Pivot to the Middle East: How universities are expanding amid global shifts
As university budgets shrink and global politics shift, institutions are increasingly looking to the Middle East to establish an international presence.
American universities such as Carnegie Mellon, Georgetown and Northwestern have a long-established presence in Qatar, whilst the UAE has slowly become a hotbed for UK universities since Heriot-Watt became the first to establish a campus there in 2005.
By Nick Harland