Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar
Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar is a branch of Weill Cornell Medicine of Cornell University, established on April 9, 2001, following an agreement between Cornell University and the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development. It is located in Education City, Qatar, near the capital of Doha.
WCM-Q has 322 students, 22 preliminary students, 103 pre-medical students, and 197 in its MD program.
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The school offers a six-year undergraduate-entry medical program; as well as a four-year graduate-entry program for students who have previously completed undergraduate degrees elsewhere. All students are awarded a Doctor of Medicine from Cornell University. When the school's pre-medical program opened in the fall of 2002, and was reportedly the first coeducational institute of higher education in Qatar. Its clinical affiliates are the Hamad Medical Corporation's General Hospital and Women's Hospital.According to The Washington Post, Weill Cornell–Qatar receives $121.7 million just to cover the operating expenses for the university, making it the most expensive U.S. university in Qatar's Education City.
WCM-Q has 33 clubs, sports teams, and student organizations, some of which participate against other university campuses in Education City.