OMAN HIGHER EDU MINISTRY AND METU MAY SIGN MOU

Oman's higher educationministry is in talks with the Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey aimed at activating scholarships to METU, which is one of the prominent universities in Turkey and ranked high in the international Spanish university rating service Wipo Matrix.

The university offers programmes in engineering, biotechnology and economics and the Higher Education Ministry is seeking to send Omani students to study these specialisations. The ministry is seeking to benefit from METU expertise through dispatching a number of Omani students to join any of the programmes offered by the University such as engineering, biotechnology and economics.

A delegation from the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Turkey, headed by Prof. Dr. Ahmet C. Acar, President of the university visited Sultan Qaboos University recnelty in order to explore potential collaboration between the two institutions. The delegation was received by Prof. Amer bin Ali al Rawas, SQU Deputy Vice Chancellor for Postgraduate Studies & Research, HH Sayyida Dr. Mona bint Fahad al Said, Assistant Vice Chancellor for External Cooperation, and other senior academicians.

METU, the premier state university in Turkey founded in 1956, currently has about 24,500 students of which 4,800 are in masters and 2,900 are in doctorate programs. METU hosts over 1,700 international students from nearly 85 different countries studying toward myriad of academic degrees. This research intensive university has five Graduate Schools with 100 masters and 66 doctorate programs.

The two sides discussed the possibilities of research collaboration in marine sciences and different fields in engineering and science. Agreement on exchange of students under credit transfer system was discussed. METU, with 168 Erasmus agreements and 182 bilateral exchange and cooperation agreements with universities in third countries, annually sends 350 students and 60 teaching staff and hosts 300 students and 50 teaching staff or researchers. SQU has tie up agreements with around 45 universities worldwide.

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