Hamad Bin Khalifa University

Hamad Bin Khalifa University, abbreviated HBKU, is a public research university located within Education City in Doha, Qatar, and is a member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development哈马德·本·哈利法大学（缩写 HBKU）是位于卡塔尔多哈教育城内的公立研究型大学，也是卡塔尔教育、科学与社区发展基金会的一员

Established in 2010 as the homegrown university of Education City and named after Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, it offers mainly graduate degrees through its colleges and national research institutes大学于 2010 年成立，是教育城自主创办的大学，以谢赫哈马德·本·哈利法·阿勒萨尼命名，主要通过其学院与国立研究机构开设研究生课程

In the QS World University Rankings 2027 it is placed 213th in the world, and in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 it is placed equal 126th在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，它位列世界第 213 位；在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中则并列第 126 位

History

• Hamad Bin Khalifa University was established in 2010 as a member of Qatar Foundation, the non-profit organisation founded in 1995 by Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and his wife Sheikha Moza bint Nasser哈马德·本·哈利法大学于 2010 年成立，是卡塔尔基金会的一员，该基金会由谢赫哈马德·本·哈利法·阿勒萨尼及其夫人谢赫·莫扎·宾特·纳赛尔于 1995 年创办。

• It is named after Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Father Emir of Qatar who ruled from 1995 to 2013 and whose foundation had launched Education City in Doha大学以卡塔尔前埃米尔谢赫哈马德·本·哈利法·阿勒萨尼命名，他于 1995 至 2013 年在位，其基金会又在多哈创办了教育城。

• An early constituent was the Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies, established in 2007 within Qatar Foundation, which offered programmes in Islamic sciences, public policy in Islam and Islamic jurisprudence大学的重要前身之一是 2007 年在卡塔尔基金会内成立的卡塔尔伊斯兰研究学院，开设伊斯兰科学、伊斯兰公共政策与伊斯兰法学等课程。

• A Translation and Interpreting Institute opened in 2009, before the College of Humanities and Social Sciences was created, and it later became part of the university翻译与传译研究所于 2009 年开设，早于人文与社会科学学院成立，其后并入大学。

• The College of Humanities and Social Sciences was founded in 2012 with a remit that included translator and interpreter education and high-level training in a range of languages人文与社会科学学院成立于 2012 年，其职责包括翻译与传译教育以及多种语言的高水平培训。

• The university's first graduating class graduated in 2015, consisting of Jassim Al-Mansoori, Alreem Al-Dosari and Fatima Al-Sulaiti大学首批毕业生于 2015 年毕业，其中包括贾西姆·阿尔-曼苏里、阿尔里姆·阿尔-多萨里与法蒂玛·阿尔-苏莱提。

• The College of Law was founded in 2015 as a graduate-level law school in Education City and began welcoming its first Juris Doctor students in the 2015-2016 academic year法学院于 2015 年在教育城成立，是一所研究生层次的法学院，并于 2015 至 2016 学年迎来首批法律博士（JD）学生。

• In the 2015-2016 academic year the university welcomed a record intake of more than 200 students across a significantly expanded range of programmes在 2015 至 2016 学年，大学在显著扩展的课程体系下招收了逾 200 名学生，创下当时的新生规模纪录。

• The 2016 graduating class numbered 111 students and was the university's largest to date, with a majority of the new graduates being Qatari2016 年毕业生共 111 人，是当时学校规模最大的一届，其中多数为卡塔尔人。

• On 30 April 2017 the university conferred degrees on 148 graduates, its largest class to date, in a ceremony held at the HBKU Student Center in Education City2017 年 4 月 30 日，大学在教育城内的学生中心举行典礼，向 148 名毕业生授予学位，是当时规模最大的一届。

• In 2017 the university was recognised by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education of Qatar under decree number 34 of 2017, confirming its legal status and degree-granting authority2017 年，大学依 2017 年第 34 号法令获卡塔尔教育及高等教育部认可，确立了其法律地位与学位授予权。

