MUSCAT: Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) is implementing its strategic and operational plans aligned with Oman Vision 2040, having achieved progress on 13 of its indicators during 2025, with four additional indicators approaching their target levels.
This was announced during the SQU's annual media meeting held on Sunday to review its most notable achievements, performance indicators, and future plans, in keeping with its vision of becoming "a distinguished university with global impact and standing."
HH Sayyid Dr Fahd bin Al Julanda al Said, Vice-Chancellor of SQU, stated that the qualitative achievements realised by the university come as a realisation of the Royal patronage and continuous support of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik, for the education, scientific research, and innovation sectors, serving as a constant impetus to continue the march of excellence and enhance the university's role in serving the nation. The university is moving forward in implementing its strategic and operational plans aligned with the targets of Oman Vision 2040.
HH Sayyid Dr Fahd added that the university achieved progress on 13 vision indicators during 2025, most notably attaining 334th position globally and eighth in the Arab world in the QS World University Rankings.
He said that the results reflect notable progress across various areas of institutional performance. The rate of labour market satisfaction with the university's graduates reached 85 per cent, while the proportion of accredited undergraduate academic programmes stood at 70 per cent.
In the field of scientific research, the university recorded the publication of 1,851 research papers in peer-reviewed journals, alongside an improvement in its global ranking to 334th position according to the QS World University Rankings.
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