Doha, Qatar: The Qatar Scientific Club (QSC), affiliated with the Ministry of Sports and Youth, launched its annual Summer Camp 2026 on Sunday underneath the theme “Pioneers of Science and Technology.”
The program, which runs via Aug. 19, is designed to boost younger individuals’s scientific and technical abilities whereas fostering a tradition of innovation and creativity via a various vary of academic applications and hands-on workshops throughout the summer time trip.
This 12 months’s program encompasses a broad vary of scientific and hands-on actions spanning science, know-how, engineering, and innovation. Organized in partnership with a number of nationwide establishments, it goals to equip contributors with the information and abilities wanted to fulfill future challenges.
In partnership with the Public Works Authority (Ashghal), QSC will proceed to ship the fifth version of the “Future Engineer” program, introducing contributors to the engineering occupation and its numerous disciplines whereas fostering engineering pondering and problem-solving abilities via sensible coaching and discipline visits.
In partnership with the Qatar Society of Engineers, the Club may also supply the STEM 26 Summer Program, designed to boost contributors’ innovation, critical-thinking, and teamwork abilities via interactive initiatives and hands-on STEM studying.
In the sphere of rising applied sciences, QSC’s Oasis of Manufacturers and Innovators will supply specialised workshops for younger males and ladies aged 15 to 29, overlaying digital fabrication via 3D printing, ESP32-based Internet of Things (IoT) functions, synthetic intelligence functions utilizing Raspberry Pi, and CNC machining. The workshops are designed to equip contributors with sensible abilities in Fourth Industrial Revolution applied sciences.
Meanwhile, the Club’s Automotive Mechanics Department will supply hands-on workshops for contributors aged 16 to 26, together with devoted classes for younger ladies following the success of earlier editions.
Participants will obtain hands-on coaching in car diagnostics, fundamental repairs, engine timing techniques, cylinder head meeting and disassembly, and braking and steering techniques. They may also participate in car diagnostics competitions designed to boost their technical and sensible abilities.
As a part of its efforts to nurture younger expertise and foster innovation, QSC’s Promising Innovator Department will supply a variety of scientific applications, together with Smart Crime Investigator, robotics programming and fabrication workshops, the Space Pioneers program, the Creative Minds Challenge in partnership with GraspMind Qatar, and Mind Sports program in collaboration with MaxMind Center. The applications are designed to foster scientific pondering, creativity, and teamwork in an interactive studying surroundings.
The Club may also proceed its outreach to youth facilities and golf equipment via workshops and consciousness lectures on synthetic intelligence and its sensible functions. The initiative goals to lift consciousness of rising applied sciences and empower younger individuals to use them throughout scientific, academic, and skilled fields.