Cross Registration Processes and Course Listings – for Spring 2026 and by Institution

Below you will find information on the courses available for cross-registration by other universities in Education City for the SPRING 2026 term. As mentioned above, registration for courses in Cross Registration status is subject to the availability of seats and to course pre-requisites being met.

Georgetown University in Qatar (GUQ): 

• Click here for the Course schedule
• The Spring 2026 schedule will be published on Monday October 27, 2025.
• Students wishing to take an ARABxxx or FRENxxx course in Fall MUST have been registered for the previous level language course in the preceding semester or take a placement test. The placement test is online and must be completed before the closing date for applications. 
• GUQ will begin receiving the cross-registration forms for Spring 2026 via email to the Associate Registrar at GU-Q from Monday, November 24, 2025. The forms
  should be complete with a clear, legible copy of the passport and sent with the attachment as a single email. Please name the file with the following convention:
• Last Name_First Name; Home Univ to Host University; Semester .e.g. Brown_Robert; CMUQ to GUQ; Fall25)
• Incomplete forms will be returned to the student.
• Forms must be typed – handwritten forms will not be processed.
• The last day to receive cross-registration forms for Spring 2026 will be 1:00pm on Wednesday December 10, 2025.

• Classes start on Sunday January 4, 2026.  
  
  – Registration depends on available seats in the required course (including language courses but excluding joint programs).
  – Students will be given a GUQ student ID card for access to the building and Library.
  – This must be returned by the end of the semester, in order for your transcript to be issued. Students must complete the clearance form that can be found here.

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMUQ): 

Northwestern University in Qatar (NUQ): (updated on: October 20, 2025)

• Course Schedule: available at https://my.qatar.northwestern.edu/academic-resources/courses/courses-offered/index.html
  
  
  • Course Selection: Students may choose courses marked as “Open to Cross-registration” in the Spring 2026 timetable.Application Start Date: NU-Q will begin accepting cross-registration applications based on seat availability on Sunday, November 30, 2025.Registration Process: Cross-registration for visiting students is on a first-come, first-served basis for courses with available seats. Submission Requirements:Cross-registration forms will only be accepted if seats are available in the requested course.Forms must be typed, submitted electronically, and include a clear, valid copy of the passport as an attachment in a single email. Handwritten or incomplete forms will be returned.Submit forms via email to: studentrecords@qatar.northwestern.edu.

• Application Deadline: Thursday, December 4, 2025, at 1:00 pm.
  – Late submissions will not be accepted to ensure students are not disadvantaged.
  – Notification of Acceptance: NU-Q will inform students of their cross-registration status at least one week before the first day of the term.
  – Approved students will receive a confirmation email with a NU-Q Net ID activation code, which must be used to activate their NU-Q email for official university communications.

• Priority Registration: Education City visiting students approved by their home universities for joint minors (e.g., Media & Politics, Africana Studies, Film & Design Minors) should coordinate with their home registrar, who will work directly with NU-Q for priority cross-registration.

Important Dates:
 First day of classes: Tuesday, January 6, 2026
 Last day of classes: Thursday, April 23, 2026
 Final exams: April 26-30, 2026

• Credit System: NU-Q follows a semester unit system. For transfer credit purposes, one semester unit is equivalent to four semester hours.
• End-of-Term Checkout: Students must complete the cross-registration checkout process at the end of the semester to ensure their transcript is issued to their home registrar.

Texas A&M University in Qatar (TAMU-Q):

• The schedule of classes offered can be viewed online here, beginning on (date TBA. Please check back later.) 
  Please remember to select “Spring 2026 – Qatar” from the drop-down menu. 
  o Spring 2026 classes begin Sunday, January 4, 2026, and end Sunday, April 26, 2026, with Finals scheduled from Wednesday, April 29 to Monday, May 4, 2026.
  o TAMUQ’s online application for cross-registration will open on Sunday, November 23, 2025, for Education City students.
  o The deadline for submitting cross-registration applications is Thursday, January 1, 2026, at 4:00 p.m.
  
  To apply for cross-registration, you must:
  ▪ Complete the Cross-Registration Online Application.
  ▪ Complete the Cross-University Registration Request.
  ▪ Submit proof of vaccination against bacterial meningitis and a tuberculosis screening available here. This form needs to be filled out and submitted before you can be registered for courses.
  ▪ Email the digitally signed and approved cross-registration request form and a copy of a valid passport to records@qatar.tamu.edu.
  – Note that US federal law requires TAMUQ, as an engineering school, to comply with export control policies related to information and technology.
  – Therefore, students from certain countries may be required to submit additional documentation before being permitted to register for TAMUQ courses.
  – Any questions about cross-registration should be directed to  records@qatar.tamu.edu.

Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar (VCU Arts Qatar):

• – Course Schedule. Please check the VCUarts Qatar Course Schedule available from your Home University Registrar. 
  – Cross-Registration Forms are accepted starting Monday, November 24, 2025 until Thursday, December 4, 2025 at 1:00pm.
  – A Math Placement Test is required for registration in MATH or STAT courses (other than MATH 001). The test is usually held only for the Fall semester, generally in early August.
  – An Arabic Placement Test is required for registration in ARBC courses. The test is usually held only for the Fall semester, generally in early August.
  – Registration for Cross Registration will commence as follows.
  – Registration for “Standard” Cross Registration will commence on Thursday, December 4, 2025

• For “Standard” Cross Registration:
  • Completed Cross Registration forms – including requisite approval signatures, must be submitted to the VCUarts Qatar’s Department of Enrollment & Registration Services by email to Sylvia D’Souza, Senior Specialist, at sdsouza@vcu.edu.Cross Registration forms which are not completed in full, missing requisite signatures, or missing the passport copy will not be accepted or processed.
  • Registration For “Special” Cross Registration (Film Minor with NUQ & Dual Enrollment with ABP and ECHS):
  – Completed Cross Registration forms are submitted to VCUarts Qatar by your home-institution’s Registrar.
  – Please see your Registrar for requirements and deadlines.
  – All formalities re Cross Registration of EC students at VCUarts Qatar are handled exclusively by the Department of Enrollment & Registration Services.
  – Spring 2026 classes start on Tuesday, January 6, 2026.
  • Course instruction mode is expected to be in-person/in-classroom unless otherwise noted on the Course Schedule.
    – Registration for courses is conditional on the availability of seats. 
    – Students who can be cross-registered in their preferred courses at VCUarts Qatar will be provided with a VCU-ID number as well as a VCU email address.
    – Students must activate their VCU email. The VCU email is used for all official communications by the university, including by instructors. 
    – VCUarts Qatar’s Department of Enrollment & Registration Services will notify students as to whether or not a student has been granted a seat in cross-registration
    status in the course(s) of interest.
    – Note that VCUarts Qatar complies with FERPA (US federal law) and the Virginia Code (Virginia state law) as it regards students' right to privacy of their educational
    records and contact information.

How Courses taken in Cross Registration Status at EC-PU’s transfer to VCU/VCUQ
Please see separate downloadable file “How XREG Courses Transfer to VCUQ”, also available from the Intranet

Weill Cornell Medicine College – Qatar (WCMC-Q):

• WCM-Q’s Spring 2026 Course Schedule is available here.
  – Forms must be submitted to the office of the Registrar at registrar@qatar-med.cornell.edu by 3:00pm, Thursday, December 17, 2025.
  – If you are interested in cross-registering at WCMQ, please contact Dr. James Roach at jar2038@qatar-med.cornell.edu. He will be happy to answer any questions regarding scheduling.

Cross Registration Processes and Course Listings – for FALL 2025 and by Institution

Below you will find information on the courses available for cross-registration by other universities in Education City for the SPRING 2025 term. As mentioned above, registration for courses in Cross Registration status is subject to the availability of seats and to course pre-requisites being met.

Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q):

• Click here for the Course schedule
• The Fall 2025 schedule will be published on Monday, March 17, 2025.
• Students wishing to take an ARABxxx or FRENxxx course in Fall MUST have been registered for the previous level language course in the preceding semester or take a placement test. The placement test is online and must be completed before the closing date for applications. 
• GUQ will begin receiving the cross-registration forms for Fall 2025 via email to the Associate Registrar at GU-Q from Sunday May 12, 2025. The forms should be complete with a clear, legible copy of the passport and sent with the attachment as a single email. Please name the file with the following convention:
• Last Name_First Name; Home Univ to Host University; Semester.
• (e.g. Brown_Robert; CMUQ to GUQ; Fall25)
• Incomplete forms will be returned to the student.
• Forms must be typed – handwritten forms will not be processed.
• The last day to receive cross-registration forms for Fall 2025 will be 1:00 pm on Thursday, July 31, 2025.

• Classes start on Sunday, August 24, 2025.

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q):

Northwestern University in Qatar (NUQ):

• Course Schedule: available at https://my.qatar.northwestern.edu/academic-resources/courses/courses-offered/index.html
  
  
  • Course Selection: Students may choose courses marked as “Open to Cross-registration” in the Fall 2025 timetable.
  
  
  • Application Start Date: NU-Q will begin accepting cross-registration applications based on seat availability on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.
  
