International Law and Foreign Affairs Hamad Bin Khalifa University

Overview

Owing to its position at a crossroads in terms of culture, business, and geopolitics, Qatar is at the heart of a region that requires leaders who can manage multi-faceted relationships that span different legal systems and who have a command of a wide range of skills.

The International Law and Foreign Affairs program of the Hamad Bin Khalifa University is ideal for lawyers and certain non-lawyers who wish to immerse themselves in the intricacies of international regulation in the fields of sustainable development, energy and environment, infrastructure development, health care, new technologies, anti-corruption, and the global economy.

Program Focus

The program provides an ideal learning opportunity for lawyers, academics, members of the judiciary, and non-lawyers in international relations, political science, economics, and other fields related to global affairs and governance.

Courses combine legal studies with public policy analysis relevant to all aspects of international relations. The program aims to educate students and equip them with the skills to:

• Engage with themes and ideas that cut across disciplines.

• Demonstrate methodological skills and competency in using various methods to undertake and produce interdisciplinary research in the frontier of the law and social sciences.

• Acquire superior knowledge of professional responsibility issues in the practice of transnational and international law.

• Demonstrate expertise in multiple fields within the law and social sciences.