Follow these steps to become a CMU Qatar student
Meeting of the Minds
Meeting of the Minds is an annual symposium at CMU where students present their research and project work to a wide audience. A judging panel of industry experts and faculty members from other universities review the presentations, with awards given for the best projects and posters.
Summer Research Institute
Biological Sciences students can apply to the Summer Research Institute, a program for researching molecular biology and biochemistry at the Carnegie Mellon main campus in Pittsburgh. Research projects involve recombinant DNA techniques and biochemical methods directed toward the functional analysis of proteins and enzymes.
QBRI
CMU-Q biological sciences students can apply to the QBRI summer research program. This eight-week course provides students the opportunity to choose from a wide range of problems in diabetes, cancer or stem cell research.
QSIURP
The Qatar Student Initiated Undergraduate Research Program awards funding to undergraduates at CMU-Q for summer research in any field of study. It is modeled on a similar program on the main campus.
Frontiers, Analysis, and Discovery in Biological Sciences
First-year students can take an exciting course in the spring of their first year. In this course they will using a cutting-edge genetic modification tool, CRISPR, to alter the genetic material of yeast and mammalian cells.