Doha: France's Graduate School of Commerce will set up a post-graduate college of commerce in Doha, becoming the first French partner in Qatar's Education City.
According to the accord signed with Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, the college will present executive education and masters in business management and research programs through its membership at Qatar Foundations'' administrative education and research centre, Qatar News Agency (QNA) said.
The Paris-based college, ranked first in Europe in the field of business for four consecutive years, said that it was committed to improving the competitiveness of global companies through administrative and executive education and training.
Qatar Foundation said the joint project was born through the launch of the first programme provided by the Graduate School of Commerce in Paris in Doha, the "Leadership in difficult times programme", designed for senior executives.
The programme was launched on January 14 by over 20 senior directors from Qatar Petroleum and Qtel.
"We are pleased that our discussions with the Graduate School of Commerce in Paris were successful, and that the school became the first French partner in the Education City of Qatar Foundation," Mohammad Fathi Saoud, the President of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development said.
Qatar Petroleum has contributed to the design of the programme and nominated several executives in order to support initiatives aimed at strengthening Qatarization through international standards training.
Qatar Foundation and the Graduate School of Commerce in Paris have also hailed the support of oil and gas company Total to the project.
In 2008, the foundation and Total signed a memorandum of understanding in the field of education.
