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  • GU-Q News

    GU-Q central to Qatar’s leadership vision, Dean tells the Gulf Times

    Dean Safwan M. Masri joined Gulf Times Qatar Editor-in-Chief Faisal Abdulhameed Al-Mudahka to discuss how GU-Q is preparing the next generation of leaders in diplomacy, public service, and global affairs….

  • Faculty

    Inside Georgetown Qatar classrooms as war reshaped teaching in real time 

    At Georgetown University in Qatar, classrooms hold steady as regional conflict moves into daily academic life  Early in the morning of Feb. 28, 2026, Dr. Raha Hakimdavar woke to a…

  • GU-Q News

    How our community shows up for one another amid crisis 

    Faculty and students respond to regional war and disruption by sustaining care, connection and academic continuity across borders, time zones, and shifting daily life.  By Daphne Soriano, Class of 2028 …

  • Faculty

    How Georgetown Qatar scholars became key voices explaining the U.S.–Israel war on Iran

    As the U.S.–Israel war on Iran escalated, Georgetown University in Qatar scholars became frequent on-air experts for global media, offering context and perspective on a conflict that did not begin…

  • Admissions

    Applications nearly double for Class of 2030; admit rate at 9%

    Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) has reached a new level of selectivity for the Class of 2030, with applications rising 92 percent. The surge marks the most competitive admissions cycle…

  • GU-Q News

    Students develop professional case studies for teaching religious diversity

    A pioneering collaboration between Education City universities has resulted in a groundbreaking initiative now transforming how religious pluralism is taught and understood globally. What began as an undergraduate course at…

  • Alumni

    Qatar’s top university student on educational excellence

    When Waad Al-Maadeed graduated from university last year, she wasn’t just top of her class at Georgetown University in Qatar, her academic career earned her the top honour for all…

  • GU-Q News

    Healing anti-blackness: In fiery speech Ambassador Arikana Chihombori-Quao calls for collective action  

    The auditorium fills in a hush the way lungs do before something difficult is said. It is February in Doha. Inside Georgetown University in Qatar, a centennial Black History Month…

  • GU-Q News

    Imagine, listen, connect: Lessons from Dr. Marc Lamont Hill’s talk at GU-Q during Black History Month

    In a stirring Keynote to a packed auditorium, author, activist, and television personality Dr. Marc Lamont Hill offered key takeaways from the Black liberation struggle relevant to today, as part…

  • GU-Q News

    POV: Dear Africans and beyond, let’s build together. Love, Itiafa

    By Itiafa Ayeni, Class of 2029 When I arrived at Abeid Amani Karume International Airport in Zanzibar, as a freshman at Georgetown University in Qatar, attending a conference on “Reimagining…