Honors Program
Qatar University's honors program was established to encourage positive student academic and recreational efforts, providing a parallel set of courses and academic opportunities for high-achieving individuals. Students in the program are required to complete a total of 24 credit hours of honors courses, as part of the 120 credit hours necessary for their undergraduate program. Students must graduate with an overall GPA of 3.5 or above, with a minimum score of 3.0 in all honors courses. Qatar University holds strict requirements for students wishing to apply:
- Minimum of 90% or higher in high school certificate or an equivalent certificate (Current QU students must Complete 12 to 18 post-foundation credit hours with a 3.5 GPA)
- Minimum score of 500 on the TOEFL exam or 5.5 on the ILETS
- Minimum score of 550 in the Math portion of SAT, 24 on the ACT
- Two letters of recommendation from current or previous instructors, counselors or academic advisers
- Copy of transcript
- A written essay
- Successfully pass an interview
In addition to academic advisers, Honors students are assigned an adviser to assist with honors issues and other consultation. For courses which are not offered as Honors, students may propose an "Honors Contract" to specify honors-level objectives and goals to be monitored by a sponsoring professor. Professors may propose new honors courses, though they are evaluated to comply with the program's mission of "enrichment, not extra."
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