FAQ

Please note that all graduates wishing to attend their graduation ceremony must undergo the (Covid-19) virus test ( RAT) one day before the ceremony at Qatar University, according to the dates announced on the respective Website.

The graduation ceremony includes a full academic year from Fall 2019, Winter and Spring 2020 to the Summer of 2020 for actual graduates.

Graduation ceremony will be for actual graduates of the Fall 2019 and Spring / Summer 2020.

In the distinguished men and women ceremonies, the nomination is limited to the undergraduate students with a GPA of 3.5, for Qatari females.

In the men ceremony and college ceremonies, the nomination is open for all graduates with a GPA of 3.00, including Graduate Studies students.

All candidates who meet the conditions and feel comfortable speaking, clarity of voice and strong personality are subject to a personal interview by a specialized committee to test them and make a final sound selection.

According to the instructions of the Ministry of Public Health, every graduate must present the Ehteraz application at the entrance gate and wear the face mask all through the ceremony; gatherings in the corridors are prohibited, taking into account social distancing. For the most important instructions of the graduation ceremony, please visit the graduation ceremony Web page.

University e-mail is the official means to communicate with graduates, so please make sure that your account is active, and contact the Information Technology Services Department if you encounter any problem.

Please check your academic record with the relevant section, Records Section, Student Records Department. records@qu.edu.qa

Given the current situation in the country, with Coved 19 Pandemic, the ceremony will be limited to graduates and senior University officials only.

A copy of the invitation card will be sent by e-mail to all graduates. You can present the invitation copy to your workplace.

No one can be acting on behalf of a graduate to attend the graduation ceremony and sit with the graduates.

As the dates of the ceremony were included in the dates page, the graduate must come early as the gates will be closed at the times previously announced, so that the graduates can be registered in the electronic system and arrange their seating.

During the graduation ceremony, the names of the present graduates in the ceremony hall are displayed. It is not possible to amend a name as long as it matches the student’s record. To request the name amendment, please refer to the Records Section in sufficient time before the graduation ceremony and show the original documents to request the amendment.

During the graduation ceremony, the graduates present in the hall are already registered. Therefore, upon coming to the ceremony, you must ensure your attendance by registering in the places designated for registration. Accordingly, the names of the absentees or those who do not register when entering the hall will not be displayed.

Electronic registration at the entrance gate is considered very important, as the graduate's name will not be displayed unless s/he completes the registration process, and the graduate will be considered absent from the ceremony if s/he does not register.

The graduation ceremony might take from one hour to one hour and a half.

Female graduates will be honored by the dean of the college in the presence of the University President or his representative.

Given the current conditions, there will be no rehearsal for the graduation ceremony, and you can view the most important instructions for the graduation ceremony via the graduation instruction video, which was specially designed for graduates and which contains the most important instructions for the graduation ceremony.

Distinguished female graduates will be honored based on their cumulative GPA. You can visit the page of distinguished students to view the conditions for excellence.

You can read the conditions of excellence on the page of the distinguished students.

Please read the conditions of excellence for Graduate Studies on the page of distinguished students or contact the Office of Graduate Studies for confirmation.

The distinguished graduates have two ceremonies, the first of which is the graduation ceremony of distinguished students who have met the conditions of excellence, and also the college female ceremony and the male graduation ceremony.

Given the current conditions, an electronic invitation card will be sent to all graduates to inform them of the date of the graduation ceremony, and for their entry with the ID or University Card. Guests or parents are not allowed to attend as the ceremony is limited to graduates.

The graduate can bring any official document that proves her/his identity (ID card, driver's license, passport) upon entering the ceremony.

Insufficient time after the ceremony, graduates who were absent from the ceremony can go to the Admission and Registration building to receive the graduation gift upon showing their ID card.

The university photographer is limited to photographing male and female graduates who wish to photograph them while receiving the gift on the podium during college ceremonies; the colleges will be provided with photos of their ceremony after it ends in sufficient time, please visit the college for that.

 Picturing will be done by QU’s photographer only to those desiring to be pictured while receiving their gifts on the podium during the college ceremony. All pictures will be handed over to the respective college after the ceremony. Please refer to your college in that regard.

As for the ceremony of distinguished graduates, Picturing is restricted to photographers of the Amiri Diwan.

The gown should not be changed, but the length can be modified at any dressmaking shop without changing the design and shape of the same.

The graduate will not be exempted from paying the graduation gown fees. Putting on the gown is a condition to attend the graduation ceremony.

Graduation gowns cannot be tried before purchase, as the sizes are shown on the graduation ceremony website.

The size of the graduation gown, which was chosen through the payment system, cannot be changed, as the size chart is available on the graduation ceremony website. Please read it carefully before completing the purchase.

The gown cannot be replaced if the received size matches the size that was requested through the payment system. If a different size was received instead of the size that was requested, the graduate must visit the branch from which the gown was received and present the payment receipt showing the size of the graduation gown. We draw your attention to be sure of the size at the time of receiving the gown.

If the payment is made more than once, the graduate is to send an email to the Gown Committee: gowns@qu.edu.qa, and she will be contacted and provided with a reimbursement form to fill out and resend it to reverse the payment. But if the graduate has made the payment for two different sizes, the amount cannot be refunded.

An e-mail of the payment receipt will be sent to the university e-mail of the graduate. Please make sure that your university e-mail is active in case you did not receive an e-mail in that regard. Also, check with the Information Technology Services Department if your university e-mail is inactive, via the following mail: helpdesk@qu.edu.qa