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|established = 2003
| established = 2003
|type = [[State university system|State university]] <br /> Branch of [[Texas A&M University]]
| type = [[State university system|State university]] <br /> Branch of [[Texas A&M University]]
|endowment = $5.6 billion (Systemwide)
| endowment = $5.6 billion (Systemwide)
|chancellor = [[John Sharp (Texas politician)|John Sharp]]
| chancellor = [[John Sharp (Texas politician)|John Sharp]]
| president = [[Mark A. Welsh III]]
|president = [[Michael K. Young]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tamunews.tamu.edu/2010/02/12/loftin-confirmed-as-texas-ams-24th-president/ |title=Loftin Confirmed As Texas A&M's 24th President |date=February 12, 2010 |publisher=Texas A&M University |access-date=February 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715084253/http://tamunews.tamu.edu/2010/02/12/loftin-confirmed-as-texas-ams-24th-president/ |archive-date=July 15, 2012 }}</ref>
|provost = Dr. Carol Fierke<ref>{{cite web |url=http://provost.tamu.edu/About/Provost-Executive-VP |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916161315/http://provost.tamu.edu/About/Provost-Executive-VP |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-09-16 |title=TAMU Office of the Provost}}</ref>
| provost = Alan Sams<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.qatar.tamu.edu/about/advisory-boards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916161315/http://provost.tamu.edu/About/Provost-Executive-VP |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-09-16 |title=TAMU Office of the Provost}}</ref>
|dean = Dr. César O. Malavé
| dean = César O. Malavé
| students = 844 (fall 2023)
|students = 542 (Fall 2015)<ref name="Texas A&M University: Data & Research Services">{{cite web|url=http://dars.tamu.edu/Data-and-Reports/Student/files/EPFA15.aspx|title=Texas A&M University Enrollment Profile: Fall 2015|access-date=November 3, 2015|page=12|format=PDF|publisher =Texas A&M University}}</ref>
|undergrad = 538 (Fall 2019)
| undergrad = 632 (fall 2023)
|postgrad = 49 (Fall 2015)<ref name="Texas A&M University: Data & Research Services"/>
| postgrad = 127 (fall 2022)
|doctoral = 0 (Fall 2015)<ref name="Texas A&M University: Data & Research Services"/>
| doctoral = 0 (fall 2015)<ref name="Texas A&M University: Data & Research Services">{{cite web|url=http://dars.tamu.edu/Data-and-Reports/Student/files/EPFA15.aspx|title=Texas A&M University Enrollment Profile: Fall 2015|access-date=November 3, 2015|page=12|format=PDF|publisher =Texas A&M University}}</ref>
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| city = [[Education City]], [[Al Rayyan]]
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| sports_nickname = [[Texas A&M Aggies|Aggies]]
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|nickname = [[Texas A&M Aggies|Aggies]]
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[[File:Texas A&M University at Qatar.jpg|thumb|Texas A&M University at Qatar]]
[[File:Texas A&M University at Qatar.jpg|thumb|Texas A&M University at Qatar]]
'''Texas A&M University at Qatar''' (TAMUQ) is a branch of [[Texas A&M University]] located in [[Education City]], [[Al Rayyan]], Qatar. The university was established in 2003, and is slated to close by 2028.<ref name="close1">{{cite web |title=Texas A&M-Qatar Campus to Close by 2028 {{!}} Texas A&M University at Qatar |url=https://www.qatar.tamu.edu/news-and-events/news/2024/02/09/texas-a-and-m-qatar-campus-to-close-by-2028/ |website=www.qatar.tamu.edu |access-date=8 February 2024}}</ref><ref name="close2">{{cite web |last1=McGee |first1=Kate |title=Texas A&M University to close Qatar campus |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/08/texas-am-qatar-campus/ |website=The Texas Tribune |language=en |date=8 February 2024}}</ref>
'''Texas A&M University at Qatar''' (TAMUQ) is a branch of [[Texas A&M University]] located in [[Education City]], [[Al Rayyan]], [[Qatar]].


