QF’s HBKU passes milestone of 1,000 graduates during virtual graduation ceremony

Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), a member of Qatar Foundation, celebrated the graduation of its Class of 2020 and 2021 yesterday, and the event witnessed the 1,000th graduate mark in the 10th year since the institution’s founding. 

The virtual ceremony formally awarded degrees to more than 400 students, including 130 Qataris. Around 60% of all graduates are women.  The graduating classes represent 33 academic degree programmes, with 110 graduates from the College of Islamic Studies (CIS); 74 from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS), 154 from the College of Science and Engineering (CSE), 49 from the College of Health and Life Sciences (CHLS), 24 from the College of Law, and ten from the College of Public Policy (CPP).