4 opportunities found in Qatar

On Saturday 23 February 2019, Doha College will be holding their sixth annual Medical Review School Conference at their Al Waab campus in Doha, Qatar. For this event, Doha College has once again partnered with COBIS to extend invites to British schools across the world. This event brings together aspiring medical students and industry experts to present on some of the key medicinal challenges of the 21st century. The Medical Review Conference allows students who are thinking of following medicine to enhance their skills and boost their university applications. Event details For this one-day conference, interested schools are invited to enter teams from Years 11, 12 and 13 to research recent developments in medicine and deliver a short presentation about it. The morning session will see teams split into six break-out rooms, where teacher judges will rank each team’s presentation. The four teams with the highest scores will then go forward to the afternoon session, where they will present to an expert judging panel. The final judging panel will comprise doctors and health professionals from Elite Medical Center and Hamad Medical Corporation, who will assess and challenge the finalists in the afternoon session. Click here to see the full event programme. Student presentations must fall within the following topic areas: Epidemiology of Infectious Disease Technology in Medicine Radiological, Pathological and Diagnostic Updates Feto-maternal Medicine (Obstetrics and Antenatal Care) Hereditary and Metabolic Diseases Cancer Prizes: 1st Prize: QAR2000 2nd Prize: QAR1000 3rd Prize: QAR500 For more information, please click here .

Schools are invited to participate in the Qatar High School Medical Conference Research Conference. Schools are asked to put forward a team of no more than 5 students, aged 14 - 18. The competition aims to provide a learning platform for students to grow, develop and compete at a professional level. Various prizes are available to the top three teams plus the opportunity to present at the Conference. For more information, please click here . 

Pi Day is a mathematics competition where students work as a team, solve problems and celebrate mathematics. The competition is for schools in Qatar to explore the fun side of mathematics. The competition holds three rounds, leading up to the finals. Applications for 2019 have closed but predicted to be back for 2020. For more information, please click here . 

The Carnegie Mellon University of Qatar (CMU-Q) hosted the fourth Alice programming competition in March 2019. The categories available to students are video games, education, social responsibility, environment, and tourism. There are five prizes awarded for the five best projects and selected teams will have the opportunity to present their projects to the judges at CMU-Q. For more information, please click here .