8 best universities in Oman in 2026
Ranking based on the average of the three main global rankings: Shanghai (ARWU), Times Higher Education and QS.
Global College of Engineering and Technology
Average rank: #306
No. 1Global College of Engineering and Technology
An engineering college in Muscat awarding British degrees from the University of the West of England, Bristol.
No. 2Sultan Qaboos University
Oman's first public university (1986), in Al Khoudh: the national flagship for education and research.
No. 3Dhofar University
A private not-for-profit university in Salalah, pioneer of southern Oman with medicine, engineering, law and business.
No. 4University of Nizwa
A private non-profit institution in Nizwa, known for pharmacy, nursing, engineering and architecture programmes.
No. 5Sohar University
Oman's first private university (2001), at the heart of the Sohar industrial hub: business, engineering, computing and law.
No. 6A'Sharqiyah University
A private university in Ibra with over 12,000 students, 41 undergraduate and 15 postgraduate programmes.
No. 7German University of Technology in Oman
A private Muscat university affiliated with RWTH Aachen, pioneering German-style engineering and technology degrees.
No. 8National University of Science & Technology
A private multi-campus Omani university in Muscat and Sohar covering medicine, pharmacy, engineering and digital technologies.