Oman announces higher education admission results, offering over 33,000 seats

The Ministry of Education in Oman has announced the results of the first admission round for the upcoming academic year, offering 33,031 students a place in higher education. This figure represents 70.4% of the 46,934 successful applicants. Students received notifications via SMS and were directed to the admission system's portal to review their outcomes and the competitive cut-off scores for their applied programs.

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the indicators from this first admission round reflect a notable expansion in available admission opportunities for General Education Diploma graduates.

Ahmed Mohammed Al Azri, Director General of the Higher Education Admission Center, highlighted a significant expansion in admission opportunities. The total number of available academic seats reached 34,113, a 17% increase from the previous year. Correspondingly, the number of students receiving offers grew by approximately 20%, from 27,537 to 33,031.

Al Azri emphasized that over 70% of eligible applicants securing an offer in the first round indicates ample admission opportunities. The offers were distributed among government higher education institutions (17,430 seats), domestic scholarships at private institutions (14,950 seats), and external scholarships (651 seats). Despite the expansion, 1,082 seats remained unfilled due to applicants not meeting program requirements.

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over 7 out of every 10 eligible applicants securing an offer in the first round demonstrates the level of admission opportunities available, with continued competition for vacant seats in subsequent admission stages.

The Director General noted high competition for programs in medicine, health, and education, as well as for some external scholarships, reflected in elevated cut-off scores. The center will work with institutions to fill remaining seats in subsequent rounds.

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the utilisation of available seats depends on the alignment of students' qualifications and preferences with program-specific admission criteria, capacity limits, competitive cut-off scores, and ranking preferences, factors that may result in unfilled seats in some programs even while other students remain without offers in this stage.