Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation: Ministerial Decision 19/2023 Amending Some Provisions of Ministerial Decision 19/2018 Establishing the National University of Science and Technology

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Based on the System of Private Universities promulgated by Royal Decree 41/99,

Royal Decree 42/99 Regarding the Establishment of Private Colleges and Higher Institutes,

Royal Decree 98/2020 Amending the Name of the Ministry of Higher Education to the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation, Determining Its Competences, and Adopting Its Organisational Structure,

and Ministerial Decision 19/2018 Establishing the National University of Science and Technology,

and in pursuance of public interest,

it is hereby decided

Article I

The text of article I of the aforementioned Ministerial Decision 19/2018 is hereby replaced with the following text:

Article I

A private university is hereby established through the merger of Caledonian College of Engineering and Oman Medical College named the National University of Science and Technology. It shall have legal personality, and its headquarters shall be in the Governorate of Muscat, and it shall comprised 5 (five) colleges, which are: College of Engineering, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, College of Pharmacy, College of Advanced Technology, and International Maritime College Oman.

Article II

This decision shall be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the day following the date of its publication.

Issued on: 6 Sha’ban 1444
Corresponding to: 27 February 2023

Dr Rahma bint Ibrahim bin Said Al-Mahrouqiya
Minister of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation

Published in Official Gazette 1483 issued on 5 March 2023.