On November 12, 2014 the Ambassador of Ukraine in Qatar Mr.Yevhen Mykytenko met and held talks with the Rector of the "University of Qatar" prof. Sheikha Al-Misned, during which prospects of boosting cooperation with Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in the domain of training of Ukrainian arabists in the Department of Art and Sciences of the University of Qatar were discussed.

Separately, parties emphasized the importance of formalizing the cooperation between the two universities by signing a separate MOU.

Parties agreed as well to implement in the nearest future an exchange of visits between KNU Shevchenko and University of Qatar leadership to Doha and Kyiv respectively.