A Brief Overview of the Department-Department of Sociology

The Department of Sociology in Brief

Founded in 1985-1986, the Department of Social Service was renamed the Department of Sociology in 1994. The Department’s study focuses on sociology and its issues, as well as societal phenomena and problems. The Department’s teachers, postgraduates and bachelor’s degree students complete a series of field research and theoretical studies in sociology, anthropology and social service.

The Department seeks to prepare qualified social researchers to study, analyze and solve problems and social phenomena, as well as to prepare qualified specialized academics with a bachelor’s degree to work in state institutions such as the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the Ministry of Justice.

The academic year 1996-1997 saw the opening of postgraduate/master’s studies and the opening of doctoral studies in the academic year 2018-2019. In response to the requirements of the cultural stage in Qatar and the world, the Diploma in Peacebuilding was opened for the academic year 2019-2020.