Qatar University

Qatar University, known in Arabic as Jami'at Qatar, is the only public university in the State of Qatar and a public research institution located on the northern outskirts of Doha in the district of Al Tarfa.卡塔尔大学（阿拉伯语名为 جامعة قطر）是卡塔尔国唯一的公立大学，是一所位于多哈北部市郊塔尔法区的公立研究型机构。

The university teaches in Arabic and English, draws students from 52 nationalities with about 65 per cent of them Qatari nationals, and according to OpenAlex has produced 40,577 scholarly works cited 1,795,678 times学校以阿拉伯语与英语双语授课，学生来自 52 个国家，其中约 65% 为卡塔尔籍；据 OpenAlex 统计，学校累计发表学术成果 40,577 篇，总被引达 1,795,678 次。

History

• The institution was established as the College of Education by a decree of the Emir of Qatar in 1973, opening with a first intake of 150 students, 93 of them women and 57 men.该校于 1973 年由卡塔尔埃米尔下令以教育学院之名创办，首届学生共 150 人，其中女生 93 人、男生 57 人。
• In 1977 the College of Education was restructured as the University of Qatar with four colleges added at once, covering education, humanities and social sciences, Sharia, law and Islamic studies, and science.1977 年教育学院改组为卡塔尔大学，并一次增设四个学院，涵盖教育学、人文与社会科学、伊斯兰教法与伊斯兰研究以及自然科学。
• Three years later the College of Engineering was established, by which time enrolment had grown to 2,600 students, showing the rapid expansion of the young national institution.三年后工程学院成立，此时在校学生已增至 2,600 人，这家年轻的国立机构扩张速度十分可观。
• The College of Business and Economics followed in 1985, and the new colleges prompted a large expansion of the campus which was overseen by Kamal El Kafrawi.工商管理学院于 1985 年设立，新学院的陆续开办促成了校区的大规模扩建，该扩建工程由 Kamal El Kafrawi 统筹。
• By the 2005 and 2006 academic year the number of students registered at Qatar University had reached 7,660, equal to almost one sixth of the eligible Qatari population.到 2005 与 2006 学年，卡塔尔大学的注册学生已达 7,660 人，约相当于符合入学资格的卡塔尔人口的六分之一。
• A reform project ran from 2003 to 2007 and restructured the administration and management of the university in order to raise teaching quality and place emphasis on research.2003 至 2007 年，学校实施改革项目，重组行政与管理体系，以提升教学质量并突出科研导向。
• The reform was initiated in 2003 by Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the former president Dr Sheikha al-Misnad and the newly created Office of Institutional Research and Planning, and it rested on three principles, autonomy, decentralisation and accountability.该改革于 2003 年由 Sheikh Tamim Al Thani 王储、前校长 Sheikha al-Misnad 博士与新设立的机构研究与规划办公室共同发起，其立论基础是自治、分权与问责三条原则。
• Under the reform the institution became an autonomous body governed by a board of regents reporting to the Emir, able to manage its own finances, objectives, personnel and decentralised units, and the title was changed from University of Qatar to Qatar University with a new slogan and logo.改革后，学校成为由向埃米尔负责的理事会治理的自治机构，可自行管理财务、目标与人事并下设分权单位，校名也由 University of Qatar 改为 Qatar University，同时启用新口号与新标识。
