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ARAB OPEN UNIVERSITY General MBA Fee: OMR 4,620 Duration: 2 years Location: Muscat Accrediting countries: Oman and UK Contact: Tel: +968 2 4699444 Email: info@aou.edu.om

COLLEGE OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE (SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY) General MBA Fee: OMR 4,500 for Omanis or OMR 5,400 for other nationalities Duration: 3 years (part time) Location: Muscat Accrediting country: Oman Contact: Tel: +968 2 4142972/2925 Email: Nada Al-Mahrooqi nada@squ.edu.om

FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY VIA THE MODERN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND SCIENCE General MBA Fee: OMR 8,000 With specialisation (Finance and Human Resources): OMR 10,500 Duration: 16 months Location: Muscat Accrediting countries: US (IACBE), Oman Contact: Tel: + 968 2 4583525 Email: admission@mcbs.edu.om

GERMAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY IN OMAN MBA MEng Industrial Production and Manufacturing, MSc Applied Geosciences, MSc Computer Science, MSc Architecture and Urban Planning BEng Mechanical Engineering, BEng Process Engineering, BEng Environmental Engineering BSc Applied Geoscience, BSc Computer Science, BSc Urban Planning and Architecture, BSc International Business and Service Management, BSc Logistics Fee: Bachelors: OMR 5,400 - 7,800 per year, Masters: OMR 13,800 total, MBA: OMR 15,000 total Duration: Bachelor: 8 semesters, Master: 4 semesters full-time Location: Muscat Accrediting country: ACQUIN, Germany Enrolment Deadline: Rolling Contact: Tel: +968 2206 1111 Email: info@gutech.edu.om Website: www.gutech.edu.om

GULF OMAN COLLEGE FB.A.Business Management, Marketing Management, Business Economics, Accounting & Finance BSc. Computer Science, Computing Science, Information Technology, Mobile Technology, Business Information Systems MBA programme with pathways in Finance, Marketing, Project management, Islamic Finance, Health Sector Management

Fee: OMR 9,000/- for UG programmes & OMR 6,800/- for MBA programme Duration: 4 years of UG + 1 year of Foundation; 14 months for MBA Location: Mabela, Muscat Accrediting country: UK & Oman Enrolment Deadline: UG programme - Winter intake (by September) & Summer Intake (by March); MBA programme - March and June Contact: Tel: +968 9303 5558 / 2446 86 66 Email: enquiry@gulfcollege.edu.om Website: www.gulfcollege.edu.om

INTERNATIONAL MARITIME COLLEGE OMAN (IMCO) Nautical Studies (Deck Officer) Marine Engineering Process Engineering Logistics and Transport Management Fee: 3,675 OMR per year + 200 OMR for Books and Study Materials Duration: Diploma – 2 to 3 years Bachelor – 4 years Location: Suhar, Oman Accrediting country: Sultanate of Oman Enrolment Deadline: 31 of August Contact: Tel: +968 93210326 Email: admission@imco.edu.om Website: www.imco.edu.om

‘AN ARABIC SPRING IN EDUCATION’: HARNESSING FUTURE PRODUCTIVE YEARS With 22 per cent of population under 24 years of age residing in the GCC, the region will transition into their most productive years soon.

The main challenge for institutes and educators is how to harness this.

“Clearly we need an Arabic spring in the education sector. The education sector in the Arab world is still suffering to become advanced, in comparison to the education sector in other countries, which are moving at a fast pace. We need to move fast as well and for that we need to change the offerings, the curricula need to change to make it more robust, make the university a service, where people innovate, interact and exchange ideas. The students need to be offered individualised trainings instead of the classical way of having a degree in a certain area and they will not have the ability to understand how to augment it and complement it with other needs,” says RIT Dubai President Dr Yousef Al Assaf.

“To harness this, there should be a proper relation and integration between the university, the industry and the government, the three of them have to strategise and plan for the future. At the moment there is lack in this. Another way to harness is for the regulatory and accreditation systems to change in order to allow for innovation, IP, startup support and support for accelerators. We will need to see what the future needs and start changing the university structure, the private sector involvement as well as government involvement in creating opportunities for the students,” he adds.

