Hamad Bin Khalifa University


Hamad Bin Khalifa University is a public university located within Education City in Doha, the capital city of Qatar. The university, a member of Qatar Foundation, was founded in 2010. The university began graduating students in 2014. It was named after Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, former Emir of Qatar.

Academics

Hamad Bin Khalifa University and its programs were recognized by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education in Qatar under decree number 34 for year 2017. The university's graduate program focuses include information and computing technologies, life sciences, sustainable development, Islamic studies, Islamic finance, middle eastern studies, translation studies, and law.
HBKU is organized into the following colleges:

Research

HBKU has the following three national research institutes:
It also hosts the Global Institute for Strategic Research.

HBKU Press

is the university publishing house, and offers educational books for schools, academic books for universities and researchers, and information and reference titles that can be accessed online.
HBKU Press has published more than 90 books and houses QScience, an online research and academic platform.

Student body

HBKU currently has over 700 students from over 57 nationalities. 38% of the students are Qatari.

Education City

Located in Education City, these institutions include Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar; Georgetown University Qatar; HEC Paris in Qatar; Northwestern University in Qatar; Texas A&M University at Qatar; UCL Qatar; Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar; and Weill Cornell Medical – Qatar.

Buildings

  • College of Islamic Studies building
  • *Education City Mosque
  • Liberal Arts & Sciences building
  • HBKU Research Complex
  • HBKU Headquarters
  • HBKU Housing and Residence Halls

Notable alumni

Notable faculty