Medbay (Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar)

Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) 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. It is located in Education City, Qatar, near the capital of Doha. 

WCMC-Q is part of Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, the first US institution to offer its MD degree overseas. The two campuses share a tripartite mission: a dedication to excellence in education, patient care, and biomedical research. 

WCM-Q has established a center of excellence in basic, translational & clinical biomedical research with world-class infrastructure, & outstanding scientists.

The school offers a six-year medical program with a single admission. Students who complete undergraduate degrees elsewhere are able to apply to a four-year program. All students are awarded a Doctor of Medicine from Cornell University. When the school's pre-medical program opened in the fall of 2002 and was reportedly the first coeducational institution of higher education in Qatar. Its clinical affiliates are the Hamad Medical Corporation's General Hospital and Women's Hospital.