FINANCING HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THE GLOBAL COMMON GOOD

1 i9 presentation to Joe Smith INTRODUCTION

The State of

Qatar University (QU) is Qatar’s Most prominent and sole national institution of higher education

QU is a beacon of academic and research excellence!

QU Provides the widest range of educational programs and degrees in Qatar 1

State of Qatar initiatives in Financing Education for the Global Common Good Reach Out To Asia (ROTA)

• The idea for an initiative, which would reach out to the Asian continent to provide those in need with quality education was conceived by Emir of the State of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in November, 2005 • ROTA has joined the global effort (granted special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Committee ECOSOC since 2009) to achieve basic, quality education for both primary and secondary school children throughout Asia and the Middle East • In each of the 14 chosen countries, building or adopting schools; promoting female education; initiating academic fellowships; coordinating student exchange programs; providing teacher and vocational training; and connecting participating countries through a shared Knowledge Network. Educate a Child Initiative

• Launched in November 2012, by Her Highness Sheikha of Qatar, Educate A Child (EAC) is a global program of the Education Above All Foundation (EAA) that aims to significantly reduce the number of children worldwide who are denied their right to education. • Contributes to the UN's Sustainable Development Goal 4: to ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning. • Influenced the enrolment and retention of at least 10 million out of school children (OOSC) – April 2018 • Aims to mobilize US$1 billion to support education and develop innovative financing mechanisms to foster program sustainability • Keep the issue of out of school children at the top of global and national agendas.

• Six top American universities, one British university and one French university have branch campuses at Education City. • Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP), a state-of-the-art facility comprising 45,000 square meters of office and laboratory space. QSTP aims to fuel Qatar’s knowledge economy by encouraging companies from around the world to develop and commercialize their technology in Qatar, and by helping entrepreneurs to launch start-up technology businesses State of Qatar initiatives in Financing Education for the Local Common Good Qatar National Vision 2030 Qatar National Research Fund

• The Qatar National Research Fund, established in 2006, had a clearly defined vision: “To enable research and development excellence in Qatar in order to achieve a knowledge-based economy”. • This encouraged international collaboration, and could be said to be the main reason why Qatar University tops the list of the most international universities. • Qatar is the only GCC country appearing in the top 10. It is also the first time a Middle Eastern institution has topped this list. What is the impact on QU?

• Qatar University has, in the last five years, been one of the fastest growing institutions for research in the region. Our researchers’ publications have increased by approximately 246 per cent in this period. • The university has undertaken more than 450 research projects with 319 collaborators in the past years. The ever-increasing research efforts have resulted in 3,200 co-authored publications from 1,093 collaborating institutes. • The presence of the branch campuses in town not only enhanced research output and collaboration at QU but also enriched the higher education scene in the country with health competition and collaboration between students and faculty • Enrolments in higher Ed have more than doubled in a decade – from 100 million in 2000, to 214 million in 2015 we nearly tripled • Worldwide about one-third of all higher education students are enrolled in private institutions in Qatar, 95% are at the national university. 2015 2016 HOSTS NINE COLLEGES 19,000+ Students at the undergraduate and Education Sharia, Law Engineering Business & graduate level & Islamic Economics 93 Studies 7,660 Female Students : Male and Female Students Humanities Science & Social Sciences 57 18:1 Male Students Student-faculty ratio

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$25m in Successes in research NPRP and Grants UREP Cycles Qatar University - Research Performance (2013-2018)

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• Publication number by QU is progressing • Publication impact (FWCI) which shows a higher rate year by year. It showed %23 increase in than the world average should be supported by the increase in the qualitative scientific output for the 2017 (1462) vs 2015 (1222)! sustainable and effective research success by QU. Source: SciVal RESEARCH CENTERS Animal Laboratory Research Center (LARC) Biomedical Research Center (BRC) Central Laboratories Unit (CLU)

Center for Advanced Materials (CAM) Center for Entrepreneurship (CFE) Center for Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) RESEARCH Center for Energy and Sustainability Law (CESL) CENTERS Center for Sustainable Development (CSD) Environmental Studies Center (ESC) Gas Processing Center (GPC)

Gulf Studies Center (GSC) Knowledge Intelligence Networked Data and Interdisciplinary Research (KINDI) Qatar Transportation and Traffic Safety Center (QTTSC)

Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI) 11 20Qatar-11- University2018 Elsevier Report Qatar University - Collaboration Intensity (2013-2018)

• Knowledge share by QU researchers via International Collaboration has the biggest share (%77.6) in total publications and the highest FWCI score/citation per publication. If the internationalized academic output can be increased quantitatively it may take QU to higher level of academic performance. Source: SciVal PARTNERSHIPS

QU academic and research profile is further strengthened These agreements also through signed agreements, engender Chair positions on academic collaborations and issues that are of national, partnerships with industry, regional and international government, academia, importance business and civil society

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12 Overall Ranking Progress “QS” Overall Ranking Progress “THE” Inclusion & Diversity at Qatar University

35% of our Student Population is non-Qatari QU also provides need & merit scholarships to international students, especially to HALI students from majority Muslim countries located outside of the Gulf (e.g., Sudan, , , etc.) (1982 scholarships) 65% of which are non-Qataris 93 Qatari scholarship holders study worldwide QU has also developed initiatives in order to welcome refugee students from the region. The Center for Volunteerism and Civic Responsibility has planned, organized, and implemented two new student-led community engagement projects for Syria. During the recent diplomatic crisis, Qatar U ensured that students from nations implementing a blockade against Qatar were able to accelerate academic requirements (like necessary exams) so that they could evacuate prior to the blockade The number of students from these countries in fact increased after the blockade up from 1787 to 1837

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