Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar offers students a choice of three undergraduate degrees in Business Administration, Computer Science and Information Systems.

Carnegie Mellon Qatar has been offering its programs in Computer Science and Business Administration since 2004. The new Information Systems degree, starting in Fall 2008, will link with the degree courses already on offer, providing the knowledge and skills to design effective systems for data management.

An effective ICT infrastructure has been identified as one of the main pillars of the knowledge-based society that Qatar aspires to become. Carnegie Mellon Qatar is training the specialists that will develop this infrastructure for the country's future needs.

In partnership with the Qatar Science and Technology Park, Carnegie Mellon Qatar is presenting an Executive Entrepreneurship Certificate Program that is open to managers and employees of large and small companies, government agencies, and individuals. In this way it is helping create an enterprise culture in Qatar.

The university was founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1900 by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. A major grant from benefactor Richard K. Mellon in 1965 aided the establishment of a Computer Science Department that became the genesis of Carnegie Mellon's worldwide reputation in this field.

The university was established in an environment of rapid industrialization and economic growth, similar to the circumstances that currently prevail in the State of Qatar. Since its inception, it has prided itself on finding solutions to real problems facing society.

For more information about the Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, visit www.qatar.cmu.edu