Category: Admission

Students network with Qatar’s top employers

Carnegie Mellon Qatar hosted a networking event to bring students and prospective employers together. The Network to Get Work event involved 40 select companies from a variety of industries, all…

CMU-Q wins national debate competition

Two CMU-Q students are the national champions of Qatar after prevailing at the Qatar Universities Debating League national tournament on April 1 and 2. Carnegie Mellon's Yousuf Akhlaq and Moussa…

Finn Kydland discusses economic science and the aggregate economy

Finn Kydland, Nobel Laureate (2004) and Richard P. Simmons Distinguished Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, outlined developments over the past 40 years that have placed the field of macroeconomics on…

130 students recognized on Carnegie Mellon Qatar Dean’s List

Students recognized for academic excellence DOHA, QATAR –Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar announced the Dean’s List for the fall 2015 semester on March 29. The Dean’s List acknowledges academically outstanding…

CMU-Q wins Al Ruwad Case Competition for second year in a row

A team from CMU-Q was declared the champion of the Al Ruwad Regional Case Competition this weekend at the College of the North Atlantic Qatar (CNA-Q). Eleven teams from Qatar…

CMU-Q team places second in the Gulf Programming Contest

A CMU-Q team comprised of computer science students Daun Chung, Mahmoud Al-Ismail and Yusuf Musleh took second place at the sixth annual Gulf Programming Contest in Kuwait City. Hosted by…

Arabic language cyber security among CMU-Q projects at ARC

A proposal for research into Arabic language cyber security received an NPRP grant in Cycle 9 of Qatar National Research Fund’s flagship program. Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar’s Anis Charfi,…

Qatar college students compete in Quick Startup 2016

More than 60 students from universities across Qatar competed in Quick Startup 2016, a weekend-long race to create a viable business plan. The winning team members were Aisha Al-Derhim, College…

2016 Internal Case Competition a tight race to the end

In one of the most hotly-contested case competitions in recent memory, the CMU-Q team Alpha Consulting bested a very competitive field of CMU and CMU-Q students. They worked for two…

More than 250 students participate in CMU-Q’s inaugural Pi Day competition

Doha, QATAR: Qatar high schoolers with an aptitude for math celebrated Pi Day early this year with a competition at CMU-Q. Pi Day is celebrated on March 14 (3/14). Pi…