• The College of Islamic Studies grew out of the Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies and now hosts research centres in Islamic finance, Islamic studies, applied Islamic ethics, Islam and global affairs, and Islamic art, architecture and urbanism伊斯兰研究学院由卡塔尔伊斯兰研究学院发展而来，现设伊斯兰金融、伊斯兰研究、应用伊斯兰伦理、伊斯兰与全球事务，以及伊斯兰艺术、建筑与城市主义等研究中心。

• The College of Science and Engineering became the largest college of the university, with divisions of mechanical and industrial engineering, chemical and environmental engineering, computing and electrical engineering, and science理学院与工程学院是校内规模最大的学院，下设机械与工业工程、化学与环境工程、计算与电子工程，以及理学四个学部。

• The College of Health and Life Sciences was founded to educate professionals in biomedical sciences, genomics, precision medicine and exercise science, and it offers a joint Master of Science in Exercise Science with the University of South Carolina健康与生命科学学院以培养生物医学、基因组学、精准医学与运动科学人才为宗旨，并与美国南卡罗来纳大学合作开设运动科学联合理学硕士课程。

• The College of Public Policy is the newest college of the university and launched its Master of Public Policy after unveiling eight new degrees at an inaugural event公共政策学院是校内最新成立的学院，在首次活动上公布八个新学位后，开设了公共政策硕士课程。

• The Master of Public Policy became the first programme of its kind in the Gulf region and the second in the Middle East and North Africa to earn triple accreditation from NASPAA, EAPAA and ICAPA其公共政策硕士是海湾地区首个、中东北非第二个同时获得 NASPAA、EAPAA 与 ICAPA 三方认证的同类课程。

• QEERI, the Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute founded in 2011, addresses national challenges in energy, water and the environment and is home to a corrosion research laboratory2011 年成立的卡塔尔环境与能源研究所（QEERI）应对能源、水资源与环境等国家挑战，并设有腐蚀研究实验室。

• QBRI, the Qatar Biomedical Research Institute founded in 2012, works on biomarkers and translational research in prevention, diagnosis and treatment for Qatar and the region2012 年成立的卡塔尔生物医学研究所（QBRI）从事生物标志物与转化研究，聚焦卡塔尔及周边地区的疾病预防、诊断与治疗。

• QCRI, the Qatar Computing Research Institute founded in 2010 by Qatar Foundation, conducts multidisciplinary computing research in Arabic language technologies, data analytics and cybersecurity由卡塔尔基金会于 2010 年成立的卡塔尔计算研究所（QCRI）开展跨学科计算研究，涵盖阿拉伯语技术、数据分析与网络安全。

• The three national research institutes operate under the umbrella of the university, and their work supports the strategic priorities of the Qatar National Vision 2030上述三个国立研究机构均隶属大学，其研究支持卡塔尔 2030 国家愿景的战略重点。

• HBKU Press, the university's publishing house, produces open-access textbooks and monographs and works with Qatar Foundation to distribute scholarly works worldwide大学所属的 HBKU Press 出版开放获取教科书与专著，并与卡塔尔基金会合作在全球发行学术著作。

Academics

• The university is organised into the College of Islamic Studies, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, the College of Science and Engineering, the College of Law, the College of Health and Life Sciences and the College of Public Policy大学设有伊斯兰研究学院、人文与社会科学学院、理学院与工程学院、法学院、健康与生命科学学院与公共政策学院六个学院。

• It offers world-class integrated graduate and selected undergraduate academic programmes, and its mission is to advance national research capabilities and cultivate leaders大学开设世界一流的综合性研究生课程与少量本科课程，其使命是提升国家研究能力并培养领袖人才。