• The reform also created offices such as the Student Learning Support Center and the Student Counseling Center, improved accessibility for people with disabilities and launched the newsletter Tawasol.改革还设立了学生学习支持中心与学生辅导中心等机构，改善了残障人士对校园设施的可达性，并创办了通讯 Tawasol。
• In 2004 the College of Law was created by separating the law department from the existing College of Sharia, while the College of Arts and Sciences was formed by merging the College of Humanities and Social Sciences with the College of Science.2004 年，学校将法系从既有的伊斯兰教学院中分拆，组建法学院；同时将人文与社会科学学院与科学学院合并，成立文学与科学学院。
• The College of Pharmacy was established in 2006 and took its first students in 2007, and in 2008 it became the first international pharmacy programme to gain accreditation from the Canadian College of Pharmacy Professionals.药学院于 2006 年成立，2007 年招收首届学生，2008 年成为首个获得加拿大药学专业者学院认证的国际药学专业。
• Peter Jewesson was the founding dean of the College of Pharmacy and had earlier directed the pharmacy programme from which the college grew.Peter Jewesson 是药学院的创院院长，此前曾主持由该院发展而来的药学专业。
• The Sport Science Programme opened to students in the autumn of 2009 as a joint project sponsored by Aspire Academy, and the university's Honours Programme was established in the same year.体育科学专业于 2009 年秋季对学生开放，系与 Aspire Academy 联合赞助的项目；学校的荣誉计划也于同年设立。
• In December 2014 the university announced the establishment of a College of Medicine, which was planned to take its first batch of students in September 2015 and to graduate them in 2021.2014 年 12 月，学校宣布设立医学院，计划于 2015 年 9 月招收首届学生，并于 2021 年毕业。
• Dr Sheikha Abdulla al-Misnad served as president from 2003 until 2015, when she was succeeded by Hassan Rashid Al-Derham, the university's sixth president, who holds a doctorate from the University of South Wales.Sheikha Abdulla al-Misnad 博士自 2003 年起担任校长至 2015 年，其后由卡塔尔大学第六任校长 Hassan Rashid Al-Derham 接任，后者拥有英国南威尔士大学的博士学位。
• In December 2015 the university awarded its first ever honorary doctorate to the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.2015 年 12 月，学校首次颁发名誉博士学位，授予对象为土耳其总统 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan。
• The College of Health Science was founded in 2016, following thirty years in which health sciences had existed as a department inside various colleges, and it is now the national provider of health sciences education and research.健康科学学院于 2016 年成立，此前健康科学已在多个学院内以系的形式存在了三十年，如今它是卡塔尔全国健康科学教育与研究的提供机构。
• A new strategy running from 2018 to 2022 shifted the emphasis from reform to transformation and was written against the goals of the Qatar National Vision 2030.2018 至 2022 年的新战略把重心由改革转向转型，并以卡塔尔国家愿景 2030 为依据制定。
• In 2019 the College of Dental Medicine was founded as the university's tenth college, admitting 25 students in a competitive first class into a six-year course leading to the Doctor of Dental Medicine.2019 年牙医学院成立，成为该校第十个学院，其竞争激烈的首届招收 25 名学生，六年制课程通向牙医学博士学位。