The university offers undergraduate degrees in [[chemical engineering|chemical]], [[electrical engineering|electrical]], [[mechanical engineering|mechanical]], and [[petroleum engineering]]. A graduate program for [[chemical engineering]] (master's degree) commenced in 2011.
The university offers undergraduate degrees in [[chemical engineering|chemical]], [[electrical engineering|electrical]], [[mechanical engineering|mechanical]], and [[petroleum engineering]]. A graduate program for [[chemical engineering]] (master's degree) commenced in 2011.


==History==
==History==
Texas A&M University's campus in Qatar was established in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/2012/05/25/after-10-years-qatar-m-looking-forward-10-more/|title=After 10 Years in Qatar, A&M Looking Forward to 10 More|publisher=The Texas Tribune|author=Reeve Hamilton|date=25 May 2012|access-date=30 November 2015}}</ref> The campus was set up through an agreement between Texas A&M and the [[Qatar Foundation|Qatar Foundation for Education, Science, and Community Development]], a private institution under the laws of the State of Qatar.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/03/08/texas-university-gets-76-million-each-year-to-operate-in-qatar-contract-says/|title=Texas university gets $76 million each year to operate in Qatar, contract says|last=https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1216916378|website=Washington Post|access-date=9 September 2017}}</ref> The Qatar Foundation was started by then-Emir [[Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani|Shiekh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani]] and his wife and mother of the current Emir [[Moza bint Nasser|Sheikha Moza bint Nasser]]. The campus was opened as part of Qatar's "massive venture to import elite higher education from the United States to Doha using the oil and natural-gas riches of the tiny Persian Gulf nation".<ref name="auto"/> Since 2003, there have been 635 graduates.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/12/06/dohas-education-city-by-the-numbers-enrollment-diplomas-faculty-finances/|title=Doha's Education City by the numbers: Enrollment, diplomas, faculty, finances|last=https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1216916378|website=Washington Post|access-date=9 September 2017}}</ref>
Texas A&M University's campus in Qatar was established in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/2012/05/25/after-10-years-qatar-m-looking-forward-10-more/|title=After 10 Years in Qatar, A&M Looking Forward to 10 More|publisher=The Texas Tribune|author=Reeve Hamilton|date=25 May 2012|access-date=30 November 2015}}</ref> The campus was set up through an agreement between Texas A&M and the [[Qatar Foundation|Qatar Foundation for Education, Science, and Community Development]], a private institution under the laws of the State of Qatar.<ref name="auto">{{cite news |title=Texas university gets $76 million each year to operate in Qatar, contract says |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/03/08/texas-university-gets-76-million-each-year-to-operate-in-qatar-contract-says/ |access-date=9 September 2017 |newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref> The Qatar Foundation was started by then-Emir [[Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani|Shiekh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani]] and his wife and mother of the current Emir [[Moza bint Nasser|Sheikha Moza bint Nasser]]. The campus was opened as part of Qatar's "massive venture to import elite higher education from the United States to Doha using the oil and natural-gas riches of the tiny Persian Gulf nation".<ref name="auto"/> Since 2003, there have been over 1,000 graduates.


The original agreement was for undergraduate programs in chemical, electrical, mechanical, and petroleum engineering. In 2010, an additional agreement established a graduate-studies program in engineering. In 2011, a third agreement established a research program. The two initial agreements ended in June 2013, and in January 2014, a renewal agreement was signed for a period of 10 years.<ref name="auto"/>
The original agreement was for undergraduate programs in chemical, electrical, mechanical, and petroleum engineering. In 2010, an additional agreement established a graduate-studies program in engineering. In 2011, a third agreement established a research program. The two initial agreements ended in June 2013, and in January 2014, a renewal agreement was signed for a period of 10 years.<ref name="auto"/>

