Education City, based In Doha the capital of Qatar, spreads across 14 square kilometers of the area. It was a project started by Qatar foundation of Education with the aim and desire of making an educational complex that would be considered as centre of educational brilliance in Doha. The city comprises of schools, research centers and world class universities for higher education.

Education City isn't only comprised of the local schools and colleges of Doha, as five of the leading Universities of America also have their branch campuses set up in Education city. The universities include Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar that was established there in 1998 that offers graduate degree based on 4 years curriculum in the fields of Fine Arts, Fashion Designing, Interior Designing and Communication Designing. In 2001, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar was established that provides a two year Pre-Medical Program followed by a four year Medical Program that ultimately leads to the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Also in 2001, Academic Bridge Program was established as well in the Education City that trains and prepares secondary school graduates for admission in degree programs and acts as a foundation course. Later in 2003 Texas A&M University was grounded in Qatar offering the under-grad degrees in the field of electrical, chemical, petroleum and mechanical engineering.

Since 2007 the university has also been offering masters degree programs in engineering as well. Carnegie Mellon University came to Qatar in 2004 offering an under-grad degree for the studies of business, computer science and information systems. Georgetown University School of Foreign Service was set up in 2005 in Qatar, providing the students with bachelor's degree in Foreign Service in four- year's program. And in near future, in the year 2008, Northwestern University also announces of establishing campus in Education City, offering degrees in the field of Journalism and Communication.


Education City also features a learning centre that mainly focuses average potential students that faced some difficulties and problems in academically, and helps them improve and develop sound learning skills. Education City is also comprised with Qatar Academy offering education to boys and girls on international standards from primary education up till their admission in University, hence the academy is accredited Academic Bridge Program based in USA, and Europe based Council of International Schools.

Qatar Foundation joined hands with RAND Corporation and formed RAND-Qatar Policy Institute, whose main job is to study the problems and difficulties faced by the clients based in Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, and provide and implement resulting solutions. Qatar Foundation is also investing a total of $300 million, in the construction of world class facility called Qatar Science & Technology Park spreading across 45,000 square meters, providing the companies from around the world with space for laboratory or office set up. Qatar foundation also plans to establish a medical research facility with the name of Sidra Medical and Research Center in 2010 that will offer research programs in the field of clinical care, medical training and biomedical research.