By Fazeena Saleem
DOHA: A newly launched conflict and humanitarian studies programme at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies is in high demand, according to a senior official.
Within two weeks after calling for applications, the institute has received at least 76 applications and is expected to increased by the deadline on March 31, Yasir Suleiman Malley, Acting President, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies told this daily.
“We started calling for applications just two weeks ago and have received 76 applications. However only 20 can be accepted as we are a very selective institution and we want quality,” said Malley who is also a professor at the University of Cambridge.
The Doha Institute for Graduates Studies is pleased to announce the opening of the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies (CHS), an inter-disciplinary research and study centre that conducts original and rigorous research on conflict, humanitarian crisis, state fragility and war to peace transitions in the Middle East and North Africa.
Applications are now open for Fall 2016 enrolment for the CHS’ flagship teaching programme, the Masters in Conflict Management and Humanitarian Action (CMHA).
“The new programme is going to give the students the theoretical background and try to meet needs of Qatar and the region... Qataris are the biggest donors at regionally and internationally to all sorts of causes and all sorts of charitable areas , also has taken leading role in conflict resolution. We think that this programme will respond to the Qatar National Vision 2030,” said Malley.
The CMHA programme offers students the opportunity to engage with a wide range of subjects including: conflict resolution, humanitarianism; peace building; state-building and reconstruction theories and practices, from regional and international perspectives. This two-year programme is structured to bridge the fields of academia and practice by incorporating a field study visit to a post-conflict region and an optional professional work placement.
Doha Institute for graduate studies has admitted 131 students in November 2015, to the school of Public Administration and Development Economics and School of Social Sciences and Humanities.
Among the students admitted around 50 percent are Qataris and most of them intend to be interested in public administration and media and political science. However, “Qatari students are interested in all programmes,” said Malley.
Doha Institute for graduate studies is also conducting research on to produce a book on qualitative methodological training for our students in Arabic and also looking at what would political science look alike if it’s based on data from this region. The Peninsula
