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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
Qatar Foundation
DeanJavaid I. Sheikh, M.D.[2]
Vice DeanRobert K. Krone, M.D.[2]
Academic staff
77 full-time, 602 affiliated[3]
Students318[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
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. It is located in Education City, Qatar, near the capital of Doha.

WCM-Q has 291 students, 18 preliminary students, 93 pre-medical students, and 180 in its MD program.[4]

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Interior of Weill Cornell–Qatar
Exterior 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]

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.[4]

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar". Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Administrative Officials". Weill Cornell Medicine–Qatar. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Fact Sheet 2018-2019" (PDF). Office of Communications, Weill Cornell Medicine–Qatar. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Anderson, Nick. "Texas university gets $76 million each year to operate in Qatar, contract says". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
  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 13 September 2015. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 19 January 2012 suggested (help)
  7. ^ Clinical Affairs — Hamad Medical Corporation
  8. ^ "Student Activities & Programs". Weill Cornell Medicine–Qatar. Retrieved May 20, 2019.

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