Academics

• The university hosts twelve colleges spanning the full range of academic fields, among them arts and sciences, business and economics, education, engineering, law, Sharia and Islamic studies, pharmacy, health science, medicine, dental medicine, nursing and sport science.学校设有十二个学院，学科门类齐全，涵盖文学与科学、工商管理、教育、工程、法律、伊斯兰教法与伊斯兰研究、药学、健康科学、医学、牙医学、护理与体育科学。
• Teaching is conducted in both Arabic and English, and students entering the university are sometimes placed in a foundation programme that secures skills in mathematics and English.教学以阿拉伯语与英语双语进行，入校学生有时会被编入预科课程，以夯实数学与英语能力。
• Recording for the College of Arts and Sciences showed 2,383 students, of whom 1,933 read arts subjects and 450 read science, roughly 37 per cent of the whole student body, with 240 faculty members.文学与科学学院的记录显示，该院共有学生 2,383 人，其中文科 1,933 人、理科 450 人，约占全校学生总数的 37%，并配备 240 名教职人员。
• Its departments run from Arabic language and history through biological and environmental sciences, chemistry and earth sciences, English literature and linguistics, mathematics, statistics and physics to social sciences, with programs in social work, psychology, sociology and international affairs.该院系设置从阿拉伯语与历史、生物与环境科学、化学与地球科学、英语文学与语言学、数学统计与物理一直到社会科学，涵盖社会工作、心理学、社会学与国际事务等专业。
• The College of Engineering, founded in 1980, is one of the largest at the university and offers undergraduate degrees in architecture, chemical, civil, computer, electrical, industrial and systems and mechanical engineering, plus a wide range of graduate and doctoral programmes.工程学院创办于 1980 年，是该校规模最大的学院之一，提供建筑、化学、土木、计算机、电气、工业与系统以及机械等工程学学士学位，并开设大量硕士与博士项目。
• Seven of the engineering degree programmes, including chemical, civil, computer, electrical and mechanical engineering, hold ABET substantial equivalency accreditation, and the College of Business and Economics is accredited by AACSB.工程学学位项目中有七个获得 ABET 实质等同认证，涵盖化学、土木、计算机、电气与机械工程，工商管理学院则通过 AACSB 认证。
• The engineering college also runs a Qatar Transportation and Traffic Safety Center that studies accident patterns, driver behaviour, vehicle safety and biomechanics, and road engineering and the environment.工程学院还设有卡塔尔交通与道路安全研究中心，研究事故模式、驾驶者行为、车辆安全与生物力学，以及道路工程与环境等课题。
• The Gas Processing Center addresses the problems and opportunities of the Qatari gas processing industry under two themes, asset management and process optimisation, and sustainable development.天然气加工中心围绕资产管理与流程优化、可持续发展两大主题，研究卡塔尔天然气加工产业所面临的问题与机遇。
• Among the university's eighteen research centres are the Biomedical Research Center, the Center for Advanced Materials, the Environmental Science Center, the Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, the Ibn Khaldon Center for Humanities and Social Sciences and the KINDI Center for Computing Research.学校十八个研究中心包括生物医学研究中心、先进材料中心、环境科学中心、社会经济调查研究所以及伊本·赫勒敦人文与社会科学中心和 KINDI 计算研究中心。
• Other named platforms include the Laboratory Animal Research Center, the Qatar University Young Scientists Center, the Central Lab Unit, the Center for Entrepreneurship, the Center for Sustainable Development, the Gulf Studies Center and the National Center for Educational Development.其他具名平台还包括实验动物研究中心、卡塔尔大学青年科学家中心、中央实验室单元、创业中心、可持续发展中心、海湾研究中心与国家教育发展中心。
• The recorded figures list 961 faculty members and 23,929 undergraduates, while the university counts more than 20,000 active students and an alumni body of over 30,000 graduates.记录数据显示学校有教职人员 961 人、本科生 23,929 人，学校同时称在校生超过 20,000 人、毕业生累计逾 30,000 人。
• Students come from 52 nationalities and about 65 per cent are Qatari nationals while roughly 35 per cent are children of expatriates, and women make up approximately 70 per cent of the student population and have their own facilities and classrooms.学生来自 52 个国家，其中约 65% 为卡塔尔籍，约 35% 为外籍人员子女；女生约占学生总数的 70%，并拥有专门的设施与教室。
• The Honours Programme requires students to complete 24 credit hours of honours courses within the 120 credit hours of an undergraduate degree, to graduate with an overall GPA of 3.5 or above and to score at least 3.0 in every honours course.荣誉计划要求学生在本科 120 学分中修满 24 学分荣誉课程，以总平均绩点 3.5 及以上毕业，且每门荣誉课程成绩不低于 3.0。
• Entrance to the honours programme demands a high school certificate of 90 per cent or higher, a TOEFL score of 500 or an IELTS score of 5.5, a mathematics score of 550 on the SAT or 24 on the ACT, two letters of recommendation, a written essay and an interview.进入荣誉计划须提供高中成绩 90 分及以上的证书、TOEFL 500 分或 IELTS 5.5 分、SAT 数学 550 分或 ACT 24 分、两封推荐信、一篇书面文章并通过面试。
• Many academic departments hold or are undergoing accreditation, and the research infrastructure includes laboratories, technical equipment, a library with a collection of rare manuscripts and an ocean-going research vessel named JANAN used by the Environmental Science Center since 2011, working alongside the Social and Economic Survey Research Institute.多个院系已获得或正在接受认证，科研设施包括实验室、技术设备、藏有珍稀手稿的图书馆，以及自 2011 年起由环境科学中心使用的海洋调查船 JANAN，学校并与社会经济调查研究所等机构开展合作。
• The university belongs to the Union of Arab Universities, the League of Islamic Universities and the International Association of Universities, and it contributes to regional research in environmental science and energy technology on behalf of the government and industry.学校是阿拉伯国家 Universities 联盟、伊斯兰大学联盟与国际大学协会成员，并受政府与产业委托，参与环境科学与能源技术领域的区域研究。

