Hamad Bin Khalifa University, ( ar, جامعة حمد بن خليفة) is a public university located within

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, the capital city of

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. HBKU is based in Doha's

Academics

Hamad Bin Khalifa University and its programs were recognized by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education in Qatar under decree number 34 for year 2017. The university's graduate program focuses include information and computing technologies, life sciences, sustainable development, Islamic studies, Islamic finance, middle eastern studies, translation studies, and law. HBKU is organized into the following colleges: *College of Islamic Studies (CIS) *College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) *College of Science and Engineering (CSE) *College of Law (CL) *College of Health and Life Sicences (CHLS) *College of Public Policy (CPP)

Research

HBKU has the following three national research institutes: * Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) * Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI) * Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI).

HBKU Press

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is the university publishing house, and offers educational books for schools, academic books for universities and researchers, and information and reference titles that can be accessed online. HBKU Press has published more than 90 books and houses ''QScience'', an online research and academic platform.

Student body

HBKU currently has over 700 students from over 57 nationalities. 38% of the students are Qatari.

Education City

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; Northwestern University in Qatar; Texas A&M University at Qatar; UCL Qatar; Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar; and Weill Cornell Medical – Qatar.

Buildings

*College of Islamic Studies building *Liberal Arts & Sciences building *HBKU Research Complex *HBKU Headquarters *HBKU Housing and Residence Halls

Notable alumni

* Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al Missned (Class of 2015)

Notable faculty

* Amal Al-Malki, first Qatari dean at an Education City university * Aisha Yousef al-Mannai, one of Qatar's first female parliamentarians *

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, UNESCO Chair on Environmental Law and Sustainable Development

References

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