In February 2024, the Texas A&M University Board of Regents voted to close the Qatar campus in a multi-year shut down process. The campus is to close by 2028.<ref name="close1"/><ref name="close2"/>


==Academics==
==Academics==
[[File:TAMUQ Profs and Students.jpg|thumb|Two professors, a graduate, and an undergraduate student at the TAMUQ branch campus|alt=Four people standing behind a flag each holding their thumb in the air]]
According to the agreement between Qatar and TAMU, the curriculum at the Doha campus will "duplicate as closely as possible" the curriculum at TAMU's main campus.<ref name="auto"/> Questions have arisen over whether schools such as TAMUQ in Education City are truly able to grant students the same freedom of thought, expression, and association as is available to students at the U.S. campuses due to Qatar's much stricter laws that inhibit these freedoms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gulfnewsjournal.com/stories/510548507-roots-of-american-universities-grow-deeper-in-qatar-drawing-criticism|title=Roots of American universities grow deeper in Qatar, drawing criticism|first=Gulf News Journal|last=Reports|access-date=9 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=http://gulfnewsjournal.com/stories/510639673-while-u-s-universities-see-dollar-signs-in-qatari-partnerships-some-cry-foul|title=While U.S. universities see dollar signs in Qatari partnerships, some cry foul|first=Gulf News Journal|last=Reports|access-date=9 September 2017}}</ref> This causes doubt over whether TAMUQ can really uphold the same academic curricula and academic standards as Texas A&M, College Station.
According to the agreement between Qatar and TAMU, the curriculum at the Education City campus will "duplicate as closely as possible" the curriculum at TAMU's main campus.<ref name="auto"/> Questions have arisen over whether schools such as TAMUQ in Education City are truly able to grant students the same freedom of thought, expression, and association as is available to students at the U.S. campuses due to Qatar's much stricter laws that inhibit these freedoms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gulfnewsjournal.com/stories/510548507-roots-of-american-universities-grow-deeper-in-qatar-drawing-criticism|title=Roots of American universities grow deeper in Qatar, drawing criticism|first=Gulf News Journal|last=Reports|access-date=9 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=http://gulfnewsjournal.com/stories/510639673-while-u-s-universities-see-dollar-signs-in-qatari-partnerships-some-cry-foul|title=While U.S. universities see dollar signs in Qatari partnerships, some cry foul|first=Gulf News Journal|last=Reports|access-date=9 September 2017}}</ref>


==Administration==
==Administration==
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===Funding===
===Funding===
Texas A&M receives more than $76.2 million each year to operate its campus in Qatar.<ref name="auto"/> The Qatar Foundation purchases and owns all property, pays salaries, and reimburses expenses to Texas A&M for its campus in Doha. In addition, TAMU earns a management fee that is inclusive of all of its costs and fees for establishing, managing, and operating TAMUQ.<ref name="auto"/> In the budgets approved for FY2014 and proposed for FY2015-2018, TAMU's management fee is $8.2 million.<ref name="auto"/>
Texas A&M receives more than $76.2 million each year to operate its campus in Qatar. The Qatar Foundation purchases and owns all property, pays salaries, and reimburses expenses to Texas A&M for its campus in Education City. In addition, TAMU earns a management fee that is inclusive of all of its costs and fees for establishing, managing, and operating TAMUQ.<ref name="auto"/> In the budgets approved for FY2014 and proposed for FY2015-2018, TAMU's management fee is $8.2 million.<ref name="auto"/>


Tuition at the university is $28,900 for undergraduates.<ref name="auto1"/> The agreement between the two parties stated that "the tuition and fees for students at TAMUQ shall be no less than the highest rates applicable to out-of-state students at TAMU's main campus".<ref name="auto"/> The Qatar Foundation is responsible for collecting all tuition paid by students.<ref name="auto"/>
Tuition at the university is $28,900 for undergraduates. The agreement between the two parties stated that "the tuition and fees for students at TAMUQ shall be no less than the highest rates applicable to out-of-state students at TAMU's main campus".<ref name="auto"/> The Qatar Foundation is responsible for collecting all tuition paid by students.<ref name="auto"/>


