Sohar University

Sohar University was established in 2001 as the first private university in Oman. It was granted degree awarding powers by the Oman Ministry of Higher Education, with the authority to provide programs and courses whose successful completion leads to academic awards.SummarySohar University has obtained official approval from the Ministry of Higher Education, following issuance of the Ministry Decision No. 47/2001 dated 11/9/2001, to commence the first private university in the Sultanate of Oman. It started in 1996/1997 with the name of Sohar college of applied sciences until formally approved as a university in a big ceremony under the patronage of His Highness / Sayed Asaad bin Toriq, The representative of HMHistorySohar University effectively began its life as the Sohar College for Applied Sciences, which opened in 1998. At that time, the College’s main overseas partner was the University of Lincolnshire & Humberside (UK). In 2001 Sohar University became affiliated to the University of Queensland (UQ), a member of Universitas 21, to ensure that its academic activities met international standards.AcademicThe medium of instruction is English for most programs, but some courses in the Faculty of Education and Arts are delivered in Arabic. Nearly all students spend one year in the General Foundations Program (GFP) to improve their English, math and computer literacy skills prior to entering a degree program offered through the faculties of: Business, Computing and Information Technology, Engineering, Education & art,