Category: Pre-college

Carnegie Mellon summer program offers glimpse into careers of the future

More than 60 secondary students experience innovative fields and career paths at 10th annual Summer College Preview Program DOHA, QATAR – More than sixty secondary school students from across Qatar explored…

CMU-Q programs show high school students a world of possibility

Outreach initiatives highlight new academic and career paths DOHA, QATAR: About 40 business-minded high school students gather on a Saturday in the bright and airy majlis area at Carnegie Mellon…

Carnegie Mellon Qatar welcomes admitted students to Marhaba Tartans 2017

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) hosted Marhaba Tartans 2017 on April 20, an opportunity for admitted students and their families to learn more about academic programs, career options, and…

Student app helps predict threats to education in conflict zones

This year’s CarnegieApps Hackathon included a new category with a humanitarian goal: to use technology to help protect education in conflict zones. The category was sponsored by Education Above All’s…

Winners of Pi Day math contest: DPS-Modern Indian

Carnegie Mellon Qatar holds second annual contest, draws 400 high school students from across Qatar A team from the DPS-Modern Indian School took the top prize at the second annual…

CMU-Q at Al Faisal Without Borders Educational Festival

Ilker Baybars, dean and CEO of Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, attended the opening ceremonies of the first Educational Festival, a four-day event organized by Al Faisal Without Borders Foundation…

Local schools create, code and compete at CMU-Q programming contest

Alice Middle East Programming Competition inspires 36 student teams to explore computer science DOHA, Qatar: Computer science took center stage at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) as 125 students…

CMU Honors String Quartet inspires Qatar students to pursue music

During a week-long visit to Qatar, the CMU Honors String Quartet visited three schools to share their love of music with local school children. Members of the CMU Honors String…

Lebanese School, Tariq bin Ziad Secondary are top teams at Botball 2017

Students program two autonomous robots in agriculture-themed challenge The popular Botball programming competition for high school students took place March 3 at CMU-Q, resulting in a win for the Lebanese…

Students gain insight into financial markets

In Gulf-Times, February 28, 2017 Al Khalij Commercial Bank (Al Khaliji) partnered with Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) for the second consecutive year to host its financial markets literacy…