Category: Life at CMU-Q

CMU-Q welcomes Pittsburgh exchange students

CMU-Q is pleased to welcome three exchange students from the Pittsburgh campus. Joseph Hill, a junior, visited Doha previously for the IMPAQT program, and will be doing an internship at…

Sixty-five learners complete Language Bridges program

Sixty-five learners were honored for completing Language Bridges, a program that offers English classes to low-income migrant workers. The ceremony, held on November 29, was the capstone of a semester…

CMU-Q wins third at Enterprise Challenge Qatar 2015

CMU-Q placed third in Enterprise Challenge Qatar 2015, a competition designed to develop the spirit of entrepreneurship in young people. Awais Shamim, Faran Farooq, Mounir Sheikh, Sherif Rizk and Ibrahim…

QInvest and Carnegie Mellon Qatar join forces to promote learning in business

QInvest, Qatar's leading investment group, and Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to cooperate and coordinate in the fields of research and education. The…

Minister of Economy and Commerce inks agreement with Carnegie Mellon, highlights investment opportunities in Qatar

His Excellency Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani, Qatar’s Minister of Economy and Commerce, said that Qatar has made considerable strides in terms of promoting economic diversification and sustainable development.…

CMU-Q team wins 3rd place at Yale Hackathon

A team from CMU-Q took third place at YHack 2015, the annual Yale University Hackathon, on November 8, 2015. Team members Maher Khan, Musab Ahmed Popatia and Qasim Nadeem developed…

CMU-Q student places third at SAP DemoJam

Information Systems junior Ibrahim Soltan placed third in DemoJam, an international competition at the SAP TechEd conference held in Barcelona. Teams competed for spots in DemoJam just a few days…

Qatar student wins Tepper UBA Case Challenge

Business administration junior Yousuf Akhlaq was part of the winning team, Gamma, at the Tepper UBA Case Challenge in Pittsburgh. Akhlaq, along with fellow Qatar BA students Fazail Ahmad, Tehseen…

Carnegie Mellon Qatar and AlFaisal Without Borders Foundation launch entrepreneurship center

DOHA, QATAR – His Excellency Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani, chairman of AlFaisal Without Borders Foundation, and Ilker Baybars, dean of Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, inaugurated the AlFaisal…