FAROUK EL-BAZ, QATAR FOUNDATION ADVISOR, VISITS DOHAApril - 23rd, 2010 (Doha) – "Education City has become a symbol of progress at the highest level," says Farouk El-Baz, a QF advisor who heads the remote-sensing centre at Boston University in the United States. El-Baz sees multiple gains in inviting top universities to set up branches in Qatar, most notable of which is the production of highly qualified graduates in different fields. No less important is the ripple effect on education as a whole in Qatar. The presence of top Western universities, says El-Baz, has already triggered the reformation and upgrading of Qatar's public education system to help prospective students keep up with the high demands of the likes of Cornell and Carnegie Mellon. And the country is further benefiting from the emergent synergy between the Education City's universities and two other QF projects: Qatar Science and Technology Park (QSTP) and Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF). Watch a video of Dr. El-Baz talking about Qatar Foundation's Stars of Science by clicking here.
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