Prime Minister witnesses convocation ceremony of 9th cohort of DI students

Doha:Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani witnessed on Saturday the convocation cerem...

Doha: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani witnessed on Saturday the convocation ceremony of the 9th cohort of master's students at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies (DI), attended by a range of Their Excellencies the Ministers, along with Chair of the DI Board of Trustees Dr. Azmi Bishara and several members of the governing board.

Held at the Qatar National Convention Centre, the event witnessed the graduation of 220 students, including 150 from the School of Social Sciences and Humanities and 70 from the School of Economics, Administration, and Public Policy, representing 28 nationalities.

Among them were 95 graduates supported by the Qatar Fund for Development as part of the State of Qatar's International Scholarships Program, with the number of Qatari graduates standing at 71.

President of DI, Dr. Abdelwahab El Affendi, stated that this year's graduation ceremony coincides with a moment of profound significance for both the DI and the State of Qatar, namely, the commemoration of the Institute's 10th anniversary.

As such, the graduation of this cohort holds exceptional symbolic value, transforming the event into a celebration within a celebration. Congratulations are therefore extended not only to the graduates of this year, but to the entire Institute community and to the State of Qatar, its leadership and people, for this academic edifice and the achievement that now joins a continuum of Qatari milestones in education, knowledge production, national development, and service to humanity, domains in which Qatar now proudly stands as a beacon among nations, Dr. El Affendi said.