WCMC-Q Welcomes Premedical and Foundation Classes
August 24, 2010
Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar began its new academic year with 67 students in its Premedical and Foundation Programs.
Fifty students, including 11 Qataris, are in the Premedical Program, a two-year course of study that focuses on the sciences relevant to medicine, along with psychology and medical ethics. The new pre-medical students are citizens of 18 different countries.
Seventeen students, including 13 Qataris, are in the Foundation Program, a year-long program that focuses on basic sciences, math and English designed to build critical thinking and problem solving skills. All the Foundation Program students are residents of Qatar.
“We are delighted that WCMC-Q continues to attract some of the most talented students from Qatar and the region,” says Dr. Javaid Sheikh, dean of WCMC-Q. “With them, we will continue to build a knowledge-based society in Qatar and the region led by the vision of His Highness the Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani and Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned, consort to the Emir.”To get the new academic year underway, students were introduced to WCMC-Q faculty members and given brief highlights about some of the activities of the Medical College.
