, particularly in the context of the ability for Cornell employees to form a union, something that is illegal in Qatar.<ref name=sun>{{cite news |url=https://cornellsun.com/2017/04/22/letter-to-the-editor-on-weill-medical-college-in-qatar/ |title=Letter to the Editor: On Weill Medical College in Qatar |last1=Eddy |first1=Xavier |last2=Hanna |first2=Christopher |publisher=[[The Cornell Daily Sun]] |date=April 22, 2017 |access-date=May 20, 2019}}</ref>

Revision as of 17:29, 1 February 2024

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. The hosting of the university is considered part of Qatar's soft power staretgy in the field ofeducation.[4]

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

Profile

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.[5] 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.[6] Its clinical affiliates are the Hamad Medical Corporation's General Hospital and Women's Hospital.[7] The hosting of the university is considered part of Qatar's soft power staretgy in the field of education.[4][8][9][10]

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.[11]

WCM-Q has 33 clubs, sports teams, and student organizations, some of which participate against other university campuses in Education City.[12]

Criticism

American universities with campuses in Education City, which include Texas A&M, Carnegie Mellon, Georgetown, and Northwestern alongside Cornell, have been criticized that they possibly cannot uphold the same levels of academic freedom in Qatar that exist the United States.[11][13][unreliable source] In response, Cornell has said that its presence in Qatar "is the best way to promote understanding" and that their collaborations across the globe fulfill its mission of "teaching, discovery and engagement."[14]

A 2017 opinion piece in Cornell's student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, called on Cornell's incoming president Martha E. Pollack to be more transparent about the relationship between the university and the Qatar Foundation, particularly in the context of the ability for Cornell employees to form a union, something that is illegal in Qatar.[15]

See also

References

  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. ^ a b "Qatar's War for Young American Minds". https://www.thefp.com/. 2023-10-24. Retrieved 2024-02-01. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
  5. ^ "Medical Program". Weill Cornell Medicine–Qatar. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  6. ^ "CORNELL UNIVERSITY TO ESTABLISH MEDICAL SCHOOL IN QATAR". Cornell News. 9 April 2001. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012.
  7. ^ Clinical Affairs — Hamad Medical Corporation
  8. ^ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283541486_The_Rise_of_Qatar_as_a_Soft_Power_and_the_Challenges
  9. ^ "Networks of Hate: Qatari Paymasters, Soft Power and the Manipulation of Democracy » ISGAP". isgap.org. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  10. ^ https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/236414644.pdf
  11. ^ a b Anderson, Nick. "Texas university gets $76 million each year to operate in Qatar, contract says". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
  12. ^ "Student Activities & Programs". Weill Cornell Medicine–Qatar. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  13. ^ "Roots of American universities grow deeper in Qatar, drawing criticism". Gulf News Journal. June 8, 2015. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
  14. ^ Ain, Stewart (September 3, 2014). "Cornell's Ties To Qatar Getting Fresh Scrutiny". The Jewish Week. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
  15. ^ Eddy, Xavier; Hanna, Christopher (April 22, 2017). "Letter to the Editor: On Weill Medical College in Qatar". The Cornell Daily Sun. Retrieved May 20, 2019.

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