According to the agreement, the Qatar Foundation is responsible for all financial aid awarded to international, non-U.S. citizen undergraduate students at TAMUQ. For graduate students, the Qatar Foundation will provide limited financial assistance to Qatari students who are not otherwise funded, but is not required to provide assistance to non-Qatari students, although it may do so on a case-by-case basis.<ref name="auto"/>
According to the agreement, the Qatar Foundation is responsible for all financial aid awarded to international, non-U.S. citizen undergraduate students at TAMUQ. For graduate students, the Qatar Foundation will provide limited financial assistance to Qatari students who are not otherwise funded, but is not required to provide assistance to non-Qatari students, although it may do so on a case-by-case basis.<ref name="auto"/>
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Texas A&M University has a research collaboration with [[Habib University]] in Pakistan.
Texas A&M University has a research collaboration with [[Habib University]] in Pakistan.


TAMU agreed that the undergraduate population of its campus in Doha would be 70% Qatari citizens.<ref name="auto"/> About 40% of TAMUQ's students are women, a much higher percentage than in most engineering programs.<ref name="auto3">{{cite web|last=Anderson|first=Nick|date=2015-12-06|title=In Qatar's Education City, U.S. colleges are building an academic oasis|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/in-qatars-education-city-us-colleges-are-building-an-academic-oasis/2015/12/06/6b538702-8e01-11e5-ae1f-af46b7df8483_story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=9 September 2017|website=[[Washington Post]]}}</ref>
TAMU agreed that the undergraduate population of its campus in Doha would be 70% Qatari citizens.<ref name="auto"/> Almost 50% of TAMUQ's students are women, a much higher percentage than in most engineering programs.<ref name="auto3">{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Nick |date=2015-12-06 |title=In Qatar's Education City, U.S. colleges are building an academic oasis |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/in-qatars-education-city-us-colleges-are-building-an-academic-oasis/2015/12/06/6b538702-8e01-11e5-ae1f-af46b7df8483_story.html |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=9 September 2017 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>

==Criticisms==
As with many other universities with campuses abroad, Texas A&M Qatar has drawn some criticism over whether it upholds the same standards for its Qatar campus as it does for its U.S. campus.<ref name="auto3"/> Some critics have said that the pool of applicants for TAMUQ is smaller, which leads to a higher acceptance rate and a lower quality of students. However, there is no definitive evidence that the standards are actually lower {{Dubious span|text=and TAMUQ has often received praise for its Qatari campus and awards for the research performed there.|date=January 2021}}<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Texas A&M University at Qatar wins 23 awards at QNRF forum|url=http://gulfnewsjournal.com/stories/510546504-texas-a-m-university-at-qatar-wins-23-awards-at-qnrf-forum|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=9 September 2017|website=Gulf News Journal}}</ref>

===Activities in Israel===
In the winter 2013, Texas A&M publicised their plans to open a $200 million so called peace campus in [[Nazareth, Israel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.553881|title=Texas A&M University to Establish New Campus in Nazareth|first=Yarden|last=Skop|date=22 October 2013|access-date=9 September 2017|via=Haaretz}}</ref><ref name="jewishpress.com">{{Cite web|last=JNi.Media|title=Texas A&M Kills $200 Million Arab University in Nazareth, Opens $6 Million Center in Haifa Instead|url=https://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/texas-am-kills-200-million-arab-university-in-nazareth-opens-6-million-center-in-haifa-instead/2015/12/14/|access-date=2021-01-10|language=en-US}}</ref> Student at the school's Doha campus protested the move with a [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] student claiming it was "an insult to my people".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thedailyq.org/2013/11/12/students-at-tamuq-share-opposing-views-regarding-new-campus-in-israel/|title=Page not found – The Daily Q|access-date=9 September 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531170125/http://thedailyq.org/2013/11/12/students-at-tamuq-share-opposing-views-regarding-new-campus-in-israel/|archive-date=31 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="auto2"/> In May 2014, Texas A&M received US$31.7 millions of grants from the [[Qatar National Research Fund]].<ref name="auto2"/> Texas A&M did not open the campus in Nazareth, instead opting for a $6 million marine research center in [[Haifa, Israel]].<ref name="jewishpress.com"/>