• The College of Islamic Studies offers a PhD in Islamic Studies, a PhD in Islamic Finance and Economy, a Master of Arts in Contemporary Islamic Studies, a Master of Science in Islamic Finance, a Master of Arts in Islam and Global Affairs, a Master of Science in Islamic Art, Architecture and Urbanism and a Master of Arts in Applied Islamic Ethics伊斯兰研究学院开设伊斯兰研究博士、伊斯兰金融与经济博士、当代伊斯兰研究文学硕士、伊斯兰金融理学硕士、伊斯兰与全球事务文学硕士、伊斯兰艺术、建筑与城市主义理学硕士以及应用伊斯兰伦理文学硕士。

• The College of Humanities and Social Sciences offers a PhD in Humanities and Social Sciences and four interdisciplinary master's programmes in intercultural communication, digital humanities and societies, women and society and development, and translation for the creative industries人文与社会科学学院开设人文与社会科学博士，以及跨文化传播、数字人文与社会、女性与社会及发展、创意产业翻译四个跨学科硕士课程。

• The College of Science and Engineering offers the largest selection of programmes within the university, each involving collaboration with HBKU's national research institutes理学院与工程学院在全校提供最多的课程选择，每门课程都与大学的国立研究机构合作开展。

• The College of Health and Life Sciences offers programmes in biomedical sciences, genomics, precision medicine and exercise science, and has launched a PhD in Biopsychology and Neuroscience健康与生命科学学院开设生物医学、基因组学、精准医学与运动科学课程，并推出生物心理学与神经科学博士项目。

• The College of Public Policy offers a Master of Public Policy, a Master of Science in Policy and Program Evaluation, a Master in Global Health Policy and a Certificate in Public Policy, with a capstone project supervised by a faculty mentor公共政策学院开设公共政策硕士、政策与项目评估理学硕士、全球卫生政策硕士与公共政策证书课程，并设有由教师指导的顶点项目。

• The College of Law offers a Juris Doctor, a Master of Laws in International Economic and Business Law, a Master of Laws in International Law and Foreign Affairs and a Doctor of Juridical Science法学院开设法律博士、国际经济与商法法学硕士、国际法与外交法学硕士以及法务博士（S.J.D.）学位。

• The College of Law's faculty are graduates of Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, Columbia Law School, Duke University School of Law, New York University School of Law and the University of Toronto Faculty of Law法学院的教师毕业于哈佛法学院、耶鲁法学院、牛津大学、剑桥大学、哥伦比亚法学院、杜克大学法学院、纽约大学法学院与多伦多大学法学院等院校。

• The College of Science and Engineering has research pillars including big data analytics and machine learning, artificial intelligence, computer vision, cybersecurity and data privacy, human-computer interaction, quantum computing, bioinformatics and digital health理学院与工程学院的研究重点包括大数据分析与机器学习、人工智能、计算机视觉、网络安全与数据隐私、人机交互、量子计算、生物信息学与数字健康。

• The College of Islamic Studies conducts research on fiqh and society, Islam and modernity, applied Islamic ethics, Islamic social finance and economy, green financing and impact investing, and the preservation of heritage and cultural identity伊斯兰研究学院的研究涵盖教法与社会、伊斯兰与现代性、应用伊斯兰伦理、伊斯兰社会金融与经济、绿色金融与影响力投资，以及遗产与文化认同的保护。

• The College of Humanities and Social Sciences conducts research on translation technology, digital humanities and digital media, social media analytics, Middle East studies, women and gender, and energy geopolitics人文与社会科学学院的研究涵盖翻译技术、数字人文与数字媒体、社交媒体分析、中东研究、女性与性别，以及能源地缘政治。

• The College of Islamic Studies has five academic offerings and four research centres, and its alumni community includes more than 400 graduates representing 49 nationalities伊斯兰研究学院有五个学位课程与四个研究中心，其校友社群已有逾 400 名毕业生、来自 49 个国籍。

