{{Short description|Private university in Oman}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox university | name = Sohar University | native_name = جامعة صحار | latin_name = | image = SUlogo20.png | image_size = 198px | motto = | mottoeng = | established = {{Start date and age|2001}}<ref name="Badran Baydoun Hillman 2022 p. 263">{{cite book | last1=Badran | first1=A. | last2=Baydoun | first2=E. | last3=Hillman | first3=J.R. | title=Higher Education in the Arab World: Research and Development | publisher=Springer International Publishing | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-030-80122-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DslcEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA263 | access-date=26 Mar 2023 | page=263}}</ref><ref name="Group p. 225">{{cite book | author=O.B. Group | title=The Report: Oman 2010 | publisher=Oxford Business Group | isbn=978-1-907065-13-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yX4waBKeOR0C&pg=PA225 | access-date=26 Mar 2023 | page=225}}</ref><ref name="Badran Baydoun Hillman 2020 p. 284">{{cite book | last1=Badran | first1=A. | last2=Baydoun | first2=E. | last3=Hillman | first3=J.R. | title=Higher Education in the Arab World: Government and Governance | publisher=Springer International Publishing | year=2020 | isbn=978-3-030-58153-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XR8MEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA284 | access-date=26 Mar 2023 | page=284}}</ref><ref name="Alshahrani Ally 2016 p. 94">{{cite book | last1=Alshahrani | first1=K. | last2=Ally | first2=M. | title=Transforming Education in the Gulf Region: Emerging Learning Technologies and Innovative Pedagogy for the 21st Century | publisher=Taylor & Francis | series=Routledge Research in Education | year=2016 | isbn=978-1-317-22038-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vzOTDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT94 | access-date=26 Mar 2023 | page=94}}</ref><ref name="Josephi 2010 p. 100">{{cite book | last=Josephi | first=B.U. | title=Journalism Education in Countries with Limited Media Freedom | publisher=Peter Lang | series=Hampton Press communication series: Mass communications and journalism | year=2010 | isbn=978-1-4331-1084-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dtVCrRifAiEC&pg=PA100 | access-date=26 Mar 2023 | page=100}}</ref> | type = Private | endowment = | staff = | faculty = 184 (2022/2023){{cn|date=April 2023}} | president = | provost = | principal = | rector = | chancellor = | vice_chancellor = Dr Hamdan Sulaiman Al Fazari <ref name="Fazari">{{cite web | last=Al Fazari | first=Amira Ali Salim | title=New Vice Chancellor for Sohar University | website=Sohar University | url=https://www.su.edu.om/en/news-en/vice-chancellor | access-date=7 Apr 2023}}</ref> | dean = | head_label = | head = | students = 7119 (2022/2023){{cn|date=April 2023}} | undergrad = | postgrad = | doctoral = | address = | city = Sohar | postalcode = 311 | country = Oman | coor = {{coord|24.2979|56.7803|type:edu_region:OM|display=inline,title}} | free_label = | free = | colors = | colours = | mascot = | nickname = | website = [https://www.su.edu.om/ su.edu.om] }} '''Sohar University''' ('''جامعة صحار''') was established in 2001 as the first private university in Oman.<ref name="Group 2015 p. 243">{{cite book | author=O.B. Group | title=The Report: Oman 2015 | publisher=Oxford Business Group | series=11 | year=2015 | isbn=978-1-910068-21-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GhvUCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA243 | access-date=26 Mar 2023 | page=243}}</ref><ref name="m255">{{cite web | title=Sohar University Is 2nd University in Oman to be ranked in QS World University Rankings | website=Times of Oman | date=17 June 2024 | url=https://timesofoman.com/article/146317-sohar-university-is-2nd-university-in-oman-to-be-ranked-in-qs-world-university-rankings | access-date=9 October 2024}}</ref>
thumb|110px|left|The Vice-Chancellor, Hamdan Sulaiman Al Fazari The university is located in Sohar, an industrial city with a port and free zone, close to the border with the United Arab Emirates.<ref name="the">{{cite web| url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/sohar-university | title=Sohar University |publisher=Times Higher Education | access-date=4 September 2025 }}</ref>
Sohar University is composed of six colleges: the College of Business Administration, the College of Computer and Information Technology, the College of Education and Arts, the College of Engineering, the College of Linguistic Studies, and the College of Law.<ref name="wasd">{{cite web| url=https://wasd.org.uk/listing/sohar/ | title=Sohar University (Oman) | publisher=World Association for Sustainable Development (WASD) | location=UK | access-date=4 September 2025 }}</ref> Overall, the university has 31 Bachelors programs, 23 Masters programs, an MBA program, and six PhD programs.<ref name="topuniversities">{{cite web| url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/sohar-university | title=About Sohar University | website=QS TopUniversities | access-date=4 September 2025 }}</ref>{{Infobox university rankings|QS_W_year=2026|QS_W=951-1000|QS_W_ref=<ref name=":QSW2026">{{Cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings|title=QS World University Rankings}}</ref>}}
{{clear left}} ==Campus expansion== In 2008, Queensland-based Noel Robinson Architects (NRA) was appointed to design the new 120 million Australian dollar Sohar University campus. Buildings include a new library, sporting facilities, multi-purpose lecture theatres, a graduation hall, faculty buildings for engineering, business, health sciences, social sciences and humanities, administration, student services, and postgraduate residences. NRA collaborated with the University of Queensland during the design of the campus buildings.<ref> {{cite news | url = http://www.satrapia.com/news/article/queensland-architectural-firm-appointed-to-design-120m-university-project-in-middle-east/ | title = Queensland Architectural firm appointed to design $120m University Project in Middle East | newspaper = Thinking the Town | publisher = Satrapia | date = 2011-05-30 | accessdate = 2012-06-08}} </ref>
==See also== * List of universities and colleges in Oman
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==External links== * [https://www.su.edu.om/ Sohar University website]
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