===Contract with Qatar Foundation===
In fall 2015, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' asked Texas A&M for a copy of its contract with the Qatar Foundation. Texas A&M originally declined and referred the request to the Texas attorney general's office. The Qatar Foundation's attorneys at the law firm [[Covington & Burling]] told the attorney general's office that releasing the records "would cause substantial competitive harm".<ref name="auto"/> The attorney general's office eventually concluded that the contract must be disclosed.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}


===Death on campus===
==See also==
* [[List of universities and colleges in Qatar]]
In May 2014, a laboratory worker was killed in an accident in the Engineering Building.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dohanews.co/texas-university-qatar-orders-evacuation-engineering-building/|title=Texas A&M cancels classes after staffer killed in laboratory accident|date=28 May 2014|access-date=9 September 2017}}</ref> The victim was Hassan Kamal Hussein, an Egyptian expat who worked in the lab.<ref name="dohanews.co">{{cite web|url=http://dohanews.co/donation-drive-held-family-deceased-tamuq-lab-coordinator/|title=Donation drive held for family of deceased TAMUQ lab coordinator|date=10 June 2014|access-date=9 September 2017}}</ref> The campus and its students, in partnership with [[Qatar Charity]], held fundraisers to help support Hussein's family in the wake of the accident.<ref name="dohanews.co"/> Since then an engineer who tried to fix the faulty equipment, and the equipment's manufacturer have been sued over the incident.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cenblog.org/the-safety-zone/2015/04/trial-starts-for-texas-am-university-at-qatar-fatality/|title=Trial starts for Texas A&M University at Qatar fatality|date=29 April 2015|access-date=9 September 2017}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


9. QF partner Texas A&amp;M at Qatar announces record student enrollment. QF PARTNER TEXAS A&amp;M AT QATAR ANNOUNCES RECORD STUDENT ENROLLMENT. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
==External links==
==External links==


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Texas A&M University at Qatar
TypeState university
Branch of Texas A&M University
Established2003
Academic affiliations
AAU
Endowment$5.6 billion (Systemwide)
ChancellorJohn Sharp
PresidentMark A. Welsh III
ProvostAlan Sams[1]
DeanCésar O. Malavé
Students844 (fall 2023)
Undergraduates632 (fall 2023)
Postgraduates127 (fall 2022)
0 (fall 2015)[2]
Location
Education City, Al Rayyan
,
Qatar

25°18′53″N 51°26′22″E / 25.3148°N 51.4394°E / 25.3148; 51.4394
CampusMulti-versity Education City, 2,400 acres (9.7 km2)
Colors    Maroon and white[3]
NicknameAggies
MascotReveille X
Websitewww.qatar.tamu.edu
Texas A&M University at Qatar

Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ) is a branch of Texas A&M University located in Education City, Al Rayyan, Qatar. The university was established in 2003, and is slated to close by 2028.[4][5]

The university offers undergraduate degrees in chemical, electrical, mechanical, and petroleum engineering. A graduate program for chemical engineering (master's degree) commenced in 2011.

History

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Texas A&M University's campus in Qatar was established in 2003.[6] The campus was set up through an agreement between Texas A&M and the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science, and Community Development, a private institution under the laws of the State of Qatar.[7] The Qatar Foundation was started by then-Emir Shiekh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and his wife and mother of the current Emir Sheikha Moza bint Nasser. The campus was opened as part of Qatar's "massive venture to import elite higher education from the United States to Doha using the oil and natural-gas riches of the tiny Persian Gulf nation".[7] Since 2003, there have been over 1,000 graduates.

