US EditionUS Universities Get $5.2 Bn in Foreign Funds; Harvard, MIT, Stanford Top List; Qatar Largest Donor — Details Here
More than half of the $5.2 billion in foreign gifts for 2025 went to four elite U.S. universities, with Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE as leading funders, the Education Department said.
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ED Releases 2025 Data on U.S. Universities’ Foreign Funding
The Education Department announced Wednesday that U.S. colleges and universities received $5.2 billion total in large foreign gifts and contracts in 2025. Including state and non-state entities in these countries, Qatar gave the most, at more than $1.1 billion, followed by the U.K., at $633 million, and China, at $528 million, the department said in a news release.
US universities get $5.2 bn in foreign funds; Harvard, MIT, Stanford top list; Qatar largest donor — details here
US colleges reported over $5.2 billion in foreign gifts and contracts in 2025, with four universities getting more than half. Qatar was the largest source. The US Education Department launched a transparency portal as the government intensified oversight of foreign funding in higher education.
US colleges got $1.1 billion from Qatar, $285 million from Saudi in 2025, says Department of Education
Cornell University was the top recipient of Qatari funding, receiving $2.3 billion, or nearly 30% of all of the Gulf states funding to U.S. schools. By JNS American colleges and universities received more than $1.1 billion from Qatar and over $285 million from Saudi Arabia in 2025, according to new data that the U.S. Education Department released on Wednesday. It displays that data in an online portal, which previously went up to the beginning o…
US colleges got $1.1 billion from Qatar, $285 million from Saudi in 2025, Ed Department says
The foreign funding comes, in part, from "countries and entities that are involved in activities that threaten America's national security," the U.S. education secretary said.The post US colleges got $1.1 billion from Qatar, $285 million from Saudi in 2025, Ed…
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