Acknowledgement:

The DI acknowledges with gratitude the universities listed below, whose academic policies published on their websites were usefully consulted by us in the process of formulating our own policies. 

• American University of Beirut (Lebanon)
  

• Antioch University (USA)

• Georgetown University – Qatar (Qatar)

• Harvard University (USA)

• Indiana University South East (USA)

• McGill University (Canada)

• Monash University (Australia)

• Northwestern University – Qatar (Qatar)

• Princeton University (USA)
  

• Qatar University (Qatar)

• School of Oriental and African Studies – University of London (UK)

• Simon Fraser University (Canada)

• Stetson University (USA)

• University of Colorado (USA)

• University of Durham (UK)

• University of Exeter (UK)

• University of Houston (USA)

• University of Illinois at Chicago (USA)

• University of Iowa (USA)

• University of Manchester (UK)

• University of Michigan (USA)

• University of Nottingham (UK)

• University of Ottawa (Canada)

• University of Oxford (UK)

• Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand)

• Yale University (USA) ​​​​​​​