UDST starts new academic year with fresh programmes and close to 6000 students – The Peninsula

UDST starts new academic year with fresh programmes and close to 6000 students – The Peninsula

Doha: University of Doha for Science and Technology (UDST) has welcomed back students to campus for the start of the new academic year.

Close to 6,000 new and returning students joined the university for the 2022-23 academic year across four different colleges from Business Management, Computing and Information Technology, Engineering and Health Sciences.

This year saw an increase of 15% in the application rate after announcing 12 new programmes that the university has made available for this Fall term. At UDST both Qatari citizens and children of Qatari women are exempt from the payment of tuition fees for Bachelor’s degree and diploma programmes.

UDST offers applied Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes in addition to diplomas and certificates. As many as 62 programmes are tailored to the needs of Qatar’s economy. Out of them eight are unique in Qatar: Bachelor of Applied Business Administration in Banking and Financial Technology; Bachelor of Applied Science in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence; Bachelor of Applied Science in Respiratory Therapy and Bachelor of Applied Science in Medical Radiography; Bachelor of Applied Science in Digital Communications and Media Production; Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering - Applied Electrical Power and Renewable Energy; Bachelor of Engineering in Construction Engineering; Bachelor