About College

Salalah College was built in 1985, and it was meant to be a medium college delivering a primary school teachers, medium diploma. Then in 1995 further to the royal decree n. 42/95 Salalah College had a new status and became a university college granting the degree of BA in education.

Male and female students are admitted in accordance while the MoHE’s regulations.

In the past students used to choose their majors ranging from Geography, Math/Computer, History, Islamic Studies, to Linguistics (Arabic & English).Recently, six Government Colleges of education in Oman are being transformed

into different areas of specialization. In addition, the medium of instruction from Arabic has been changed to English. Male and female students are admitted in accordance while the MoHE’s regulations.

Salalah College of Education is now a College of Applied Sciences such as international Communication, I.T. (Information Technology), Travel & tourism and International Business.

For this same purpose Salalah College is working at the implementation of the quality assurance system aiming to further enhance both the substance of what is being offered to the students and the quality of the services generally presented to them. The classrooms are arranged in a suitable way for the students. It is worth mentioning that there are three sciences labs, one library and resources center (LRC). The library has up to 15.000 books, revues, and scientific references. There are also four computer labs, one for teaching equipments and materials, one for psychology and another for geography.

The computer labs are connected with the world communication network. Considering the special importance, the College management gives to students’ activities, the development of their skills as well as of the spirit of co-operation, a stadium for football and another for volleyball were built. There are also two rest-halls, one for male students and one for female ones. Moreover, it is at the students affairs department that most scientific and artistic events and happenings do take place. Needless to mention the different kinds of activities and events aiming to develop the spirit of cooperation and competition as well as to show their creativities and skills. For a better link between the college and the local community, public lectures and conferences are often organized at the College. Given the great importance of such links between the College and the general public, a multi-purpose amphitheatre sheltering as many as 1500 persons is being built and will soon be operative. In conjunction with the academic programmes department (MoHE), Salalah College often proceeds with its self-assessment and evaluates its work and performance, bringing up to date its programmes and courses.The general aim being to keep up with the requirements of its tasks, to fulfill its mission, and to help build a developed and emancipated society