• The College of Public Policy's faculty conduct research on sustainable development, global governance, international migration, science policy, family policy, energy economics, trade and food security公共政策学院的教师研究可持续研究、全球治理、国际移民、科学政策、家庭政策、能源经济、贸易与粮食安全。

• The university's programmes are aligned with the Qatar National Vision 2030, and its colleges work with external clinical, industry and government partners to strengthen the link between education and national needs大学的课程与卡塔尔 2030 国家愿景对接，各学院并与临床、产业与政府等外部伙伴合作，加强教育与社会需求之间的联系。

Campus

• Hamad Bin Khalifa University is located within Education City in Doha, Qatar, a campus of more than 12 square kilometres developed by Qatar Foundation哈马德·本·哈利法大学位于卡塔尔多哈的教育城内，该校园由卡塔尔基金会开发，占地超过 12 平方公里。

• The College of Islamic Studies building, designed by the architect Ali Mangera and opened in 2015, is the first dedicated building of the university in Education City伊斯兰研究学院大楼由建筑师阿里·曼格拉设计、2015 年启用，是大学在教育城的首座专属建筑。

• A liberal arts and sciences building was designed for the university by Steven Holl Architects, spanning roughly 35,000 square metres arranged in three linked wings around a central courtyard大学的人文与科学大楼由史蒂文·霍尔建筑事务所设计，建筑面积约 35,000 平方米，由围绕中央庭院相连的三个翼楼组成。

• The HBKU Research Complex in Education City houses many of the laboratories and offices of the university's national research institutes教育城内的高校研究综合体，容纳了大学各国立研究机构的大量实验室与办公室。

• The university's headquarters are located in Education City, and the campus includes the six-storey HBKU headquarters building and student housing for master's students大学总部设于教育城内，校园包括六层的高校总部大楼以及供硕士生入住的学生宿舍。

• A building for the College of Science and Engineering provides offices and research facilities within Education City理学院与工程学院的专用大楼在教育城内提供办公与研究设施。

• The Minaretein building, also known as the Education City Mosque, is a landmark of the campus and is used for community and religious activities被称为教育城清真寺的 Minaretein 大楼是校园的地标，用于社区与宗教活动。

• The Qatar National Library, the Qatar National Convention Centre and the Ceremonial Court are among the principal buildings of Education City alongside the university卡塔尔国家图书馆、卡塔尔国家会议中心与典礼广场，是教育城内与大学相邻的主要建筑。

• Education City's Ceremonial Court and its green spine host the university's graduation ceremonies and major public events教育城的典礼广场与绿轴，是大学举行毕业典礼与大型公共活动的场地。

• The Oxygen Park and the Education City Golf Club are among the open spaces and sports facilities that surround the university within Education City氧气公园与教育城高尔夫球场，是教育城内环绕大学的开放空间与体育设施。

• Education City is served by a tram network that links the university with the branch campuses of international universities and the surrounding facilities教育城设有电车网络，把大学与国际高校的校区及周边设施连接起来。

• The university's location within Education City places it beside branch campuses of leading international universities and Qatari research and community institutions大学位于教育城之内，与多所国际知名高校的分校以及卡塔尔的研究与社区机构为邻。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Hamad Bin Khalifa University is placed 213th in the world, and in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 it is placed equal 126th在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，哈马德·本·哈利法大学位列世界第 213 位；在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中则并列第 126 位。

• The U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027 ranks it 487th in the world, while in the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026 it does not appear on the published list美国新闻与世界报道 2026 至 2027 年最佳全球大学排名将其列为世界第 487 位，而 2026 年世界大学学术排名榜单中未见其名。

• In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026 the university was placed equal 173rd, the first and only Arab university to enter the top 200在 2026 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校并列第 173 位，是首所也是唯一进入前 200 名的阿拉伯大学。

