CMU-Q introduces two new joint programmes – The Peninsula

CMU-Q introduces two new joint programmes – The Peninsula

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, in the new academic year offers two new minors as part of joint programmes.

The Media and Politics minor is a joint programme between Northwestern University in Qatar and Georgetown University in Qatar where students explore the role of mass communication in political, diplomatic, and policy-making processes, said at CMU-Q.

He said that, the Tech Entrepreneurship minor provides students with an in-depth, interdisciplinary understanding of entrepreneurship and digital technologies, and is offered in collaboration with Texas A&M University at Qatar.

“CMU-Q works closely with other Qatar Foundation partner universities to offer a multi-versity experience for our students. In the new academic year, students will have two new minors to choose from,” said Dean Trick.

“We continue to look for new ways to bring the expertise of the partner universities together for our students,” he said. CMU-Q delivers select undergraduate degree programmes in the fields of biological sciences, business administration, computer science and information systems. Degree requirements are identical to those on the Carnegie Mellon main campus in Pittsburgh, United States. CMU-Q graduates have Carnegie Mellon degrees conferred from the main campus.

With 15 graduating classes, the total number of CMU-Q alumni is more