Sultan Qaboos University
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Sultan Qaboos University, located in the city of Al Khoudh, in the Capital Region of Muscat, Oman
, is the only public university
in the Sultanate of Oman. Named after Qaboos bin Sa’id Al ‘Bu Sa’id
, the Sultan of Oman, the university opened in 1986. At the time, it comprised five colleges: Agriculture
, Art
and Islamic Studies
and Science
, Education
, Engineering
, and Medicine
. With growth and reorganization it now has nine colleges: Agriculture, Art, Commerce and Economics, Education, Engineering, Law and Islamic studies, Medicine, Nursing, and Science.
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 15000 students. Female students form about half of the total population.
Muscat, Oman
Muscat is the capital of Oman. It is also the seat of government and largest city in the Governorate of Muscat. As of 2008, the population of the Muscat metropolitan area was 1,090,797. The metropolitan area spans approximately and includes six provinces called wilayats...
, is the only public university
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
in the Sultanate of Oman. Named after Qaboos bin Sa’id Al ‘Bu Sa’id
Qaboos of Oman
Qaboos bin Said Al Said is the Sultan of Oman and its Dependencies. He rose to power after overthrowing his father, Said bin Taimur, in a palace coup in 1970. He is the 14th-generation descendant of the founder of the Al Bu Sa'idi dynasty.-Early life:...
, the Sultan of Oman, the university opened in 1986. At the time, it comprised five colleges: Agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
, Art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
and Islamic Studies
Islamic studies
In a Muslim context, Islamic studies can be an umbrella term for all virtually all of academia, both originally researched and as defined by the Islamization of knowledge...
and Science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
, Education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
, Engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
, and Medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
. With growth and reorganization it now has nine colleges: Agriculture, Art, Commerce and Economics, Education, Engineering, Law and Islamic studies, Medicine, Nursing, and Science.
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 15000 students. Female students form about half of the total population.