Qatar Foundation Pursues ACT Testing Center

ACT CEO and chairman of the board, Richard L. Ferguson, visited Education City in Qatar in mid-September to discuss testing arrangements with Qatar Foundation (QF) Vice President for Education, Dr. Abdulla al-Thani and the admissions directors of Education City's five branch campuses. QF is interested in establishing a testing center at Education City for its branch campus universities and other institutions. Without a site in Qatar, local students must travel to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, or Jordan to take the ACT. There are currently five branch campuses at Education City: Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ), Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, and Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in Qatar.