Campus

• The main campus stands in the Al Tarfa district on the northern edge of Doha, roughly 16 kilometres from the city centre, and has become a valued site for upscale residential and commercial development as the capital has grown.主校区位于多哈北缘的塔尔法区，距市中心约 16 公里；随着首都扩张，该地区已成为高档住宅与商业开发的热门地段。
• The campus covers about 8 square kilometres, equivalently some 2,000 acres, and the design adds modern concepts while retaining distinctly Qatari architectural character.主校区占地约 8 平方公里，约合 2,000 英亩，建筑设计融入现代理念，同时保有鲜明的卡塔尔建筑特色。
• Facilities on campus are separated by gender, with distinct laboratories, reading rooms and teaching spaces provided for women and for men.校园设施按性别分区，为女生与男生分别设置独立的实验室、阅览室与教学空间。
• A separate experimental farm lies 65 kilometres north of Doha, and the university has agreed to lease part of its land for commercial zones to the north and east and a substantial plot to the south for the College of the North Atlantic.学校另有多哈以北 65 公里处的实验农场，并将部分土地租予北面与东面的新建商业区，南侧一大块土地则划给北大西洋学院使用。
• A scientific and applied research centre costing 20 million Qatari riyals was under construction, and the university maintains a library, a stadium and separate facilities for teaching, sport and student activity.一座造价 2,000 万卡塔尔里亚尔的科学与应用研究中心正在建设之中，学校还设有图书馆、体育场以及教学、体育与学生活动所需的配套设施。
• Named stand-alone facilities include the Qatar University Library and the Qatar University Stadium, while the Environmental Science Center has operated the research vessel JANAN since 2011.具名的独立设施包括卡塔尔大学图书馆与卡塔尔大学体育场，环境科学中心自 2011 年起则使用科考船 JANAN 开展研究。

Reputation

• Qatar University ranks 109th in the world in the 2027 QS World University Rankings with a score of 67.2, and it is the leading university in its home country in that edition.卡塔尔大学在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中列全球第 109，得分 67.2，并在该版榜单中位居本国首位。
• In the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings the university is placed 222nd, and in the 2026–27 Best Global Universities table of U.S. News and World Report it stands 271st.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中该校列第 222，在《美国新闻与世界报道》2026–27 版全球最佳大学排名中列第 271。
• Earlier editions of these tables recorded the university at 173rd in the 2024 QS World University Rankings, in the 251 to 300 band of the 2024 THE World University Rankings and at 478th in the 2023 Best Global Universities edition.这些榜单此前的版本记录该校在 2024 年 QS 世界大学排名中列第 173，在 2024 年 THE 世界大学排名中处于 251 至 300 区间，在 2023 年全球最佳大学排名中列第 478。
• The Academic Ranking of World Universities 2023 placed the university in the 501 to 600 band globally, a position consistent with an institution still consolidating a young national university system.2023 年世界大学学术排名将该校列入全球 501 至 600 区间，这与一所仍在整合本国年轻大学体系的新机构状况相符。
• OpenAlex records 40,577 works and 1,795,678 citations for the university, a research output that concentrates on energy, environment, engineering and health themes of direct national relevance.OpenAlex 为该校记录了 40,577 篇学术成果与 1,795,678 次引用，其科研产出集中于与国家需求直接相关的能源、环境、工程与健康等主题。
• The university counts no Nobel, Turing or Fields Medal laureates among its alumni, staff or honorary degree holders, and its first honorary doctorate, conferred in December 2015 on Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, remains the highest academic distinction it has awarded.学校校友、教职人员与名誉学位获得者中均无诺贝尔奖、图灵奖或菲尔兹奖得主，其最高学术荣誉仍是 2015 年 12 月授予 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 的首个名誉博士学位。
• Recognition of its work has come instead through specialised accreditation, including CCAPP accreditation for pharmacy in 2008, ABET substantial equivalency for seven engineering programmes and AACSB accreditation for business and economics.学校所获认可主要来自专业认证，包括 2008 年药学的 CCAPP 认证、七个工程学项目的 ABET 实质等同认证，以及工商管理学院的 AACSB 认证。
• It has directed funding towards international projects, participating in global environmental studies through regional measurements, promoting energy awareness and contributing data gathered with its new positron beam to CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, alongside work with the Qatar Foundation and universities abroad.学校将资金投向国际项目，参与以区域观测为基础的全球环境研究，推动能源意识宣传，并将利用新正电子束流采集的数据贡献给欧洲核子研究组织 CERN，同时与卡塔尔基金会及海外高校开展合作。