  
  • Registration Process: Cross-registration for visiting students is on a first-come, first-served basis for courses with available seats. 
  
  
  • • Submission Requirements:
  
  
  • • • Cross-registration forms will only be accepted if seats are available in the requested course.
  
  
  • • • Forms must be typed, submitted electronically, and include a clear, valid copy of the passport as an attachment in a single email.
  
  
  • • • Handwritten or incomplete forms will be returned.
  
  
  • • • Submit forms via email to: studentrecords@qatar.northwestern.edu.

• • • Application Deadline: Wednesday, August 6, 2025, at 1:00 pm. Late submissions will not be accepted to ensure students are not disadvantaged.

• • • • Notification of Acceptance: NU-Q will inform students of their cross-registration status at least one week before the first day of the term. Approved students will receive a confirmation email with a NU-Q Net ID activation code, which must be used to activate their NU-Q email for official university communications.
    Priority Registration: Education City visiting students approved by their home universities for joint minors (e.g., Media & Politics, Africana Studies, Film & Design Minors) should coordinate with their home registrar, who will work directly with NU-Q for priority cross-registration.
  
  Important Dates:
  – First day of classes: Sunday, August 24, 2025
  – Last day of classes: Thursday, December 4, 2025
  – Final exams: December 7-11, 2025
• • Credit System: NU-Q follows a semester unit system. For transfer credit purposes, one semester unit is equivalent to four semester hours.
  
  
  • End-of-Term Checkout: Students must complete the cross-registration checkout process at the end of the semester to ensure their transcript is issued to their home registrar.

Texas A&M University in Qatar (TAMU-Q):

Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar (VCUArts Qatar):

• Course Schedule. Please check the VCUarts Qatar Course Schedule available from your Home University Registrar.  
  • A Math Placement Test is required for registration in MATH or STAT courses (other than MATH 001). The test is usually held only for the Fall semester, generally in early August.
  • An Arabic Placement Test is required for registration in ARBC courses. The test is usually held only for the Fall semester, generally in early August.
    

• For “Standard” Cross Registration:
  • Completed Cross Registration forms – including requisite approval signatures, must be submitted to the VCUarts Qatar’s Department of Enrollment & Registration Services by email to Sylvia D’Souza, Senior Specialist, at sdsouza@vcu.edu.
  • Cross Registration forms which are not completed in full, missing requisite signatures, or missing the passport copy will not be accepted or processed.
  • Cross-Registration Forms are accepted starting Sunday, June 29, 2025 until Sunday, Wednesday, July, 30, 3:00pm.
  • Registration for Cross Registration will commence on Sunday, June 29, 2025.
  • Registration for courses is conditional on the availability of seats. 

• For “Special” Cross Registration (Film Minor with NUQ & Dual Enrollment with ABP)
  • Completed Cross Registration forms are submitted to VCUarts Qatar by your home-institution’s Registrar.
  • Cross-Registration Forms are accepted starting Tuesday, March 25, 2025 until Sunday, Wednesday, July, 30, 3:00pm.
  • Note that seats for FLD/NUQ students will be held ONLY till Thursday, April 17, 2025, 3:00pm.
  • All formalities re Cross Registration of EC students at VCUarts Qatar are handled exclusively by the Department of Enrollment & Registration Services.
  • Spring 2025 classes start on Tuesday, January 7, 2025.
  • Course instruction mode is expected to be in-person/in-classroom unless otherwise noted on the Course Schedule.
  • Students who can be cross-registered in their preferred courses at VCUarts Qatar will be provided with a VCU-ID number as well as a VCU email address. Students must activate their VCU email. The VCU email is used for all official communications by the university, including by instructors. 
  • VCUarts Qatar’s Department of Enrollment & Registration Services will notify students as to whether or not a student has been granted a seat in cross-registration status in the course(s) of interest.
  • Note that VCUarts Qatar complies with FERPA (US federal law) and the Virginia Code (Virginia state law) as it regards students’ right to privacy of their educational records and contact information.
    
    How Courses taken in Cross Registration Status at EC-PU’s transfer to VCU/VCUQ Please see separate downloadable file “How XREG Courses Transfer to VCUQ”, also available from the Intranet

Weill Cornell Medicine College – Qatar (WCMC-Q):

• WCM-Q’s Fall 2025 Course Schedule is available here.
  • Forms must be submitted to the office of the Registrar at registrar@qatar-med.cornell.edu by 3:00pm, Thursday, July 31, 2025.

• If you are interested in cross-registering at WCMQ, please contact Dr. James Roach at jar2038@qatar-med.cornell.edu. He will be happy to answer any questions regarding scheduling.