47,717 students register under unified admission system in Oman

Oman Tuesday 16/May/2023 21:11 PM
By: Times News Service
47,717 students register under unified admission system in Oman

Muscat: The number of students registered in the unified admission system for the first university level for the academic year 2023-2024 to date has reached 47,717, while the number of students who have selected their options for academic programmes has reached 35,592, of whom 15,601 are males, and 19,991) are females.

The registration indicators show an annual growth of 6 percent in the number of registrants for this year compared to the previous year.

Dr. Hamad Khalfan Al Numani, Director General of the  Unified Admission Centre at the Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation, said: “2,283 students have not yet registered in the unified admission system, and the number of registered students whose options have not been specified has reached 12,125, indicating the necessity of registration no later than 2:30 pm. on Thursday, June 1, 2023.”

The Director General of the Unified Admission Centre stated that an indicator has been developed for the lowest competitive rate recommended for applying to study programmes that meet its requirements, based on the results of admission to each programme in addition to arranging the options to which the student applies, based on clear and logical acceptance indicators.

He noted that the students should ensure the correctness of their personal data received from the Ministry of Education, and in the event of any error, they should contact the Centre for Educational Measurement and Evaluation at the Ministry of Education, and the student must read the details mentioned for each programme in the student’s guide, such as qualifications, privileges, language of study, and confirmation in advance of the student’s entitlement to compete for the internal scholarships allocated to the limited-income category before applying for the programme.