Applicants to the Master of Arts in Intelligence Studies programme must meet the following requirements:

1. The applicant must be a member of the Qatar Armed Forces with the rank of Major or higher, or hold an equivalent civilian grade.
2. The applicant must hold a Bachelor's degree from a recognized university.
3. The applicant must have a distinguished academic record with a cumulative GPA of at least 2.8  or equivalent in one of the following areas: - law, sociology - international relations, political science, security studies, - Computer Science, Information Systems - or any other relevant discipline
4. Applicants must successfully pass any examination or personal interview required by the program
5. Applicants must have sufficient English reading proficiency to use English-language academic literature and research papers