Education, just like the universe, has unexplored potential. As we work to nurture our next generation, equipping them with all technologies, the future could be different. Maybe there’ll be no more classrooms in the future. Maybe students and educators will be in classrooms powered by artificial intelligence. Or maybe AI teachers will be available 24X7 throughout the year. Time will tell.

OMAN LISTINGS

MAJAN UNIVERSTIY COLLEGE MBA MSc in Computer Science MA International Human Resource Management MA in Applied Linguistics UG Programmes in Business Management, English Language and IT Fee: 6300 to 11500 OMR Duration: 2 Years (PG) and 4 Years (UG) Location: Oman, Muscat –Darsait Accrediting country: UK, University of Bedfordshire Enrolment Deadline: September & February Contact: Tel: Toll free 80071000 and 24730406 Email: studentoutreach@ majancollege.edu.om Website: majancollege.edu.om

MIDDLE EAST COLLEGE MBA – Information Technology Fee: OMR 6,285 Duration: 2 years, part time Location: Muscat Accrediting country: Oman Enrolment deadline: Rolling Contact: Tel: +968 2 4531400 Email: info@mec.edu.om

MUSCAT UNIVERSITY Foundation, Bachelors (Aston Univ., UK) and Masters (Cranfield Univ., UK) Fee: Ranging from R.O. 4,500 - R.O. 9,000 (scholarships also available) Duration: Foundation 1 year, Bachelors 4 years (incl 1 year placement), Masters 1 year Location: Muscat, Oman Accrediting country: Oman and UK Enrolment deadline: 31st of August Contact: Email: info@muscatuniversity.edu.om

UNIVERSITY OF HULL VIA MDCI MBA General Fee: GBP 19,000 Duration: 2 years Location: Muscat Accrediting country: UK Contact: Tel: +973 3 6732 777/ +973 1 72160 02 Email: hameed@mdci.edu.com

COLLEGE OF BANKING & FINANCIAL STUDIES (STRATHCLYDE) Master of Business Administration & MSc in Managing Human Resources Duration: 2 years Location: Muscat, Oman. Accrediting countries: (Strathclyde) Scotland - UK Contact: Tel: + 968 22059804 / 968 22059803

BAHRAIN LISTINGS

ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY, FRENCH ARABIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL MBA Fee: BHD 13,600 Duration: 18 months Location: Bahrain- Manama-almanieh Accrediting country: Worldwide Enrolment deadline: February to June Contact: Tel: +973 1 7239455 Email: samiahak@agu.edu.bh; arnaudl@agu.edu.bh

DEPAUL UNIVERSITY VIA BAHRAIN INSTITUTE OF BANKING AND FINANCE General MBA Fee: BHD 13,400 Duration: 22 months Location: Manama Accrediting country: US Enrolment deadline: February Contact: Ms Lamya Hasan Tel: +973 1 7815509

SWISS BUSINESS SCHOOL VIA AL TAREEQAH MANAGEMENT STUDIES General MBA Fee: BHD 3,600 Duration: 12 months, 12-18 months part-time Location: Manama Accrediting country: Switzerland, US Enrolment deadline: Rolling Contact: Tel: +971 5 56490500 Email: info@atmsedu.org

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF BAHRAIN MBA General (concentrations in Management or Islamic Finance) MBA Islamic Finance Fee: BHD 10,000 Duration: 1.5 years Location: Manama Accrediting country: Bahrain Enrolment deadline: September, January Contact: Tel: +973 1 7790828, +973 1 7790978 Email: mbaadmission@ucb. edu.bh

UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN MBA Accounting MBA Finance MBA Management MBA Marketing Fee: Information unavailable Duration: Information unavailable Location: Information unavailable Contact: E-mail: mba-coordinator@.uob. edu.bh Tel: +973 17 438 534 Fax: +973 17 449 77

UNIVERSITY OF HULL VIA MDCI MBA General Fee: GBP 19,000 Duration: 2 years Location: Manama Accrediting country: UK Enrolment deadline: July Contact: Tel: +973 1 7790828 Email: mbaadmission@ucb. edu.bh

STRATHCLYDE BUSINESS SCHOOL MBA Fee: BH 10,500 Duration: 2 years Location: Kingdom of Bahrain Accrediting countries: UK Enrolment deadlines: March & August Contact: Elvin Joseph Tel: + 973 17816338 Email: elvin.joseph@strath. ac.uk