• In the QS World University Rankings 2026 the university was placed 183rd in the world, its highest position as of 2026, and in the Times Higher Education Arab University Rankings it has been placed among the top one per cent of institutions在 2026 年 QS 世界大学排名中，该校位列世界第 183 位，是截至 2026 年的最高名次；在泰晤士高等教育阿拉伯地区大学排名中，它位列前百分之一的院校之列。

• In the Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2025 the university was placed 59th in the world在 2025 年泰晤士高等教育年轻大学排名中，该校位列世界第 59 位。

• OpenAlex attributes 13,822 works to Hamad Bin Khalifa University with 743,312 citations, a substantial output for a university founded in 2010OpenAlex 数据库为哈马德·本·哈利法大学收录 13,822 篇成果、被引 743,312 次，对一所 2010 年创办的大学而言产出可观。

• In the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026 its art and design is placed in the 51 to 100 band and its computer science and information systems in the 201 to 250 band在 2026 年 QS 世界大学学科排名中，其艺术与设计位于 51 至 100 区间，计算机科学与信息系统位于 201 至 250 区间。

• In 2023, 2024 and 2025 the university was ranked among the top ten per cent of universities worldwide by QS, which noted its small class sizes and its National Priorities Research Program grants在 2023、2024 与 2025 年，QS 均将该校列为全球前十名的大学之一，并指出其小班教学与国家优先研究计划资助等优势。

• By 2016 the university had become the number one university in the Arab world according to the Times Higher Education Arab University Rankings, and THE has described it as leading in research and international reputation到 2016 年，该校已成为泰晤士高等教育阿拉伯地区大学排名中的阿拉伯世界第一，泰晤士高等教育并称其研究与国际声誉领先。

• THE's Arab Universities Summit and the university's recognition under decree number 34 of 2017 gave it both regional standing and formal legal status as a Qatari university泰晤士高等教育阿拉伯大学峰会以及其在 2017 年第 34 号法令下的认可，使该校兼有区域声望与作为卡塔尔大学的正式法律地位。

Student life

• The university draws its values from Qatar Foundation, whose mission is to unlock human potential, and it seeks to contribute to the Qatar National Vision 2030大学的价值理念源自卡塔尔基金会「释放人的潜能」的使命，并致力于推动卡塔尔 2030 国家愿景。

• The identity of the university draws on Islamic and cultural values, and its College of Islamic Studies is described as a platform for intellectual and cultural dialogue on Islam and Muslims大学的定位植根于伊斯兰与文化价值，其伊斯兰研究学院被称为就伊斯兰与穆斯林议题展开知识与文化对话的平台。

• Students at the College of Islamic Studies come from a range of academic backgrounds as diverse as their nationalities, strengthening the academic and cultural fabric of the college伊斯兰研究学院的学生学术背景多元、国籍各异，充实了学院的教学与文化氛围。

• Social and cultural life takes place across Education City, whose amenities include the Oxygen Park, the Education City Mosque, the Qatar National Library and a tram network linking the campuses社会与文化生活贯穿整个教育城，其设施包括氧气公园、教育城清真寺、卡塔尔国家图书馆，以及连接各校区的电车网络。

• The university provides student housing for master's students within Education City, including separate accommodation for male and female students大学在教育城内为硕士生提供学生宿舍，其中包括男女分开的住宿安排。

• Graduation ceremonies and major public events are held at the Ceremonial Court in Education City, where graduations from Qatar Foundation universities are hosted each year毕业典礼与大型公共活动在教育城典礼广场举行，卡塔尔基金会旗下各高校的毕业典礼每年都在此举办。

• Cultural events, symposia and conferences are a regular part of campus life, including the university's Islamic psychology symposium and its annual conferences on Islamic finance文化活动、研讨会与会议是校园生活的常态，包括大学的伊斯兰心理学研讨会及其年度伊斯兰金融会议。

• The advisory boards of the university's colleges include Qatari ministers, ambassadors and international academics, linking students to government, diplomacy and industry各学院的顾问委员会由卡塔尔部长、外交官与国际学者组成，把学生与政府、外交和产业界连接起来。

