Texas A&M at Qatar Quick Facts

About Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University at Qatar is a branch campus of Texas A&M University, a research-intensive flagship university in College Station, Texas. As thousands of current and former students will attest, the Aggie experience is one of a kind. There’s access to world-class research programs and award-winning faculty. There are opportunities to learn in and out of the classroom through technology, internships and cooperative education programs. And there’s the prestige of joining the global Aggie Network. Here are some quick facts about Texas A&M.

Founded 1876.

Purpose: Developing leaders of character dedicated to serving the greater good.

More than 280,000 former students form the Aggie Network.

8,085 freshmen in the fall 2007 class.

800 student organizations.

Ranked first in the United States by Washington Monthly magazine for ”tangible contributions to the public interest“ and third by U.S. News & World Report in ”best values among public universities.“

College Station campus is 11,000 acres. Branch campuses in Galveston, Texas, and Doha, Qatar. Study centers in Mexico City and Santa Chiara, Italy.

More than 2,800 faculty.

More than 120 undergraduate degree programs and more than 240 master‘s and Ph.D. programs offered.

Spring 2008 enrollment: 43,872. Among those: 8,500 graduate students.

Average SAT score: 1208 (almost 200 points higher than the national average).

Endowment ranks among the top five nationally for public universities.

University libraries have almost 4 million volumes in addition to electronic texts, online journals and digital archives.

$570 million invested in research in the University’s 10 colleges.

Student-to-faculty ratio is 20 to 1.

About Texas A&M at Qatar

Academics & Research

Texas A&M at Qata offers Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical, and Petroleum Engineering.  Degrees are issued from Texas A&M University. 

Curricula are materially the same as the respective engineering programs at the University's main campus in College Station, and academic instruction is in English and co-educational.

Administration

Dr. Mark H. Weichold was approved by The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents as Dean and CEO of TAMUQ effective January 2007.

Dr. Charles Bowman, Emeritus Professor and former Department Head of Petroleum Engineering of Texas A&M and Dean Emeritus of Texas A&M at Qatar, served as the Interim Dean and CEO of TAMUQ from June 2003 until February 2004 and from June 2006 till December 2006.  Dr. Michael Kemp, former Vice President and CEO of Texas A&M University at Galveston, served as Dean and CEO from February 2004 until May 2006.

Texas A&M University at Qatar was established with seven faculty members and five staff in its inaugural year. In the 2006-2007 Academic Year, it consisted of 48 faculty and 65 professional staff providing academic instruction and support services for the campus.

Education City

Texas A&M's Qatar campus is part of a multi-institutional Education City, a campus dedicated to education, research and technology, established on a vast 2,500-acre (10 million square meters) site near Doha, the country's capital. Texas A&M's neighbor institutions in Education City are Virginia Commonwealth University, Weill Cornell Medical College, Carnegie Mellon University, Georgetown University, and Northwestern University in Qatar

Location

Located in the Weill Cornell Medical Building in Education City until December 31, 2003, Texas A&M University at Qatar temporarily relocated to the Liberal Arts and Science building until June 2007.  Texas A&M University at Qatar moved to its new, permanent home in Education City, the Texas A&M Engineering Building, in June 2007.

Admission and Enrollment

The inaugural class of Texas A&M University at Qatar began on September 7, 2003 with twenty-nine students, of which twenty-four were Qatari and fifteen of these were female students. 

The Texas A&M University at Qatar Fall 2004 class consisted of 61 new freshmen students

Texas A&M University at Qatar received over 600 applications from over 30 countries for fall 2005 admission.  The Class of 2009 consists of 63 students from 12 countries.  Thirty-eight are Qatari and 33% are female. Fall 2005 classes started with a total student body of 140.

Texas A&M University at Qatar received over 750 applicants from over 36 countries for Fall 2006 admission.  The Class of 2010 consists of 55 students from 15 countries.  Fall 2006 classes started with a total student body of 185, of which 43% are Qatari and 38% are female.

Texas A&M University at Qatar received over 1000 applicants from nearly 40 countries for Fall 2007 admission. 

Student Life

A student leadership exchange program takes place in the spring of each academic year, where 10 Texas A&M University College Station students visit the Texas A&M University at Qatar campus for a week over Spring Break and in return 10 Texas A&M University at Qatar students visit the Texas A&M University campus for a week over their Spring Break.

Texas A&M University at Qatar currently has 20 student organizations and clubs representing their diversified interests ranging from academic activities to entertainment.  Some of the numerous clubs' events are holding lectures and inviting guest speakers, organizing art exhibitions, sports activities and competitions, and environmental awareness activities.

Texas A&M University at Qatar students celebrate "Muster" which is a yearly event celebrated on April 21st and considered to be among the most honored Aggie Traditions to remember all Aggies who have passed away.

Texas A&M University at Qatar students have the opportunity to live on campus in male or female residence halls, which further enhances their university experience.

Career and internship services are offered from within the Academic Services Office.  The department assists students in finding employment in Qatar, the Gulf region and internationally, if so desired. 

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