His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Amir of the country, under his generous patronage, included the graduation ceremony of the forty-sixth batch (Batch of 2023) of Qatar University students, which was held at the Sports and Events Complex at the university.
The ceremony was attended by His Excellency Mr. Hassan bin Abdullah Al-Ghanim, Speaker of the Shura Council, Their Excellencies Sheikhs, Ministers, members of the University’s Board of Trustees, Vice-Chancellors and students’ parents.
During the ceremony, His Highness the Emir honored the 107 outstanding graduate students, while His Excellency Dr. Hassan Rashid Al Derham, President of the University, handed certificates to the 767 graduate students in various disciplines.
A film about (the academic march of students) was also shown, in addition to the harvest and achievements of Qatar University during the academic year 2022-2023, and the most prominent activities, programs and research innovations in various fields.
His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of the country, extended his blessings to the forty-sixth batch of female and male graduates of Qatar University, as His Highness said via Twitter, “I congratulate the forty-sixth batch of female and male graduates of Qatar University, and I am confident that, thanks to their perseverance and the diversity of their specializations, they will be a qualitative addition in Serving the country and society, I also wish our national university to continue the course of academic development and achieve its educational goals.
Achieving the goals of the state
In his speech on this occasion, His Excellency Dr. Hassan bin Rashid Al Derham, President of Qatar University, said: “Today we celebrate the forty-sixth batch of graduates from Qatar University, with the joining of a new cohort of 3913 male and female graduates. To join this blessed band of graduates of the university since its inception, which has exceeded sixty-four thousand male and female graduates. Throughout its history extending from its founding in 1977 AD until today, Qatar University has had the honor of contributing to achieving the goals of the state and the aspirations of its leadership, through its sober academic formation, its well-established institutional culture, its balance of distinguished scientific and research capabilities, and its preparation for generations of competencies and expertise.
Dr. Al-Derham added: “The comprehensive renaissance that the State of Qatar is witnessing at the various economic, social and political levels would not have been possible without the grace of God first, and your insightful vision and wise will to lead the ship of our beloved homeland, in the footsteps of what the founding fathers of the State of Qatar laid down, and in accordance with For clear strategies, goals and objectives, and implementation plans that are subject to continuous monitoring and evaluation. In this context, Qatar University has realized its responsibility as the mother national university and its role as a major tributary to supply the labor market with the competencies necessary to achieve the country’s development plans, and as a house of expertise that all sectors of the country and components of society benefit from.
His Excellency the President of Qatar University said: “In order to achieve this; Qatar University has adopted a vision that includes a set of goals stemming from a precise awareness and deep belief in the importance of achieving the nation’s priorities and facing local and regional challenges within the framework of efficient and competent communication with international universities. The concerted efforts of the university’s sectors and cadres have resulted in success in achieving most of the desired goals of the previous strategic plan. We are also on the verge of approving the university’s strategic plan for the next stage in line with the third national development strategy (2023-2030). At Qatar University, we are working to achieve and sustain three integrated goals: the quality of the educational process, the excellence of scientific research, and the upgrading of institutional work and administrative efficiency, which enhances the competitiveness of the university at the regional and international levels. One of the fruits of this was that the university obtained the highest levels of institutional accreditation this year from the WASC, which is one of the most prominent university accreditation institutions in the world.
Al-Derham added: “This accreditation came through years of continuous hard work. The university passed its first phase in March 2021, and the second in January 2022, until it was obtained in February 2023. The university’s obtaining institutional accreditation confirms four clear results: the first: the university’s commitment to performing its national mission in advancing comprehensive and sustainable development, and the second: consistency of standards Qatar University, which I mentioned about the quality of the educational process, the excellence of scientific research and administrative competence with the highest international academic standards, the third: the importance of concerted efforts, the accumulation of experiences and work in a team spirit to achieve continuous development, and the fourth result: the university’s commitment to transfer this experience to higher education institutions in the country in order to achieve and support the concept of integration between them.
