Wednesday 12 / March / 2025
Muscat: The Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) has made progress in the 2025 QS World University Rankings, by Academic Programmes, rising 25th places globally in its petroleum engineering specialisation. Meanwhile, in the nursing specialisation, the SQU occupied 32nd ranking, and figured among the top 50 majors globally.
Yet, in another achievement to be added to the university's record, six SQU majors made it into the list of the top 300 global disciplines: They were accounting and finance, education, chemical engineering, agriculture, environmental sciences, and electrical engineering.
Many other SQU specialisations also saw improvements in their global rankings, scaling up their respective ratings to be among the top 600 worldwide. These majors include: English Language and Literature, Economics, Mechanical Engineering, Business and Management, Computer Science, Medicine, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Biology.
The achievements affirm the Sultan Qaboos University's commitment to keep pace with global standards of excellence in higher education and research and enhance its position as a prestigious international academic institution.
