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TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORKDOHAThe Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Qatar University (QU) hosted an induction meeting for new faculty members, titled ‘Ya-Hala’, in the presence of the university’s President Dr Hassan bin Rashid Al-Derham, vice presidents and officials. The event was attended by Dr Omar Al-Ansari, Vice President for Academic Affairs; Dr Maryam Al-Maadeed, Vice President for Scientific Research and Graduate Studies; Dr Eiman Mustafawi, Vice President for Student Affairs; Dr Tamer Khattab, Acting Director of the Center for Excellence, Teaching and Learning; and a number of other faculty members. Dr Al-Derham welcomed the new faculty members in his speech and said: “I am pleased to welcome all of you with the most special and warm welcome to our new colleagues. Here at Qatar University we offer excellence. While academic labour at different Arab and worldwide universities has many things in common, it also varies slightly from university to university depending on their individual systems, regulations, aims, visions, and missions. Therefore, it was only fair that we inform you about the academic and student aspects, opportunities, research grants, graduate studies, and other topics that make it easier for you to get to know the university, its culture, systems, and programs that are assigned to you. This will help you quickly integrate and interact with the various programs that you need to use to complete your tasks, as well as deal with them easily and smoothly.”Dr. Hassan added that the “Ya-Hala” introductory meeting, which Qatar University used to organise at the start of every year, has grown to be a highly significant academic tradition. In this case, the university’s efforts deserve praise. The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning regularly hosts this event, and the distinguished present colleagues will give the required clarification as well as they will respond to your questions.Dr. Omar Al-Ansari emphasised the importance of the teaching staff’s quality, excellence and integrity, as well as other requirements that faculty members must be keen to uphold while working at QU.He stated that the university currently has 11 colleges and 1,391 faculty members in the various disciplines offered by the university, as well as 50 undergraduate scientific programs and 46 postgraduate programmes.In her speech on the occasion, Dr Eiman Mustafawi said that the university currently has 28,500 students, including 26,000 undergraduates and over 2,000 postgraduates, of whom 68 percent are Qataris and the rest are of various nationalities, with 71 percent being females. With 7,500 students, the College of Arts and Sciences is the largest college at the university, followed by the College of Engineering (5,000 students), and the College of Management and Economics.Dr Nasser bin Abdullah Al-Nuaimi, Assistant Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, spoke about the research sector, the research opportunities provided by the university, and the importance of the research sector at the university. He dealt in detail with the 17 research centres of the university, some of which are inside the university campus and others outside the campus.
