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May 19th, 2005, 07:19 AM
Georgetown varsity to tap the best
Web posted at: 5/19/2005 2:50:1
Source ::: The Peninsula
DOHA: The Georgetown University's Qatar campus at the Education City is looking for outstanding students from Qatar and other countries in the region to join its first undergraduate class, expected to begin in August.
The Qatar Foundation and Georgetown University, based in Washington DC, signed an agreement in New York on Tuesday to open the campus of Georgetown's renowned Edmund A Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) in the Education City.
Speaking at a press conference at the Qatar Foundation's headquarters yesterday, Dr Jim Reardon Anderson, dean of the university's Qatar campus said, his top priority was to recruit talented men and women from the region to the first batch of about 25 students. At the Qatar campus, SFS will offer its four-year undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service (BSFS) degree, with a major in international politics, he added.
An admission event will take place at the Diplomatic Club on May 25 at 6pm, where senior officials from the university will explain the curriculum, study programmes and admission procedures to prospective students and their parents.
The dean, along with other QF officials will also tour regional capitals in the coming weeks and visit leading secondary schools there looking for potential students.
“Our 75-year-old undergraduate programme aims at preparing men and women to lead in all fields of international affairs, not only in diplomacy but also a wide range of careers in business, international organisations, non-governmental organizations etc," said Anderson, a Sun Yat-sen professor of Chinese studies at Georgetown university.
“The quality of higher education depends upon the quality of students and how much the teachers learn themselves. Our faculty in the Qatar campus, all whom are recruited from the Georgetown university, will have a greater opportunity to learn from this country and this region," he noted.
Any secondary school graduate-Qatari and non-Qatari- who has passed a TOEFL or SAT are eligible to apply for the undergraduate programme. "However, we will assess the students not merely on the basis of these tests, but their overall performance and track record. If the candidate is really talented, we would consider the case if it all he or she has not taken the tests," Anderson later told The Peninsula.
Dr Charles E Young, president of Qatar Foundation, Scott Handly, assistant dean of SFS-Qatar Campus and Robert Baxter, head of public relations at the Qatar Foundation were also present at the press conference.
Charles Young said, regarding scholarship programs for non-Qatari students and sponsorship of Qatari and non-Qatari students, the SFS-Qatar Campus will explore opportunities which are already available for other branch campuses in the Education City.
The SFS-Qatar Campus will function at the Liberal Arts and Science building at the Education City until a permanent premises will be constructed, said Anderson.
There are plans to introduce Middle East studies and American studies as part of the undergraduate programme. SFS's graduate and post-graduate programmes would also be offered at the Qatar campus in future. "The focus of BSFS is international and it is designed for students from all countries, not only Americans," he added.
Web posted at: 5/19/2005 2:50:1
Source ::: The Peninsula
DOHA: The Georgetown University's Qatar campus at the Education City is looking for outstanding students from Qatar and other countries in the region to join its first undergraduate class, expected to begin in August.
The Qatar Foundation and Georgetown University, based in Washington DC, signed an agreement in New York on Tuesday to open the campus of Georgetown's renowned Edmund A Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) in the Education City.
Speaking at a press conference at the Qatar Foundation's headquarters yesterday, Dr Jim Reardon Anderson, dean of the university's Qatar campus said, his top priority was to recruit talented men and women from the region to the first batch of about 25 students. At the Qatar campus, SFS will offer its four-year undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service (BSFS) degree, with a major in international politics, he added.
An admission event will take place at the Diplomatic Club on May 25 at 6pm, where senior officials from the university will explain the curriculum, study programmes and admission procedures to prospective students and their parents.
The dean, along with other QF officials will also tour regional capitals in the coming weeks and visit leading secondary schools there looking for potential students.
“Our 75-year-old undergraduate programme aims at preparing men and women to lead in all fields of international affairs, not only in diplomacy but also a wide range of careers in business, international organisations, non-governmental organizations etc," said Anderson, a Sun Yat-sen professor of Chinese studies at Georgetown university.
“The quality of higher education depends upon the quality of students and how much the teachers learn themselves. Our faculty in the Qatar campus, all whom are recruited from the Georgetown university, will have a greater opportunity to learn from this country and this region," he noted.
Any secondary school graduate-Qatari and non-Qatari- who has passed a TOEFL or SAT are eligible to apply for the undergraduate programme. "However, we will assess the students not merely on the basis of these tests, but their overall performance and track record. If the candidate is really talented, we would consider the case if it all he or she has not taken the tests," Anderson later told The Peninsula.
Dr Charles E Young, president of Qatar Foundation, Scott Handly, assistant dean of SFS-Qatar Campus and Robert Baxter, head of public relations at the Qatar Foundation were also present at the press conference.
Charles Young said, regarding scholarship programs for non-Qatari students and sponsorship of Qatari and non-Qatari students, the SFS-Qatar Campus will explore opportunities which are already available for other branch campuses in the Education City.
The SFS-Qatar Campus will function at the Liberal Arts and Science building at the Education City until a permanent premises will be constructed, said Anderson.
There are plans to introduce Middle East studies and American studies as part of the undergraduate programme. SFS's graduate and post-graduate programmes would also be offered at the Qatar campus in future. "The focus of BSFS is international and it is designed for students from all countries, not only Americans," he added.