Student life

• Qatar University does not use a formal institutional motto, and the phrase that has marked its recent identity is the slogan Qatar University, Changing for You introduced together with the reform project of 2003 to 2007.卡塔尔大学没有正式校语，与 2003 至 2007 年改革一同提出的那句强调因你而变的英文口号，是其近年标识形象的主要表述。
• Student clubs fall under the supervision of the Student Activities Department and are grouped into three categories, departmental and college clubs such as the Statistics Club, talent and skill clubs such as the Voice Club and the Poetry Club, and clubs and public associations such as the Book Club.学生社团在学生活动部门的指导下分为三类：系与学院社团如统计俱乐部，才艺与技能社团如声乐俱乐部与诗歌俱乐部，以及社团与公共协会如读书俱乐部。
• On 9 October 2021 the university hosted the 3MT, or Three Minutes Thesis, competition with six local institutions, the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Al Rayyan International University College, Virginia Commonwealth University-Qatar, Texas A&M University at Qatar and the University of Calgary-Qatar, challenging masters and doctoral students to describe their research to a general audience in three minutes.2021 年 10 月 9 日，学校与本地六所院校共同举办 3MT 三分钟论文比赛，合作方包括多哈研究生院、哈马德·本·哈利法大学、赖扬国际大学学院、弗吉尼亚联邦大学卡塔尔分校、德州农工大学卡塔尔分校与卡尔加里大学卡塔尔分校，比赛要求硕士与博士研究生在三分钟内向普通听众讲清自己的研究。
• The ChemE Car Competition is run by the College of Engineering, in which participants design and race a small car driven by chemical processes that carries a load of water over a distance of 15 to 30 metres.化工小车比赛由工程学院主办，参赛者设计并驾驶一辆以化学过程驱动的小车，载着一定重量的水行驶 15 至 30 米。
• Two campus periodicals are published in the two official languages, the English-language Campus Life and the Arabic-language Campus Today, giving student affairs a printed voice in both.学校以两种官方语言出版两份校园刊物，即英文版 Campus Life 与阿拉伯文版 Campus Today，使学生事务在两种语言中都有印刷版的发声渠道。
• The university contributes to the process of Qatarization, which stresses the hiring and support of national citizens, a policy regarded as necessary because Qatari nationals form only about a quarter of the country's population.学校参与推动卡塔尔化进程，强调雇用与扶持本国公民；鉴于卡塔尔籍人口仅占全国约四分之一，这一政策被视为维护文化与国家认同所必需。
• Because graduate programmes are unavailable in many fields, the university works with a network of affiliated international schools, and students of exceptional potential may be sponsored for study abroad on condition that they return to work after finishing.由于许多领域尚无研究生项目，学校与一个国际合作院校网络密切协作，潜质突出的学生可获资助赴海外深造，条件是学成后回国效力。

