Qatar University ranks 125th in the world according to QS ranking 2025 and 250-300th in the world according to Times higher education. 2024. It offers fall intake for high school candidates and offers full ride to International students.

Requirements for scholarship application: 

1. The applicant must have a high school certificate or its equivalent. 
2. A minimum high school average of 95%. Since we have grading system, you can apply with those; but you should also show your transcripts (internal exams) of previous years (at least 2 years) with a percentage of 95% or above. Moreover, if you have a high SAT score and IELTS or TOEFL, that’ll be a plus point. Therefore, we highly recommend these exams.
3. Applicant must receive the final acceptance in the university. 
4. The applicant must meet the admission requirements for the college that they applied to. 
5. The scholarship should be utilized starting from the semester in which the scholarship was awarded. The start of the study can be postponed for one semester, if necessary, conditional of approval of the scholarship committee. If the student does not pass his/her first semester, the scholarship will be canceled and the student will be informed by QU email. 
6. Applicant should not get benefit from this scholarship and another sponsorship/scholarship simultaneously. 

Upon receiving the applications, the scholarship committee may consider the applicant’s standard test scores in English (IELTS or TOEFL) and in Mathematics (SAT, ACT, QU Math Placer) or other test scores selected by the committee. 

Conditions for Continuity of Scholarship: 

1. The student must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 out of 4.0. 
2. The student must successfully complete a minimum of 12 hours per semester. 
3. The student must remain registered continuously (in Fall and Spring) until graduation. 
4. The student should not exceed the period for graduation according to his/her study plan. 
5. Recipients of the scholarship are expected to adhere to academic regulations, policies, and procedures of Qatar University. 
6. Must abide to the General Conditions to keep the scholarship. 

Application requirements:

1. Passport
2. High School Transcript
3. Official Test scores in order to be exempted from the Foundation Program.
   

   Standardized Test	Minimum Score for Exemption
   TOEFL Internet Based (iBT)   Test of English as a Foreign Language	61  or above
   IELTS  International English Language Testing System – Academic Version	5.5
   ACCUPLACER ESL (for more information click here)	Aggregate Score
   	ESL Reading Skills
   	ESL Language in Use

   Math Tests	Full Exemption
   ACT (American College Test)	24 or higher
   SAT Scholastic Aptitude Test SAT (General Math component- old version)	550 or higher
   SAT Scholastic Aptitude Test SAT (General Math component- new version)	570 or higher
   Math Placement Test	235 or higher

4. An application fee of 200QR.
5. An international student who is planning to join Qatar University and apply for a bachelor degree must follow the following steps: Send the original high school transcript (don’t send the original one, rather send the attested copy after attesting it by board, Ministry of Education and foreign ministry) and other requested documents to Qatar University during the application period for international students to the following address:
   

   Admission Department
   Qatar University
   P.O. Box 2713Doha, Qatar

6. • 1. If the international student is applying to study at his/her own expense, he/she must apply online for a student visa under Qatar University sponsorship and upload the required documents during the same admission timeline for international students.
     2. If the international student is planning to study at Qatar University only when he/she obtains a scholarship provided by Qatar University, he/she does not need to fill out and complete the visa application; the Scholarships and International Admissions Section will take the necessary procedures to issue a student visa for international students who receive a scholarship from QU.

   Note: The admission application from an international student will not be considered if he/she does not submit the original high school transcript and visa application OR scholarship application.  

How to Apply

The applicant may apply to the admission scholarship through the online admission application in the “Scholarship Application” section during the announced application period.

Application and evaluation procedures:

1. Students apply for admission and scholarship online using the online admission application during the announced application period.
2. The applicants will be evaluated after the deadline of the online scholarship application.
3. The applicants will be contacted (as needed) to provide documents required for obtaining the scholarship.
4. The final admission and scholarship decisions will be sent to the students by email according to the announced  timeline.

The application starts in early February and ends in beginning of March. For more information, visit the official website.