Our international campus in Doha, Qatar, cultivates potential within students to lead the world of media, journalism, and communication. Backed by a strong foundation in liberal arts, NU-Q students receive a top education, gaining a combination of theoretical and practical skills so that each student is prepared to succeed after graduation.
Our university has over 200,000 alumni that include heads of major media companies, prominent statespersons, successful business executives, and prolific authors. They have won Nobel Prizes, Pulitzer Prizes, and virtually every award and honor imaginable.
Northwestern University in Qatar alums have demonstrated their readiness for prestigious positions in the corporate world, and acceptance into highly competitive graduate school programs.
George R.R. Martin
bestselling author of A Game of Thrones
Stephen Colbert
Emmy Award-winning comedian, author, and host of The Colbert Report and The Late Show
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Emmy Award-winning actress, Seinfeld, Veep
David Barstow
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times
Jeff Jarvis
creator of Entertainment Weekly
Andy Carvin
journalist, NPR, First Look Media
Ginni Rometty
president and CEO, IBM
Andrew Mason
founder and CEO, Groupon
Veronica Roth
bestselling author of the Divergent trilogy
#12 Best National University
(United States)
US News & World Report, 2016
#25 Best University
(World Ranking)
Times Higher Education, 2015-16
#4 Top Journalism College
(United States)
USA Today, 2014
Class of 2014
As a student you come into university and you think you know what you'll do right after graduation. But actually, you realize that you can do so many things with your life, and you can become so much greater than you are expected to be."
In addition to gaining hands-on skills in media, filmmaking, and journalism, Northwestern University in Qatar students are given a holistic education through liberal arts courses across a broad base of subjects.
Rezwan Al Islam
head of digital, Sidra Medical and Research Center
Penny Yi Wang
broadcast designer, Associated Press
Sara Al Saadi
Qatar Embassy in Washington, DC
Ismaeel Naar
journalist, Al Arabiya News Channel
Hind Al Ansari
master's student, Harvard University
Yara Darwish
Qatar Foundation
Jassim Kunji
assistant producer, Al Jazeera
Soud Al Boinin
communications specialist, Qatar Foundation
Ibrahim Al Hashmi
Her Highness’ Office, Qatar Foundation
Communication manager
Marketing/PR specialist
Video producer/editor
Online journalist
Social media manager
Web editor
Content producer
Harvard University
Cambridge University
Columbia University
Dartmouth College
King's College, University of London
Loyola Marymount University
McGill University
Northwestern University
New York University
University College London
Class of 2013
Onlne Journalist,
Al Arabiya News Channel
At NU-Q, you have the advantage of working with professors who have been in the business of teaching and journalism for 30-plus years. Journalism is a craft. You have to develop it."
Class sizes at NU-Q are small, meaning that students get individualized attention from teachers.
Student life here extends beyond the classroom — play sports, join clubs, or start one of your own!
Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Egypt, France, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, New Zealand, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Kingdom, USA, Yemen
Qatar's Education City, home to NU-Q's campus, is a strong community of collaborating universities and centers for research. NU-Q students have the opportunity to take classes at five other outstanding universities on campus: Carnegie Mellon, Georgetown, Texas A&M, Virginia Commonwealth, and Cornell University. This partnership makes studying at NU-Q an opportunity that cannot be replicated anywhere else in the world.
