Education City
Education City is an educational and research hub located in Al Rayyan Municipality in the Doha Metropolitan Area of Qatar. Developed by the Qatar Foundation, it was established by Moza bint Nasser, one of the consorts of Qatar's former ruler Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and the current ruler's mother, to advance education, research, and innovation in the region.Places of Interest
Highlights include Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar and Education City Stadium.
Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
University
Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar is a branch of Weill Cornell Medicine of Cornell University, established on April 9, 2001, following an agreement between Cornell University and the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development.
Education City Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Education City Stadium is a football stadium which is located in Al Rayyan, Qatar, and was built as a venue in time for the 2022 FIFA World Cup held in Qatar.
Virginia Commonwealth University - Qatar
University
The Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar is the Qatari Education City campus of the School of the Arts of Virginia Commonwealth University, a public university in Richmond, Virginia, United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al Gharrafa and Madinat Khalifa North.
Al Gharrafa
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Al Gharrafa is a Qatari district of Al Rayyan City, which is located in the municipality of Al Rayyan. In close proximity to Education City and constituting a part of the Doha Metropolitan Area, the Doha Expressway and Al Shamal Highway run along the district.
Madinat Khalifa North
Suburb
Madinat Khalifa North is a north-western district of Doha, Qatar. It is one of the two sections of Madinat Khalifa, the other being Madinat Khalifa South. Madinat Khalifa North is situated 4 km east of Education City.
Madinat Khalifa South
Suburb
Madinat Khalifa South is a north-western district of Qatari capital Doha. It is one of the two sections of Madinat Khalifa, the other being Madinat Khalifa North. Madinat Khalifa South is situated 4½ km east of Education City.
Education City
- Type: Locality
- Description: campus in Al Rayyan, Qatar
- Category: academic enclave
- Location: Baladiyat ar Rayyan, Qatar, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
25.31754° or 25° 19′ 3″ northLongitude
51.43623° or 51° 26′ 10″ eastOpen location code
7HQH8C9P+2FOpenStreetMap ID
node 1747528246OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q1291266
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Education City” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المدينة التعليمية”
- Arabic: “المدينه التعليميه (قطر)”
- Catalan: “Ciutat de l’Educació de Doha”
- Chinese: “卡塔尔教育城”
- Chinese: “卡塔爾教育城”
- Chinese: “卡達教育城”
- Dutch: “Education City”
- Esperanto: “Education City”
- Esperanto: “Edukurbo”
- Finnish: “Education City”
- French: “Cité de l’Éducation”
- French: “Education City, Qatar”
- French: “Education City”
- German: “Education City”
- Greek: “Πόλη της Εκπαίδευσης”
- Hebrew: “עיר החינוך”
- Italian: “Education City”
- Japanese: “エデュケーション・シティ”
- Japanese: “教育都市”
- Korean: “에듀케이션시티”
- Persian: “شهر آموزش”
- Polish: “Education City”
- Portuguese: “Cidade da Educação”
- Spanish: “Ciudad de la Educacion de Doha”
- Spanish: “Ciudad de la Educación de Doha”
- Ukrainian: “Едюкейшн-Сіті”
- Urdu: “ایجوکیشن سٹی”
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