April 20, 2001
Cornell's Medical School Will Open Degree-Granting Branch in Qatar
Cornell University's medical school will open a branch in the Middle East, supported by $750-million from a foundation created by the emir of Qatar, officials announced last week. The new school will eventually offer a full degree program.
Cornell will begin offering a two-year premedical program in Qatar in 2002, and start classes there two years later at the branch of Weill Cornell Medical College. The first degrees will be awarded in 2008.
National medical experts believe
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