German University of Technology in Oman

The German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech) is a private university founded in 2007 in Muscat, born of an agreement between Oman Educational Services and RWTH Aachen University, one of Germany's leading technical universities. All of its bachelor's programmes have been developed in cooperation with RWTH Aachen: BSc degrees in applied geosciences, computer science, international business and service management, urban planning and architectural design, logistics, cyber security and artificial intelligence, and BEng degrees in mechanical, process and environmental engineering. GUtech was the first private university in Oman to gain international accreditation (ACQUIN) for its bachelor's programmes, and also offers part-time master's degrees and doctoral programmes. English is the medium of instruction, with German taught as an additional foreign language. In 2019 it enrolled around 2,200 students, about 8% of them international.