Safety & Security
At Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Qatar (SFS-Qatar), we take the safety and security of our students, faculty and staff and their family members very seriously. As part of a continuous effort, SFS-Qatar has put in place several procedures to ensure students, employees and their family members are kept safe whether they are at work, at home, or elsewhere in the city of Doha.
Learn more about safety and security of the SFS-Qatar Community. - (NetID-protected)
Embassy Registration
The US Embassy has a Warden System that is used by the Embassy to immediately notify those registered of any serious incident happening in the immediate area or to provide information on a serious situation that may have occurred elsewhere but impacts Qatar. Please make sure to register online at:
https://travelregistration.state.gov/ibrs
Note: When registering, please make sure to identify your employer/affiliate as Georgetown University.
In addition, please make sure to update your personal information. If your phone number or family situation has changed, you should re-register with this new information.
If You Are Not a U.S. Citizen
Non-U.S. employees working in Qatar are should also register with their home country's embassy. Your embassy needs to be aware of your presence in Qatar, so that they can assist you in the event of an emergency. As the process for registering with embassies varies, please contact your embassy directly for information on how to register.
A complete listing of embassies in Qatar, along with phone numbers and/or e-mail addresses, can be found in the latest version of Marhaba guide, copies of which may be found in the SFS-Qatar Human Resources office.
The Embassies Abroad website and Qatar Visitor website also include contact information for several embassies located in Qatar.
If you need any assistance with embassy registration, please contact SFS-Qatar Human Resources.
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Events Calendar
Upcoming SFS-Qatar Events
- Dec 1, 5:30pm: Faculty Film Series
- Dec 6, 6pm-8pm: Monthly Dialogue: Kai-Henrik Barth
SFS-Qatar News
- Student Gets Education at International Finance Conference
This October, Georgetown student Miodrag Stamboldziev (SFS ’11) was able to put his international relations education to use while attending the Annual Meeting of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund in Istanbul, Turkey. (November 08, 2009) - SFS Dean Discusses Changing Face of International Relations
More than 300 people gathered at the Four Seasons on Monday evening to listen to Georgetown professor Carol Lancaster discuss the “new world order” in international relations, and how this will impact the balance of wealth and power in the coming years. (October 14, 2009) - Georgetown Welcomes the Class of 2013
On Thursday, August 20, the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar (SFS-Qatar) officially welcomed the Class of 2013 into the university during its New Student Convocation ceremony. (August 25, 2009)
