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  • Aminatta Forna
    Students

    Award-winning Author to Speak at Georgetown as Part of ‘Life of the Mind’ Program

    Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) will welcome author Aminatta Forna to its Education City campus as part of its annual ‘Life of the Mind’ program. Forna, whose books have won…

  • Class of 2020
    Students

    Georgetown Welcomes Class of 2020 in Prestigious Ceremony

    Georgetown University in Qatar’s (GU-Q) class of 2020 formally gathered together for the first time this week, as part of the traditional new student convocation that welcomes them to the…

  • CIRS Offers Grant for Research on Migration
    Research

    CIRS Offers Grant for Research on Mobility, Displacement and Forced Migration in the Middle East

    Georgetown University in Qatar’s Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) has issued a call for proposals as part of its Mobility, Displacement, and Forced Migration in the Middle East…

  • GPS Closing Ceremony Group Photo
    Students

    Georgetown Summer Program Prepares High School Students for University Success

    On August 4th, 30 high school students who took part in this year’s Georgetown Pre-College Summer (GPS) program were recognized for their accomplishments in a closing ceremony held at the…

  • William Anderson
    GU-Q News

    Georgetown Celebrates End of Summer Holidays with Jazz Concert

    Ahead of the start of the new academic year, Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) staff, faculty and distinguished guests from other Education City universities came together for a celebratory lunch…

  • Thai Ambassador at GU-Q
    Students

    Ambassador of Thailand to Qatar visits GU-Q

    The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand to the State of Qatar recently paid a visit to Georgetown University in Qatar, where he was welcomed by the dean of Georgetown University…

  • Georgetown University in Qatar representatives with their Step into Health awards
    Students

    Georgetown University in Qatar takes first place in Be-an-Active-Campus competition

    Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) was recently awarded first place out of 15 competing universities in the Step into Health Be-an-Active-Campus competition, which challenged Qatar-based tertiary institutions to escalate their…

  • The 2016 Georgetown University in Qatar Alumni Suhoor
    Alumni

    Alumni Suhoor brings together new and old Georgetown graduates

    Georgetown University alumni recently met for a night of fine food, catch-ups and community building as part of the annual alumni Suhoor. The event, which finished off the summer alumni…

  • Zones of Conflict
    Students

    Georgetown students travel to study the living memory of Zanzibar’s 1964 revolution

    Fourteen Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) students have recently returned from a rigorous 10 day trip to Oman and Zanzibar. The students, who are enrolled in the university’s Zones of Conflict,…

  • Leadershape Program Team
    Students

    Hoyas Dream Big and Work Hard in the 10th Anniversary Leadershape Program

    From May 7th to May 12th, fifteen Hoyas spent an intensive week on the Hamad bin Khalifa University (HBKU) campus envisioning and planning how to commit their skills, passions, and…