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Qatar University -QU, one of the best universities in Qatar and the Middle East has expressed its interest in opening a branch in Indonesia. The Indonesian Embassy in Doha in its statement received in Jakarta on Monday (23/8) stated that President of QU, Hassan Rashid Al Derham during a meeting with Indonesian Ambassador to Qatar, Ridwan Hassan stated his readiness to open the branch as long as regulations in Indonesia allow it.

During the meeting, Ambassador Ridwan expressed his appreciation to QU for facilitating Indonesian university students to study at the university. Currently, there are at least 25 Indonesian university students from various levels who study at QU.

Ambassador Ridwan hopes that there will be more Indonesian university students who study in Qatar in the future and vice-versa and there will be more students and teachers from Qatar who will study and teach in Indonesia. President Hassan Rashid Al Derham expressed his interest in collaborating with universities in Indonesia. He said that Indonesia is a country with extraordinary potential.

Based on the request of the Indonesian Ambassador, President Hassan Rashid also expressed his readiness to facilitate the activities of Indonesian university students at QU, including establishing an association or student club to introduce Indonesian language and culture. According to data from the Ministry of Higher Education of Qatar, there are about 2,059 Indonesian students currently studying in Qatar. They are in various levels of education from elementary school to higher education. Most of them are Indonesian diaspora’s children who were born and grown up in Qatar.