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Based on the Higher Education Law issued by Royal Decree 27/2023,

Royal Decree 9/2021 Regarding the Oman Authority for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Education,

the Executive Regulation of the Statute of Private Universities issued by Ministerial Decision 36/99,

the Governance Regulation of Private Colleges and Higher Institutes issued by Ministerial Decision 34/2000,

the Executive Regulation of the Educational Scholarships, Grants, and Aid Law issued by Ministerial Decision 8/2003,

the Regulation of the Recognition of Non-Omani Higher Education Establishments and the Equivalence of Educational Qualifications They Grant issued by Ministerial Decision 21/2015,

and the Governance Regulation of the Unified Admission System issued by Ministerial Decision 65/2017,

and in pursuance of public interest,

it is hereby decided

Article I

The provisions of the attached Executive Regulation of the Higher Education Law hereby apply.

Article II

Existing higher education establishments shall rectify their status in accordance with the provisions of the attached regulation within one year from the date of entry into force of this decision.

Article III

The Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation shall issue the manuals, forms, and circulars necessary to implement the provisions of the attached regulation.

Article IV

The mentioned Ministerial Decisions 36/99, 34/2000, 8/2003, 21/2015, and 65/2017 are hereby repealed, as well as all that is contrary to the attached regulation or in conflict with its provisions.

Article V

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

Issued on: 17 Rajab 1447Corresponding to: 7 January 2026

Dr Rahma bint Ibrahim Al-MahrouqiyaMinister of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation

Published in Official Gazette 1630 issued on 11 January 2026.

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Based on 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 the approval of the Ministry of Finance,

and in pursuance of public interest,

it is hereby decided

Article I

The competent directorates general in the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation shall select the following:

1. Evaluator and jury member of preliminary and complete research and innovation proposals.

2. Evaluator and jury member of research and innovation projects reports.

3. Specialist in evaluation and ranking of submission applications in competitions, conferences, and awards relating to research and innovation.

4. Member of the steering, supervisory, and technical committee.

5. Speaker at conferences and workshops relating to research and innovation.

6. Master of ceremonies at conferences, events, and workshops relating to research and innovation.

Article II

The remuneration prescribed for the evaluator; the jury member; members of the technical, steering, and supervisory committees; the speaker; and the master of ceremonies in conferences, events, and workshops relating to research and innovation—other than employees of the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation—must be paid in accordance with annex 1 attached to this decision after the completion of the work assigned to them and its approval by the competent directorate general in the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation.

Article III

The local and international speaker at a conference, event, or workshop relating to research and innovation must meet all the minimum or preferred criteria—as the case may be—shown in annex 2 attached to this decision.

The undersecretary of the ministry for research and innovation may exclude a local and international speaker from meeting some or all of the aforementioned criteria, if the following are met in their regard:

1. If the local speaker is of a distinguished standard in his field of work or has presented scientific or professional achievements relating to his work. The undersecretary shall determine the remuneration due to him at an amount not exceeding 300 (three hundred) Rial Omani.

2. If the international speaker is an internationally prominent distinguished scholar, entrepreneur, and specialist. The undersecretary shall determine the remuneration due to him at an amount not exceeding 4,000 (four thousand) Rial Omani.

Article IV

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

Issued on: 19 Rajab 1446Corresponding to: 19 January 2025

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

Published in Official Gazette 1582 issued on 2 February 2025.

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