Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, started the fall 2020 semester with its highest enrolment numbers since opening its doors in 2004. 
There are 124 first-year students enrolled at CMU-Q representing 34 nationalities. The CMU-Q student body is composed of 442 students representing 52 nations.
Michael Trick, dean of CMU-Q said, “The first-year students started university during a pandemic. They are resilient and our community has come together to ensure that they are prepared, and feel supported in their academics and throughout their student experience.”
CMU-Q offers five programmes; biological sciences, business administration, computational biology, computer science and information systems.