Notable people

• Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Father Emir of Qatar, after whom the university is named, ruled from 1995 to 2013 and founded Qatar Foundation and Education City卡塔尔前埃米尔谢赫哈马德·本·哈利法·阿勒萨尼（学校以其命名）于 1995 至 2013 年在位，创办了卡塔尔基金会与教育城。

• Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, the chairperson of Qatar Foundation, founded the foundation in 1995 with her husband and has driven its education and research agenda卡塔尔基金会主席谢赫·莫扎·宾特·纳赛尔与其丈夫于 1995 年创办基金会，并推动其教育与研究议程。

• Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani serves as Vice Chairperson and chief executive officer of Qatar Foundation, the university's parent organisation谢赫·欣德·宾特·哈马德·阿勒萨尼担任大学母机构卡塔尔基金会的副主席兼首席执行官。

• Lolwah Rashid Al-Khater, Qatar's Minister of Education and Higher Education, sits on the advisory board of the College of Islamic Studies卡塔尔教育与高等教育部长洛尔瓦·拉希德·阿尔-哈特尔，是伊斯兰研究学院顾问委员会成员。

• Sheikh Thani bin Hamad Al Thani chairs Qatar Fund for Development, with which the university has partnered for humanitarian events such as the World Refugee Day gathering谢赫萨尼·本·哈马德·阿勒萨尼担任卡塔尔发展基金主席，大学与其合作举办世界难民日集会等人道活动。

• Majed Al Ansari, advisor to the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and official spokesperson of Qatar's foreign ministry, sits on the advisory board of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences卡塔尔首相兼外交大臣顾问、外交部官方发言人马吉德·阿尔-安萨里，是人文与社会科学学院顾问委员会成员。

• Sheikh Dr. AbdelAziz bin Abdelrahman Al Thani, chairman of the board of trustees of the Humanitarian Funds of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, sits on the advisory board of the College of Islamic Studies伊斯兰合作组织人道基金受托人委员会主席谢赫·阿卜杜勒阿齐兹·本·阿卜杜拉赫曼·阿勒萨尼博士，是伊斯兰研究学院顾问委员会成员。

• Mounir Hamdi, the founding dean of the College of Science and Engineering, is an IEEE Fellow recognised for his work on high-speed packet switching and was previously a chair professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology理学院与工程学院创始院长穆尼尔·哈姆迪是 IEEE 会士，因其高速分组交换研究而获认可，此前曾任香港科技大学讲座教授。

• Markus R. Wenk is the dean of the College of Health and Life Sciences, which trains professionals in biomedical sciences, genomics, precision medicine and exercise science马库斯·R·温克是健康与生命科学学院院长，该学院培养生物医学、基因组学、精准医学与运动科学方面的人才。

• Mutaz Al-Khatib, an associate professor of methodology and ethics, directs the Master of Arts in Applied Islamic Ethics and is editor-in-chief of the Studies in Islamic Ethics book series published by Brill方法与伦理学副教授穆塔兹·阿尔-哈提卜，担任应用伊斯兰伦理文学硕士项目主任，并任博睿出版社《伊斯兰伦理研究》丛书主编。

• The university's first graduates in 2015 were Jassim Al-Mansoori, Alreem Al-Dosari and Fatima Al-Sulaiti, the first three students to earn HBKU degrees大学 2015 年的首批毕业生为贾西姆·阿尔-曼苏里、阿尔里姆·阿尔-多萨里与法蒂玛·阿尔-苏莱提，是最早取得该校学位的三名学生。

• Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar, chairman of the International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance University in Malaysia, and Masanori Naito of Doshisha University in Japan are among the international academics on the university's advisory boards马来西亚国际伊斯兰金融教育中心大学主席丹斯里阿兹曼·莫赫塔尔与日本同志社大学的纳安藤正宪，是该校顾问委员会中的国际学者。