Sultan Qaboos University, located in Al Seeb in the

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, is one of the two public universities in the Sultanate of

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. 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

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 *

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 w ...

, writer * Abdul Jerri, mathematician *

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 * Stanisław Świerczkowski, mathematician, 1986 to 1997

Notable alumni

* Ahmed Al-Harrasi, is an Omani scientist and a professor of organic chemistry. *

Azza Al Ismaili Azza bint Sulaiman bin Saeed Al Ismaili is an Omani politician and entrepreneur who was appointed the position of Minister of Technology and Communications in the Government of the Sultanate of Oman, from October 2019 to August 2020. Educatio ...

, is an Omani politician and entrepreneur. *

Aisha bint Khalfan bin Jameel Sheikha Aisha bint Khalfan bin Jameel al-Sayabiyah was appointed the President of Public Authority for Craft Industries, Oman in 2003. Early life Khalfan was born in Samail town, the youngest in a family with eleven children. She attended the Sul ...

, is regarded as the first woman minister of Oman. * Rumaitha Al Busaidi, is an Omani climate change activist. * Lujaina Mohsin Darwish, 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

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(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.

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* {{authority control 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

Notable faculty

Notable alumni

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