UCL Qatar celebrates fourth graduation ceremony

UCL Qatar celebrated its fourth graduation ceremony on Monday night. At the ceremony held at the Georgetown University campus in Education City, UCL Qatar awarded 14 MA degrees in Library and Information Studies and 15 MA degrees in Museum and Gallery Practice. While 10 students were awarded their MA in Archaeology of the Arab and Islamic World, six were awarded their MSc in Conservation Studies and one student was awarded their PhD in Archaeological Science.The graduating class was made up of 49 post-graduate students, representing 22 nationalities, many of whom are already working in some of Qatar’s leading organisations such as Qatar Museums and Qatar National Library. As many as 71% of students were women and 10% Qatari.  Professor Anthony Smith, UCL’s vice-provost, Education and Student Affairs, visited from London UCL main campus to join the celebration, which was hosted by BeIN Sports Channel presenter Abdulla al-Ali.UCL is consistently ranked in the top 10 universities in the world and in partnership with Qatar Foundation has created in Doha one of the world’s leading multi-disciplinary centres of excellence for the study of cultural heritage and knowledge management.  Since UCL Qatar’s inception, over 220 masters and doctoral students from over 50 countries have qualified with a UCL degree – one that is internationally recognised as being from one of the best universities in the world. UCL Qatar graduates go on to work at some of the leading culture and heritage organisations – from Qatar Museums, to Unesco and Malay Heritage Centre in Singapore.Sam Evans, the director of UCL Qatar said, “UCL Qatar offers programmes designed to bridge the gap between theory and practice. We are proud of what we have achieved in Qatar with our partners, and we are extremely proud of this group of students, who have excelled. UCL Qatar graduates have each taken different paths in their careers in the past, but they all share one common thread – their commitment to developing professionally within Qatar’s cultural heritage and knowledge management sector.”As part of UCL Qatar’s ongoing commitment, the university aims to create a lasting legacy of world-leading research and teaching excellence developed on a network of professional leaders and graduates who enrich and support the aspirations of Qatar and UCL both in Qatar, the region and beyond.Applications for UCL Qatar’s Master’s degree programmes in Library and Information Studies and Museum and Gallery Practice are currently open at UCL Qatar. The degree programmes are available as full-time one year courses or part-time two years courses. The application deadline is July 5, for enrolment on the September 16. Applications can be submitted online via the UCL Qatar website.