Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) is a branch of

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, established on April 9, 2001 following an agreement between

and the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development. It is located in

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, near the capital of

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. WCM-Q has 318 students, 21 preliminary students, 97 pre-medical students, and 200 in its MD program.

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The school offers a six-year medical program with a single admissions. Students who complete undergraduate degrees elsewhere are able to apply to a four-year program. All students are awarded a

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from Cornell University. When the school's pre-medical program opened in the fall of 2002, and was reportedly the first

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institute of

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in Qatar. Its clinical affiliates are the

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's General Hospital and Women's Hospital.Clinical Affairs — Hamad Medical Corporation
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'', Weill Cornell–Qatar receives $121.7 million just to cover the operating expenses for the university, making it the most expensive U.S. university in Qatar's Education City. WCM-Q has 33 clubs, sports teams, and student organizations, some of which participate against other university campuses in Education City.

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American universities with campuses in Education City, which include

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, Georgetown, and Northwestern alongside Cornell, have been criticized that they possibly cannot uphold the same levels of

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in Qatar that exist the United States. In response, Cornell has said that its presence in Qatar "is the best way to promote understanding" and that their collaborations across the globe fulfill its mission of "teaching, discovery and engagement." A 2017 opinion piece in Cornell's student newspaper,

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, called on Cornell's incoming president Martha E. Pollack to be more transparent about the relationship between the University and the Qatar Foundation, particularly in the context of the ability for Cornell employees to form a union, something that is illegal in Qatar.

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