Colleges of Applied Sciences, Oman

Colleges of Applied Sciences (CAS, Arabic: كليات العلوم التطبيقية‎) are a group of six public colleges in the Sultanate of Oman. The colleges have six campus locations in Rustaq, Ibri, Salalah, Nizwa, Sohar, and Sur.

Colleges of Applied Sciences
كليات العلوم التطبيقية
Mottoمنارات علم وريادة
Motto in English
Beacons of Knowledge and Leadership
TypePublic
Established2007
DirectorDr. Abdullah Al-Shibli
Undergraduates7,648 (in 2015)[1]
Location
Rustaq, Ibri, Salalah, Nizwa, Sohar, Sur
,
Sultanate of Oman
ColorsPurple and white   
Websitewww.cas.edu.om

The colleges were established in 2007 as per royal decree 62/2007[2] and offer bachelor's degree and two-year diploma programs in Information Technology, Design, Communication Studies, and International Business Administration.[3] The colleges' primary language of instruction is English and fall directly under Oman's Ministry of Higher Education.[4]

Prior to the colleges' establishment, some of the colleges operated as teaching colleges which offered two-year degrees to future teachers of the Ministry of Education and was known from 1985-1995 as the Intermediate College and from 1995-2007 as the College of Education [5]

In 2015, students enrolled in the six colleges totaled 7,648,[1] with students including both males and females.

References
  1. "Statistics". College of Applied Sciences. MoHE. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  2. "About Colleges of Applied Sciences". MoHE. MoHE. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  3. "About Directorate General of Colleges of Applied Sciences". College of Applied Sciences. MoHE. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  4. "About Colleges of Applied Sciences". MoHE. MoHE. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  5. "Colleges of Applied Sciences in Salalah". Oman Info. Ministry of Information. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
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