Driving Directions

If you plan to drive to Education City, driving directions are as follows:

  1. From the Doha Corniche, turn at the round-about (R/A) nearest the Post Office onto Al Markhiya Street.

  2. At the first stop light, turn left and proceed to the Oryx R/A.

  3. At the Oryx R/A, turn right onto Khalifa Street.

  4. Stay on Khalifa Street and go straight through Television R/A (after 2 km) and Burger King R/A (after an additional 1.5 km; Burger King and Al Markhia Petrol station are on the right).

  5. Proceed straight under the Al Gharaffa 3-level interchange and then proceed another two km to Sloped R/A, which is slightly sloped and has palm trees in the middle. (Note: Al Khalifa Street changes into Al Luqta Street.)

  6. Go straight through Sloped R/A  and proceed one km to Qatar Foundation R/A.

  7. Go straight through Qatar Foundation R/A  and proceed two km to the next R/A and make a U-Turn. Education City will be on the left as you are driving between these two R/As.

  8. After making the U-Turn, follow signs for Gate 2, which will appear on the right after you pass Qatar Academy.

  9. Follow the Gate 2 road to the security checkpoint, and then turn left at the upcoming R/A.

  10. Follow the road around until it makes a 90-degree turn to the right.  Visitor parking is available on your left.   Carnegie Mellon is the middle building on the opposite side of the road from the parking area.

  11. Proceed to the Carnegie Mellon Qatar reception on the ground floor, which is to the right of the main walkway through the building.

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