AFG College with the University of Aberdeen is an established and exciting higher education partnership forged in 2017. The partnership has created the first UK University in the State of Qatar offering mainstream degrees outside of Qatar Foundation. We celebrated our first cohort of graduates in 2019 and have seen significant growth in student numbers. We are committed to supporting the Aberdeen 2040 agenda https://www.abdn.ac.uk/2040/ in addition to the Qatar National Vision 2030.

With over 528 years of history, the ‘ancient’ University of Aberdeen is among the world’s leading higher educational institutions consistently ranked within the top 250 universities in the world. In 2024 the University of Aberdeen has been named within the top 10 universities in the UK and top 50 in the world in the new Times Higher Education Impact Rankings. With ambitious growth plans for the future, AFG College with the University of Aberdeen is looking to recruit committed academic professionals who are seeking new opportunities within the international higher education sector.

Currently there are over 600 students studying at our Qatar campus with over 1400 successful graduates now applying their skills within the public and private sectors in Qatar and the wider region. To accommodate the growth in our student numbers, plans are underway to build a new larger campus. This new campus will allow for further expansion in student numbers, degree offerings and research. These are particularly exciting times for both the College and the University and the wider higher education sector in Qatar.

AFG College with the University of Aberdeen currently offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the following disciplines.