🇴🇲 31 universities & colleges · 27,360 placed in 2025/26
Oman's universities and colleges — where this year's students were placed.
Oman places school-leavers centrally. This is where the admission centre sent the 2025/26 intake — 34% of them to the University of Technology and Applied Sciences — with each institution's accreditation status alongside.
Placed in Oman, 2025/26
27,360
plus 617 on scholarships abroad
Women among them
59%
Institutions fully accredited
21
What these numbers are, and what isn't here
These are new students placed through Oman's Higher Education Admission Center in 2025/26 — government-funded places and scholarships — not each institution's total enrolment. Students who enrol privately, and all continuing students, are not counted, so private universities are larger than their figure here.
Total enrolment per private institution, programme lists, fees and minimum entry scores are not published as open data. Institutional accreditation is shown where the national quality authority has reached a decision; an institution with no status here is not on the authority's published list, which is not a finding against it.
Universities and colleges (31)
Under each name, the fields most of its new students entered.
| Institution | Placed | Women | On a bachelor's | Accreditation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Technology and Applied SciencesInformation technology · Engineering and related technologies · Management and commerce | 9,240 | 54% | 99% | — |
| Sultan Qaboos UniversitySociety and culture · Natural and physical sciences · Engineering and related technologiesAccredited | 3,107 | 47% | 100% | Accredited |
| University of NizwaHealth · Society and culture · Engineering and related technologiesAccredited | 1,688 | 73% | 67% | Accredited |
| Sohar UniversityInformation technology · Society and culture · Management and commerceAccredited | 1,252 | 75% | 78% | Accredited |
| A'Sharqiyah UniversityManagement and commerce · Information technology · EducationAccredited | 956 | 70% | 72% | Accredited |
| Muscat UniversityManagement and commerce · Information technology · Engineering and related technologies | 923 | 63% | 33% | — |
| Dhofar UniversityManagement and commerce · Education · HealthConditionally accredited | 902 | 67% | 74% | Conditionally accredited |
| Arab Open UniversitySociety and culture · Information technology · Management and commerceAccredited | 710 | 85% | 67% | Accredited |
| University of BuraimiHealth · Management and commerce · Society and cultureAccredited | 709 | 79% | 83% | Accredited |
| German University of Technology in OmanInformation technology · Engineering and related technologies · Management and commerceAccredited | 669 | 51% | 100% | Accredited |
| National University of Science and TechnologyEngineering and related technologies · Health · Information technologyAccredited | 666 | 67% | 81% | Accredited |
| Oman College of Health SciencesHealth | 593 | 72% | 100% | — |
| Military Technological CollegeEngineering and related technologiesAccredited | 483 | 13% | 53% | Accredited |
| Middle East CollegeManagement and commerce · Information technology · Engineering and related technologiesAccredited | 475 | 58% | 25% | Accredited |
| Bayan CollegeCreative arts · Society and cultureAccredited | 303 | 84% | 39% | Accredited |
| International College of Engineering and ManagementManagement and commerce · Engineering and related technologies · Architecture and buildingAccredited | 254 | 50% | 40% | Accredited |
| Scientific College of DesignCreative arts · Architecture and buildingOn probation | 241 | 84% | 51% | On probation |
| College of Banking and Financial StudiesManagement and commerce · Information technologyConditionally accredited | 229 | 59% | 70% | Conditionally accredited |
| Al Buraimi University CollegeSociety and culture · Information technology · Management and commerceAccredited | 225 | 81% | 51% | Accredited |
| Modern College of Business and ScienceManagement and commerce · Information technology · Natural and physical sciencesAccredited | 218 | 67% | 69% | Accredited |
| Al Zahra College for WomenCreative arts · Society and culture · Management and commerceAccredited | 170 | 100% | 54% | Accredited |
| Majan University CollegeManagement and commerce · Society and culture · Information technologyAccredited | 158 | 76% | 68% | Accredited |
| Mazoon CollegeSociety and culture · Management and commerce · Information technology | 148 | 90% | 73% | — |
| College of Sharia SciencesReligion and philosophyOn probation | 136 | 43% | 100% | On probation |
| Muscat CollegeInformation technology · Management and commerceAccredited | 118 | 64% | 80% | Accredited |
| Gulf CollegeInformation technology · Management and commerceAccredited | 113 | 76% | 90% | Accredited |
| Oman Tourism CollegeManagement and commerceAccredited | 102 | 78% | 99% | Accredited |
| Global College of Engineering and TechnologyInformation technology · Management and commerce · Architecture and building | 69 | 74% | 100% | — |
| Oman College of Management and TechnologyInformation technology · Management and commerce · Architecture and building | 59 | 56% | 100% | — |
| National College of Automotive TechnologyEngineering and related technologies | 51 | 12% | 100% | — |
| Oman Dental CollegeHealthAccredited | 31 | 35% | 100% | Accredited |
Vocational colleges (8)
| Institution | Placed | Women | On a bachelor's | Accreditation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vocational College SalalahManagement and commerce · Engineering and related technologies · Agriculture, environmental and related studies | 514 | 44% | 0% | — |
| Vocational College BuraimiManagement and commerce · Engineering and related technologies | 330 | 44% | 0% | — |
| Vocational College IbriEngineering and related technologies · Management and commerce | 302 | 45% | 0% | — |
| Vocational College ShinasManagement and commerce · Engineering and related technologies | 251 | 40% | 0% | — |
| Vocational College SeebEngineering and related technologies · Management and commerce | 247 | 51% | 0% | — |
| Vocational College Al-KhaborahAgriculture, environmental and related studies | 241 | 39% | 0% | — |
| Vocational College SahamEngineering and related technologies · Agriculture, environmental and related studies · Management and commerce | 199 | 33% | 0% | — |
| Vocational College SurManagement and commerce · Engineering and related technologies · Architecture and building | 89 | 38% | 0% | — |
Training institutes and academies (7)
| Institution | Placed | Women | On a bachelor's | Accreditation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge Grid AcademyEngineering and related technologies | 57 | 28% | 0% | — |
| National Training InstituteManagement and commerce · Engineering and related technologies · Health | 50 | 26% | 0% | — |
| Takatuf Petrofac OmanEngineering and related technologies | 20 | 30% | 0% | — |
| Technical & Administrative Training InstituteEngineering and related technologies | 19 | 0% | 0% | — |
| National Hospitality InstituteManagement and commerce | 15 | 47% | 0% | — |
| Said AL Shahry Legal Training CenterSociety and culture | 15 | 47% | 0% | — |
| Oman Aviation Academy | 13 | 23% | 0% | — |
On the accreditation list, with no placements this year
- Sultan Qaboos Academy for Police Sciences · Accredited
- Medical City for Military and Security Services School · Conditionally accredited
- Sur University College · Accreditation revoked (January 2024)
- Caledonian College of Engineering · Merged into the National University of Science and Technology
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Source: Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (Higher Education Admission Center) and the Oman Authority for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Education, via the National Open Data Platform (opendata.gov.om), under the Open Data Usage Licence of the Sultanate of Oman. Changes: records counted per institution, the eight branches of the Oman College of Health Sciences combined, and institution names reconciled between the two datasets by CollegeMatcher.