Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Qatar University (QU), presided over the third meeting of the Board of Trustees for the academic year 2016-2017, which was held at the Emiri Diwan yesterday.
The Board approved the restructuring of the College of Shariah and Islamic Studies to include three departments — Department of Quran and Sunnah, Department of Creed and Dawa and Department of Fiqh. The Board also approved new undergraduate programmes in the College of Shariah and Islamic Studies. These are Bachelor of Islamic Studies, Bachelor of Quran and Sunnah, Bachelor of Creed and Dawa and Bachelor of Fiqh and Principles of Jurisprudence.
The board also approved the creation of the Department of Physiotherapy in the College of Health Sciences and agreed to the introduction of Bachelor programme in Physiotherapy. The Board also approved the reactivation of the Physical Education bachelor programme in College of Education.
