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Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) (Arabic: جامعة السلطان قابوس) is a public university located in al-Seeb, Oman. Established in 1986, it is one of the two public universities in the country and is named after Qaboos bin Said al-Said, the Sultan of Oman from 1970 until 2020.
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.




Colleges


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, anthropologist, associate professor from 1988 to 1994
Jokha al-Harthi, writer
Abdul Jerri, mathematician
Jackie Spinner, journalist, worked for The Washington Post from 1995 to 2009
Stanisław Świerczkowski, mathematician, 1986 to 1997




Notable alumni



Abdullah Nasser bin Khalifa al-Harrasi, is an Omani Minister of Information.
Ahmed Al-Harrasi, is an Omani scientist and a professor of organic chemistry.
Azza Al Ismaili, is an Omani politician and entrepreneur.
Aisha bint Khalfan bin Jameel, is regarded as the first woman minister of Oman.
Badriyya al-Shihhi, PhD in Chemistry, novelist
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 362 in the world's top universities ranking by the London-based Quacquarelli Symonds (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


List of universities and colleges in Oman
Sultan Qaboos University Library




References






External links


Official website

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