 Texas A & M has a campus in Education City , Doha , Qatar . The campus is part of Qatar ’ s “ massive venture to import elite higher education from the United States ” . TAMUQ was set up through an agreement between Texas A & M and the Qatar Foundation for Education , Science , and Community Development , a foundation started in 1995 by then @-@ emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and his wife and mother of the current emir , <unk> <unk> bint Nasser . TAMUQ was opened in 2003 , and the current contract extends through 2023 . The campus offers undergraduate degrees in chemical , electrical , mechanical and petroleum engineering and a graduate degree in chemical engineering . TAMUQ has received numerous awards for its research . Texas A & M receives $ 76 @.@ 2 million per year from the Qatar Foundation for the campus . In the agreement with the Qatar Foundation , TAMU agreed that 70 % of its undergraduate population at its Qatar campus would be Qatari citizens . The curriculum aims to “ duplicate as closely as possible ” the curriculum at College Station , but questions constantly arise over whether this is possible due to Qatar ’ s strict stance on some of the freedoms granted to U.S. students . TAMU has also been the subject of criticism over its Qatari campus due to Qatar ’ s support of global terrorism and appalling human rights record . Texas A & M Aggie Conservatives , a campus activism group , has spoken out against the campus and called for its immediate closure on the grounds that it violates a commitment to educating Texans , and diminishes the credibility of engineering degrees earned by students at College Station . 
