Qatar has dumped billions into U.S. universities during the last 4 a long time, The Free Press reported.
The Sunni Gulf State has made headlines after gifting President Donald Trump a splashy $400 million airplane dubbed the “palace within the sky,” and has not too long ago hosted him as a part of his whirlwind Center East tour.
The White Home introduced that Qatar agreed to invest $243.5 billion in U.S. companies Thursday. Qatar has additionally served as a mediator between Israel and Hamas amid hostage and ceasefire negotiations because the terrorist group invaded the Jewish state on Oct. 7.
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Qatar has spent over $6 billion within the final 4 a long time on U.S. universities. (MARWAN NAAMANI/AFP through Getty Pictures)
Qatar, a monarchy dominated by the Al-Thani household, has seen a speedy reversal of fortunes in its worldwide standing in recent times. In 2017, the small Gulf state — residence to simply 2.65 million individuals — was the topic of an financial and journey blockade launched by Saudi Arabia and different Arab states who accused it of being too near Iran and sponsoring terrorism. However immediately, Qatar enjoys heat relations with the US and is a significant participant in world affairs.
The emirate is the most important overseas funder of American universities, donating $4.7 billion between the years of 2000 and 2021, in response to a 2022 National Association of Scholars Study, and has spent $6.3 billion on American schools because the authorities started holding information in 1986, The Free Press reported. Qatar even boasts an “Schooling Metropolis” that hosts branches of a number of elite American Universities.
Northwestern College opened a journalism college within the rich gulf state in 2025, receiving over $600 million in funding from Qatar. Cornell’s Qatar medical college, established in 2001, obtained practically $1.8 billion from the nation, Carnegie Mellon’s Qatari extension obtained over $740 million from the oil-rich nation, Texas A&M’s Engineering college in Qatar obtained practically $700 million in funding, Virginia Frequent Wealth College in Qatar obtained $100 million and Georgetown College in Doha obtained over $760 million from the monarchy.
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The U.S. and Qatar simply signed an financial deal during which the emirate pledged to speculate over $200 billion within the U.S. (Reuters/Brian Snyder)
Georgetown College in Qatar awarded Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, mom of Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad al Thani, its “President’s Award” in April. Bint Nasser manages the Qatar Basis which oversees training within the metropolis. The Qatari royal praised Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar after he was assassinated by the IDF in Oct. 2024.
“The title Yahya means the one who lives. They thought him useless however he lives. Like his namesake, Yahya bin Zakariya, he’ll stay on and they are going to be gone,” she posted on X.
A number of Hamas leaders, worth a reported $11 billion, reside in luxurious lodges in Qatar. The Gulf state has lengthy maintained that they host terrorist officers on the request of the U.S., so as to higher negotiate between them and Israel. Critics have alleged that Qatar’s deep-pocketed help of American universities has fueled the antisemitism disaster plaguing U.S. schools.
Fox Information’ Bret Baier asked Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani in regards to the nation’s giant investments in American universities Thursday. Al-Thani dismissed accusations that his nation is attempting to “purchase affect” and as a substitute mentioned that the expenditures have been made to offer an “American high quality” training for individuals within the Center East.
Qatar hosts a number of Hamas leaders of their nation. (Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto through Getty Pictures)
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“All through the final 25 years… you’ll all the time see Qatar by the aspect of the U.S. in lots of areas, in lots of issues,” Al-Thani mentioned.
Former President Joe Biden designated Qatar a significant non-NATO ally in 2022. The emirate is residence to a U.S. air pressure base which Qatar pays to keep up. Trump introduced that Qatar will make investments $10 billion into the bottom as a part of its latest financial take care of the U.S.
Qatar, Georgetown, Carnegie Mellon, Northwestern, Texas A&M, Cornell and Virginia Commonwealth College didn’t reply to a request for remark for this story.
