QU celebrates Honours Programme graduation

Qatar University (QU) celebrated the graduation of the Honours Programme during a ceremony for the Class of 2022. The Honours Programme, at QU’s Deanship of General Studies, is designed for highly motivated and academically inquisitive students who are looking for an enriching college experience.
In a speech, dean of General Studies Dr Ibrahim al-Kaabi said: “It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the graduation ceremony of the Class of 2022 for the Honours Programme, and I would like to congratulate you on this success. It is a programme that enhances the university's strategy for excellence in education. Therefore, the Deanship of General Studies has launched a developmental plan for the programme to achieve the vision of the university and Qatar National Vision 2030.”
He added, “The plan includes the new pillars of Qatar University's excellence in education, which focuses on learner-centric education that is experiential, research informed, digitally enriched and entrepreneurial, and enhances student competencies to acquire the qualities of graduates from Qatar University, such as creativity, lifelong learning, awareness of local and international issues, as well as social responsibility, leadership and entrepreneurial thinking.”
Hence, the current vision of the Honours Programme "is based on providing the optimal model to achieve excellence at Qatar University in terms of outstanding and diverse educational content, in addition to innovative initiatives that prepare students to become future leaders capable of keeping pace with global changes around us", a press statement noted.
Dr Yousri Marzouki, director of the Honours Programme, said in his speech: “I would like to commend this batch, which contributed to the mobilisation of the first committee, which we started implementing two years ago with the full support of the Vice-President for Academic Affairs Office as well as the Deanship of General Studies. The programme in its new version aims to provide talented and ambitious students with a rich, multidisciplinary academic experience.”
The Honours Programme aspires to be prominent with its quality academic programmes and motivational initiatives, through which students are prepared to become future leaders. The Honours Programme at QU aims to provide talented and ambitious students with a rich and multidisciplinary academic experience, primarily based on self-learning.