The original agreement was for undergraduate programs in chemical, electrical, mechanical, and petroleum engineering. In 2010, an additional agreement established a graduate-studies program in engineering. In 2011, a third agreement established a research program. The two initial agreements ended in June 2013, and in January 2014, a renewal agreement was signed for a period of 10 years.[7]

In February 2024, the Texas A&M University Board of Regents voted to close the Qatar campus in a multi-year shut down process. The campus is to close by 2028.[4][5]

Academics

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Four people standing behind a flag each holding their thumb in the air
Two professors, a graduate, and an undergraduate student at the TAMUQ branch campus

According to the agreement between Qatar and TAMU, the curriculum at the Education City campus will "duplicate as closely as possible" the curriculum at TAMU's main campus.[7] Questions have arisen over whether schools such as TAMUQ in Education City are truly able to grant students the same freedom of thought, expression, and association as is available to students at the U.S. campuses due to Qatar's much stricter laws that inhibit these freedoms.[8][9]

Administration

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The 2014 agreement states that TAMU and TAMUQ are responsible for selecting and supervising all faculty and staff, admitting, enrolling, and instructing students, developing plans to ensure the university satisfies the terms of the agreement, and designing and implementing the school's academic curricula and programs.[7]

The Qatar Foundation and TAMU established a Joint Advisory Board to oversee TAMUQ. Three members are appointed by each TAMU and the Qatar Foundation, and three members are jointly appointed by both sides.[7] The board provides advice to the Dean of TAMUQ, reviews the budget, and conducts ongoing review and evaluation of the success of TAMUQ.

Funding

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Texas A&M receives more than $76.2 million each year to operate its campus in Qatar. The Qatar Foundation purchases and owns all property, pays salaries, and reimburses expenses to Texas A&M for its campus in Education City. In addition, TAMU earns a management fee that is inclusive of all of its costs and fees for establishing, managing, and operating TAMUQ.[7] In the budgets approved for FY2014 and proposed for FY2015-2018, TAMU's management fee is $8.2 million.[7]

Tuition at the university is $28,900 for undergraduates. The agreement between the two parties stated that "the tuition and fees for students at TAMUQ shall be no less than the highest rates applicable to out-of-state students at TAMU's main campus".[7] The Qatar Foundation is responsible for collecting all tuition paid by students.[7]

According to the agreement, the Qatar Foundation is responsible for all financial aid awarded to international, non-U.S. citizen undergraduate students at TAMUQ. For graduate students, the Qatar Foundation will provide limited financial assistance to Qatari students who are not otherwise funded, but is not required to provide assistance to non-Qatari students, although it may do so on a case-by-case basis.[7]

The endowment of the program is owned by the Qatar Foundation and managed on behalf of the program unless a donor specifies that it should be otherwise managed. Property or equipment purchased by the Qatar Foundation or acquired through a gift to the Qatar Foundation are property of the foundation. Anything acquired through a gift to TAMU or TAMUQ will be property of TAMU.[7]

Texas A&M at Qatar also allows students the opportunity to participate in sports such as basketball and soccer. In the 2008 and 2009 seasons, the men's basketball team completed a historic run where they went undefeated for 46 straight games.[citation needed]

Undergraduate admissions

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Texas A&M University at Qatar follows the same admissions standards in place at the home campus in College Station, Texas.

Texas A&M University has a research collaboration with Habib University in Pakistan.

TAMU agreed that the undergraduate population of its campus in Doha would be 70% Qatari citizens.[7] Almost 50% of TAMUQ's students are women, a much higher percentage than in most engineering programs.[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "TAMU Office of the Provost". Archived from the original on 2017-09-16.
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