Sultan Qaboos University, located in
Al Seeb in the
Muscat Governorate
Muscat ( ar, محافظة مسقط) is a Governorates of Oman, governorate of the Oman, Sultanate of Oman. Its provincial capital is Muscat City, which is the largest city and only metropolis of Oman. Muscat Governorate, commonly referred to as ...
, is one of the two public universities in the Sultanate of
Oman
Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...
.
Most students entering the university are selected based on their performance in high school final examinations. Student enrollment has grown from 500 in 1986 to more than 10,000 in 2005. More than half of the students live off campus due to space constraints. It currently has around 15,357 students of which 7,942 are female students and 7,415 are male students. The university contains 9 colleges which are:
# Agricultural and Marine Sciences
# Art and Social Sciences
# Economics and Political Science
# Education
# Engineering
# Law
# Nursing
# Medicine and Health Science
# Science
Notable faculty
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Dawn Chatty
Dawn Chatty, (born October 16, 1947) is an American Emerita Professor of Anthropology and Forced Migration, who specialises in the Middle East, nomadic pastoral tribes, and refugees. From 2010 to 2015, she was Professor of Anthropology and Force ...
, anthropologist, associate professor from 1988 to 1994
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Jokha al-Harthi
Jokha Alharthi ( ar, جوخة الحارثي) also spelt al-Harthi, is an Omani writer and academic, known for winning the Man Booker International Prize in 2019 for her novel published in English under the title ''Celestial Bodies''. She has wri ...
, writer
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Abdul Jerri
Abdul Jabbar Hassoon Jerri ( ar, عبد الجبار حسون جري) is an Iraqi American mathematician, most recognized for his contributions to ''Shannon Sampling Theory, It's Generalizations, Error Analysis, and Historical Reviews'', and in pa ...
, mathematician
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Jackie Spinner
Jackie Spinner is an American journalist who worked for ''The Washington Post'' from 1995 to 2009.
Biography
Spinner grew up in Decatur, Illinois, the daughter of a pipe fitter and a schoolteacher. She has a bachelor of science degree in journa ...
, journalist, worked for the Washington Post from 1995 to 2009
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Stanisław Świerczkowski
Stanisław (Stash) Świerczkowski (16 July 1932 – 30 September 2015) was a Polish mathematician famous for his solutions to two iconic problems posed by Hugo Steinhaus: the three-gap theorem and the Non-Tetratorus Theorem.
Early life and ed ...
, mathematician, 1986 to 1997
Notable alumni
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Ahmed Al-Harrasi
Ahmed Sulaiman Al-Harrasi ( ar, أحمد سليمان الحراصي; born 13 October 1974) is an Omani scientist and a professor of organic chemistry at the University of Nizwa, Nizwa, Sultanate of Oman.
Education
Ahmed Al-Harrasi completed ...
, is an Omani scientist and a professor of organic chemistry.
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Azza Al Ismaili, is an Omani politician and entrepreneur.
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Aisha bint Khalfan bin Jameel, is regarded as the first woman minister of Oman.
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Rumaitha Al Busaidi, is an Omani climate change activist.
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Lujaina Mohsin Darwish
Lujaina Mohsin Haider Darwish ( ar, لجينة محسن درويش, born 23 June 1969) is an Omani politician. Along with Rahila Al Riyami, she was one of the first two women to be directly elected to the Consultative Assembly in 2000. In 2015 ...
, is an Omani politician.
Ranking
Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) is ranked number 1 in Oman. SQU is ranked at number 379 in
the world's top universities ranking by the London-based
Quacquarelli Symonds
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) is a British company specialising in the analysis of higher education institutions around the world. The company was founded in 1990 by Nunzio Quacquarelli.
History
On 5 October 2017, QS Quacquarelli Symonds acquired Hob ...
(QS).
The university is also ranked number 10 in the QS Arab Region 2019 ranking, and also placed in the 151-200 bracket in the QS Subject Matter Ranking.
See also
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List of universities and colleges in Oman
This is a list of universities and higher education institutions in Oman.
* Sultan Qaboos University
* Middle East College
* Dhofar University
The Dhofar Governorate ( ar, مُحَافَظَة ظُفَار, Muḥāfaẓat Ẓufār) is the la ...
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Sultan Qaboos University Library
References
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1986 establishments in Oman
Educational institutions established in 1986
Universities in Oman
Universities and colleges in Muscat, Oman
Organizations based in Oman with royal patronage