Search for the best international schools in Qatar; you can find a list of selected schools at the bottom of this page. Use the search filters to select only girls' or boys' schools, prep schools, senior schools or sixth forms; or you can search for schools that offer a particular curriculum, such as the International Baccalaureate, the UK national curriculum, a US-style model or the International Primary Curriculum.
One of the world’s richest states in terms of GDP per capita, Qatar is host to a thriving international school sector serving expatriates, Qataris and Arabic-speaking students from across the region. The ruling Al Thani family has poured billions of dollars into education since the current Emir’s father launched a drive to set up the world’s first purpose-built regional education hub, Qatar Education City, on the outskirts of Doha in 1995.
International schools have blossomed in and around Doha following a raft of nationwide education reforms begun in 2001. They now account for about a quarter of all schools in the Emirate, where some 85 per cent of the population are expatriates.
Most international schools are large, co-educational day schools that teach in English. But there are several single-sex international schools for girls and an elite boys’ boarding school, the Doha Leadership Academy, while the Deutsche Internationale Schule Doha offers instruction in German and English and the French School teaches in French.
Qatar has 18 IB World Schools, 15 of which are authorised to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma, including nine that are also approved to offer both the Middle Years Programme and the Primary Years Programme.
High demand for international education has prompted a steady stream of new school openings. The first school for expatriates in Qatar was the English-medium Pak Shama School, which serves the Pakistani community. Schools aimed at other Asian migrant communities, such as the Philippine School Doha, have followed. Public schools, which are normally single-sex, are reserved for Qatari nationals.
As well as overseas universities, school-leavers can apply to branches of prestigious US and European institutions within Education City. These include the American universities Cornell and Carnegie Mellon, University College London and top French business school HEC Paris.
If you are looking specifically for International Baccalaureate World Schools in Qatar, you can find selected schools on our sister website: www.ibyb.org.
Onaiza 65,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
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Building No. 10, Street No. 161,
Area number/Zone 70, Al Kheesa,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
PO Box 23533,
Doha,
Qatar
Girls, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
PO Box 22250,
Mesaimeer,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Al Khor Community,
PO Box 22166,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
P.O. Box 8055,
Street 300 Zone 91,
Al Mashaf, Al Wukhair,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day.
PO Box 22090,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Building 9, Street 91, Zone 81,
Al Meshaf, Al Wukair, Al Wakrah,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day.
PO Box 23018,
Al Nuaija East,
Doha,
Qatar
Girls, Day, Preparatory, Senior.
No 40 Universty Road,
Near Qatar University, Dafna,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Preparatory.
P.O. Box 22463, 13 Al Waab Al Abareeq Street,
Building 55, Street No. 670 Al Abareeq, Zone 51,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
P.O. Box 22463, Al Baihaqi Street,
Building 34, Street 926, Zone 32,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
P.O. Box 22463, Al Themaid,
Building 16, Street 1457, Zone 51,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Ibn Seena School Street No. 30,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day.
Rawdat Al Sagah Street,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Al Jamiyah Street,
Al Wakrah,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Street 1107, Zone 70,
Rawdat Al Hamama,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior.
P.O. Box 7506,
Al Niser Street,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Al Maarri Street,
Fereej Kalaib,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.
PO Box 100,001,
Dukhan,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior.
P.O. Box: 1129,
Luqta Street,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Senior, Sixth Form.
Zone 70, Street 120, Property #345, Umsuwiya street,
Al Khisa,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day.
Mian Street,
Al Wukair,
Al Wakra,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Mian Street,
Al Wukair,
Al Wakra,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Mesaimeer Area,
(near the Religious Complex),
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day.
PO Box: 6124,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior.
PO Box 18511,
North Duhail,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Building 14, Umm Al Shuwail Street,
Zone 47, Al Thumama,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Al Andalus Street,
Al Nasr,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Preparatory.
Al Intisar Street,
PO Box 6110,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Preparatory, Senior.
P.O. Box 12634,
Zone 55, street Al Daoudiya no. 201,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Al Dafna,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.
Al Waab,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, , Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.
D-Ring Road,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.
West Bay,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.
PO Box 24550,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Preparatory, Senior.
Building 3,
Taimiyah Street, Zone 74,
Al Khor,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day.
Mesaimeer Campus,
Barwa City Street, Mesaimeer,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
P.O. Box 22579,
Mesaimeer Bldg. No. 142, Street 1011, Area 56,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
PO Box 23512,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.
P.O. Box 47021,
46 Al Khudari Street (810), Bin Dirham (25), Al Mansou+,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Saad Bin Surara Old Murror,
Al Messilah Area, PO Box 19664,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Preparatory, Senior.
P.O.Box: 60774,
Mowasalat Street,
Al Khor,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
P.O. Box: 2589,
Al Farazdaq Street, street No.: 1034, Zone: 90,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
P.O. Box: 1129,
Luqta Street,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Msheireb Downtown Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.
P.O. Box: 34077,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
PO Box 5697,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior.
Musa Bin Omair St,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.
Al Bayyan Gardens Compound,
(Near Al Saad Sports Stadium),
PO Box 19612,
Qatar
Co-educational, , Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.
Al Dafaf Street, Street 893,
Al Sadd Area,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.
PO Box 22580,
Al Madeed Street,
Mamoura Area,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Senior.
PO Box 875,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
PO Box 2440,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
P.O. Box 22085,
Aba Al Erhayyat Street #915 Building #50, Legtaifiya A+,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Um Salal Mohamed, Street No. 631,
Building No. 17, Zone No. 71,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
PO Box 201308,
Doha,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Preparatory, Senior.
Majilis Al Taawon Street,
Almuftah Village,
Al Wakra,
Qatar
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.