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·        Muscat College was established in 1996 as a private academic Omani institution of higher education.

·        Muscat College is located in the capital-Muscat and started its first academic year in 1997.

·        Muscat College is under the supervision of the MOHE.

·        In 2001, the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) approved Muscat College as an “SQA Centre” similar to the other centres in UK & Europe.

 

Objectives

 

Muscat College has its own ambitious specific objectives which are centred on the followings:

 

  • To deliver a high level of academic education and practical skills through the various offered fields of specialisation to meet the demands of the current private and public sectors as well as the needs of the Sultanate’s development plans.

 

  • To develop student’s skills and intellectual abilities by keeping them at the forefront of their subject areas and in so doing they will be beneficial to themselves and their country.

 

  • To make sure that student’s learning environment is characterised by strict discipline and high ethical values, since students are the backbone of society, the creative thinkers of the future and the moving force to the wheel of progress development.

 

Academic Affiliation

The College is affiliated with two academic institutions:

 

First: The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) UK.- www.sqa.org.uk

The Scottish Qualifications Authority supervises the programmes for the Higher National Certificate (HNC) and the Higher National Diploma (HND) and issues the award certificate.

 

Second: University of Stirling, U.K. -  www.stir.ac.uk

The University of Stirling Supervises the Bachelor Degree Programmes and issues the award certificate.

 

Merits of the Academic Programmes:

  • Flexibility and continuity
  • Independent exit qualification at the end of each programme
  • All credits (each credit  is equivalent to 44 actual teaching hours) are taught in English
  • Availability of Full-time and Part-time studies
  • The student has the freedom to register on the number of credit best suitable to his/her circumstances. Also, students may wish to stop and join the job market at certain academic level with an open opportunity to rejoin the academic programmes whenever he/she decides.