Notable people

• Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, issued the 1973 decree that founded the College of Education, the institution that grew into the present university.卡塔尔埃米尔 Khalifa Al Thani 颁布了 1973 年的创办令设立了教育学院，该学院日后发展为今天的卡塔尔大学。
• Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani initiated the reform project of 2003 in his capacity as the heir apparent, working with the university president and the new planning office to restructure the institution.Sheikh Tamim Al Thani 在王储任内发起 2003 年的改革项目，与校长及新设的规划办公室共同重组了这所大学。
• Dr Sheikha Abdulla al-Misnad was president of Qatar University from 2003 to 2015 and co-led the reform that gave the institution its autonomy and its present name.Sheikha Abdulla al-Misnad 博士自 2003 年至 2015 年担任卡塔尔大学校长，并共同主导了那场赋予学校自治地位与现名的改革。
• Hassan Rashid Al-Derham became the sixth president of the university in 2015 and holds a doctorate from the University of South Wales.Hassan Rashid Al-Derham 于 2015 年出任卡塔尔大学第六任校长，拥有英国南威尔士大学博士学位。
• Mariam Al Maadeed is a Qatari scientist who serves as vice president for research and graduate studies at the university and represents a generation of Qatari women researchers.Mariam Al Maadeed 是卡塔尔科学家，任卡塔尔大学主管研究与研究生事务的副校长，是卡塔尔女性科研一代的代表人物。
• Nasser Al-Khelaifi, an alumnus, is a businessman and the president of Paris Saint-Germain, having built a career in the construction and contracting industries of Qatar.校友 Nasser Al-Khelaifi 是企业家与巴黎圣日耳曼足球俱乐部主席，在卡塔尔建筑与承包行业打拼多年。
• Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, who studied at the university, has served as Prime Minister of Qatar, and Abdulla bin Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Subaie has served as Minister of Municipality.曾就读于该校的 Mohammed Al Thani 出任卡塔尔首相，Abdulla Al Subaie 则曾任市政部长。
• Moza bint Nasser is a Qatari educator and philanthropist who has held the title of consort of the Emir, and Jawaher bint Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani is the wife of the Emir of Qatar.Moza Al Thani 是卡塔尔教育家与慈善家，曾获埃米尔配偶称号，Jawaher Al Thani 则是卡塔尔埃米尔的夫人。
• Abdelrahman bin Hamad bin Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani has served as Minister of Culture, and Saad Al Mohannadi has led the Public Works Authority, while Eng. Fawaz Al-Baker is executive managing director of Qatar Power Company.Abdelrahman Al Thani 曾任文化部长，Saad Al Mohannadi 曾领导公共工程局，Fawaz Al-Baker 工程师则任卡塔尔电力公司执行董事总经理。
• Academic leadership has included Dr Hissa Sadiq as dean of the College of Education, Dr Nitham M. Hindi as dean of the College of Business and Economics from August 2010, and Dr Mohamed Abdulaziz Al Khulaifi as dean of the College of Law from 2014.院系领导层中，Hissa Sadiq 博士担任教育学院院长，Nitham M. Hindi 博士自 2010 年 8 月起担任工商管理学院院长，Mohamed Abdulaziz Al Khulaifi 博士自 2014 年起担任法学院院长。
• Among graduates the university also counts Ilham Al-Qaradawi, Fatma Al Sharshani, a mural artist and calligrapher, Muhammad Harithi, an Omani poet and writer, and Amal Al-Malki, an academic.该校毕业生还包括 Ilham Al-Qaradawi、壁画艺术家兼书法家 Fatma Al Sharshani、阿曼诗人兼作家 Muhammad Harithi，以及学者 Amal Al-Malki。
• The university counts no Nobel, Turing or Fields Medal laureates among its people, and its academic distinction to date rests on the faculties it has assembled and the accreditation it has earned rather than on laureate prizes.学校人员中并无诺贝尔奖、图灵奖或菲尔兹奖得主，其迄今的学术声誉主要建立在所汇聚的师资队伍与所取得的各项认证之上，而非获奖学者的光环。