His Excellency the University President added: “On the international level, Qatar University continued its progress in the international rankings of universities this year. According to the QS classification, the university ranked 208th in the world. The university also ranked 226 according to the Times Higher Education rankings. Qatar University also ranked second among Arab universities according to both classifications. This recognition and acknowledgment of the position that Qatar University occupies was the subject of praise and appreciation from the higher education community internationally, which led the university to win the honor of hosting and organizing a number of the largest scientific conferences internationally. For example, next fall, the university will host the General Conference of the International Organization of Universities, which was founded in 1950, and whose membership includes more than 600 universities from more than 120 countries. The university is also hosting the conference of the International Federation of Interventional Health Education and Practice, as these two conferences are being held for the first time in the Middle East and North Africa region.
Addressing his graduate students, Dr. Al-Derham said: “Today you are on the cusp of a critical stage. Recently, you were students in the university stands, and here you are today receiving your graduation certificates in front of the leader of the march of our dear homeland, and tomorrow you will enter practical life to contribute to building your homeland and your nation. My dear sons, you must always remember your responsibilities before God Almighty and towards your beloved homeland.
Homeland service
Graduate Abdullah Al-Ansari delivered a speech for the graduates of the forty-sixth batch, in which he said: I stand before you today, on a platform where forty-five representatives of the graduates stood before me. When Qatar University was established in the year one thousand nine hundred and seventy-seven, His Highness the Emir, Father Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, may God have mercy on him, addressed the first batch of graduates of this university, saying: (We, the people of Qatar, do not stop About three affiliations: our affiliation to Islam, our affiliation to the Arab nation, and our affiliation to humanity. Years passed after years, and payment after payment, for the representative of the forty-sixth batch to have the honor of standing before you, in the year two thousand and twenty-three. And here is my university, honored to receive my master, His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the beloved Emir of our country, bearer of the standard of modern Qatar. He passed, and we went with him, following in the footsteps of the fathers and ancestors. Under your wise leadership, the ship of the homeland has crossed huge waves and stormy storms, and the ship is still making its way, with solid determination and a will led by certainty; Until we reach the goal, God willing.
Al-Ansari added: “Our leaders have taught us that making history can only be achieved by the steadfastness of souls on principles, and the pursuit of creativity by minds. My fellow graduates of this batch – like those who preceded them – are armed with hard work and hard work to serve this country that has given them so much. We look forward to continuing the path of those who preceded us, so that the State of Qatar will remain proud among nations, referred to as Lebanon, and recognized by the eyes of those looking forward to further progress and advancement.
Addressing the graduates, Al-Ansari said: “Congratulations on your graduation and achievement. But now, the time has come for us to prepare for the great test, the test of life, work and construction, an exam in which the observer is history itself. Here, important questions, you see, to whom did this ancient university harness its huge potential? For what was the vigil of our fathers and mothers? For what purpose was our teachers made our teachers? And the answer is the same, and it is: All of this was in order for us to exert the utmost effort, armed with our faith in God, our love for the homeland, and what we have learned, in realizing the vision, and moving forward in the path of the future. And here we pledge to you, Your Highness, in front of the whole world, that we will be loyal to our wise leadership, our country, and a milestone in its history, God willing. And let us all know that time has changed its dress, and there is no longer room in the world for a nation that is inactive, or for a youth that is dependent. The Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, believed (People are like a hundred camels, you can hardly find a mount on them), so let us be as our Messenger, our imams, and our leaders wanted us, and as our Lord and Lord Almighty wanted us, let us be the rare possibility, and what makes us unable to be the only camel among a hundred camels, Leaving do not know the directions only provided. And God, we ask you and us success, repayment and benefit for our country and our nation”.
The master of the ceremony, Dr. Khaled Al-Hashemi, a faculty member at the College of Business and Economics, delivered a speech in which he said: “Today we are witnessing, with great pride, joy and pleasure, the graduation of a distinguished batch of graduates from Qatar University. Our graduates have the right to rejoice in their achievement, and we have the right to be proud of them”.
Al-Hashemi added: “Qatar University this lofty academic edifice, which was, is, and will remain, God willing, an incubator of science, fuel for innovation, and a center for scientific research. Tens of thousands of graduates graduated from it.
By Muhammad Abu Hajar Al Qena. Republished from Al Wattan.
