Executive MBA to begin in Doha, Qatar 6, July 2010
Posted by thegulfblog.com in Qatar.Tags: Business school middle east, Education city, HEC Paris, hec paris doda, Qatar foundation
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Paris’ celebrated business school, HEC, is to open a campus in Doha, Qatar. They plan to teach at least an MBA as well as an executive MBA.
They will not open their campus in Qatar’s Education City or indeed be directly under their aegis. They are the first business school to open under Qatar Foundation’s Management, Education and Research Centre (QF-Merc) and will be situated, I believe, in or near Doha’s downtown, nearer their prospective clientele.
QF-Merc hopes to attract other business schools too.
The FT article points out the HEC Paris is not the first business school to open in the region. London Business School and City University’s Cass school have programmes in Dubai and INSTEAD is based in Abu Dhabi.
At the moment there is a lack of post-graduate study in Doha. Given the demand and the relative costs of companies being forced to send their employees to Europe for courses or degrees for their continued development, HEC Paris has, I believe, essentially a license to print money in Doha. The first institution to offer Masters degrees related to the oil and gas industry will similarly make a fortune too.
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Being a student of business administration in Doha, Qatar (Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar), I am glad that such a good opportunity has come our way 🙂 . It is definitely a grad school i will be considering.