Students entering the University are sometimes placed in a “Foundation Program”, which ensures the acquirement of skills such as Math and English.

The university serves on behalf of the government and private industry to conduct regional research, particularly in areas of the environment and energy technologies.

The new colleges prompted a large expansion of the university campus, which was overseen Kamal El Kafrawi.

[8] By Fall Semester 2005 / 2006, the number of registrants for study at Qatar University had reached 7660 male and female students, equaling almost 1/6 of the eligible Qatari population.

Her replacement was Hassan Rashid Al-Derham, who currently holds the position, and is the university's sixth president.

[10] In December 2015, the university awarded its first-ever honorary doctorate degree to Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

The university contributes to the process of “Qatarization”, which places an emphasis on the hiring and support of national citizens.

[22] Qatari leaders have recognized the vulnerability of oil and natural gases as a long-term economic model, especially for a smaller area such as Qatar.

This has included taking part in global environmental studies through regional measurements, promotion of energy-awareness, and the recent contribution to CERN of data gathered through the university's new positron beam.

[28] Since graduate programs are not available in many fields, Qatar University often works closely with a network of international affiliate schools.

Students who have shown exceptional potential or progress can often receive sponsorship from the university for graduate studies abroad, on the condition that they will return to work once finished.

Qatar University is situated on the northern edge of Doha in the district of Al Tarfa, approximately 16 kilometers from the city center.

Due to the growth of the city, this area has recently become more valuable, and a popular development site for upscale residential and commercial buildings.

[31][32] Departments:[33] Programs: Founded in 1985, it has begun work on a new QR 185 million facility to accommodate its student body and provide resources.

[42] The college's previous dean, Dr. Alfadala, was also the founder and former chairman of the university's Gas Processing Center (GPC) research facility.

The services provided by the center have been designed to address the necessities and challenges of both Qatar University and the Qatari Industry.

These services include: Applied Research Projects/Consulting, Professional Training and Seminars, Bi-annual Gas Processing Symposium, Information Management/Library.

The center will be housed and managed by the College of Engineering and its funding will be obtained from different sources including Qatar University, companies and government agencies.

The competition requires participants to design and race a small car that is operated through chemical processes and carrying a load of water (0-500g) for a distance of between 15 and 30 meters.

In 2008, it asked the ABA to conduct a full-scale, on-site evaluation of all aspects of the school's objectives, programs, and administration.

[53] Many of the recommendations made by the ABA were subsequently implemented including the introduction of the first legal writing and research skills program (taught in English) established in any law school in the Middle East.

It is an internationally peer reviewed multi-lingual law journal that seeks to articulate contemporary legal discourse across cultures and borders.

In recent years, it added new major and minor programs in subjects such as “Da’wa and Media” and “Banking and Insurance”.

Departments: In December 2014, Qatar University announced the establishment of the College of Medicine which was planned to take the 1st batch in by Fall 2015 (September) and graduate them by 2021.