Salalah College of Technology (SCT)

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The Salalah College of Technology is one of the premier providers of technological education in the Sultanate of Oman. It is located in Salalah, the Garden City of Oman. Salalah is also known as the "Perfume capital of Arabia". The city is located in the southern part of Oman, about 1000 kilometers from Muscat, the capital. The residents are amiable, generous, and hospitable. Even as it undergoes modernization, the community has preserved its cherished culture and values.

The College started as Vocational Training Center in 1979 with only 89 students. Fourteen years later, in 1993, it was converted to Technical Industrial College and doubled its population to 185. The College officially opened in 2001. During A.Y. 2008-2009, it increased its number of students to 2,638 and employed 199 staff.

The College currently offers programs in Business Studies, Engineering, and Information Technology with 163 academic staff and 36 administrative staff. The Business Studies Department offers programs specialized in Human Resources Management, Accounting and Finance, Marketing and Office Management.

The Engineering Department is divided into four different sections: First Year Diploma, Mechanical, Electrical and Civil, and Architecture. These sections offer various programs specializing in Architecture Engineering, Engineering Quantity Surveying, Electrical and Power Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Chemical Engineering.

The Information Technology Department offers programs in Networking Technology, Database Technology, Internet, and E-Security and IT-Business.

We will be a leading technological institution, providing high-quality teaching and learning to prepare and empower the Omani professionals of the future to contribute to national socio-economic development. To deliver high-quality student-centered education that produces competitive graduates who enter the labor market with confidence, strong technological and personal skills, prepared for a life of contribution and success.

• Professionalism: Hard work, commitment, accountability, and transparency.
• Integrity: Honesty and fairness.
• Flexibility: A willingness to learn, develop new skills, and take new responsibilities
• Teamwork & Tolerance: Transparency, diversity, acceptance, openness to constructive criticism, and ethical behavior.
• Creativity & innovation: Imagination and originality.
• Communication: Commitment to the effective exchange of information.

Salalah College of Technology once again hosted a National Symposium in collaboration with Oman National Computer Emergency Readiness Team (OCERT) with a theme focusing on the future of the internet and its implication to social media networking, security, and privacy. Under the Patronage of His Excellency Saif Bin Ahmed Al Ghraib, Wali of Rakhyut, and graced by the College Dean, Dr. Maryam Al Awadi, the symposium was held on May 25, 2015, at Rotana Resort, Salalah. Around 290 participants from the different public and private sectors and educational institutions attended the assembly, which was the highest turn-out in SCT-OCERT events. Seven (7) selected speakers from around the Country covered the technical, social, and legal implications of the internet's future.

For the past three (3) consecutive years, Salalah College of Technology has been hosting Oman Computer Emergency Readiness Team's (OCERT) campaigns at the Dhofar Region in promoting cybersecurity and information security awareness.

Studying at Salalah College of Technology is a significant opportunity for every student who wants to learn and improve their skills and abilities. At SCT, you don't get quality education just with the best faculty members and laboratory technicians, but with first-class facilities. You have well organized and all air-conditioned classrooms, modern laboratories, newly constructed buildings of Engineering, English Language Center and Petrochemical Buildings, a large football field, a newly-built Multipurpose Hall, a spacious cafeteria for staff and students, and among others.

The College prepares its students very well. Be it in any field: business and economics, accounting, information technology, engineering, or the sciences.

Through all its resources, both physical and human, the College hopes to become a resource of Country by providing the Omani youth with the kind of education they rightly deserve, one who nurtures and develops both professional skills and values such as honesty, industry, critical thinking, and social awareness among its students.

We will be a leading technological institution, providing high-quality teaching and learning to prepare and empower future Omani professionals to contribute to national socio-economic development.

In pursuing its mission, the College's goals are:

• We will provide excellent governance and administration with transparency and adherence to ethical principles.
• We will offer quality programs that promote entrepreneurial skills and respond to the changing market needs and technology developments.
• We will encourage applied research and consultancy.
• We will foster mutually beneficial constructive partnerships with various public and private sector organizations, local, professional bodies, and international communities that benefit the community.
• We will provide facilities and learning resources effectively utilized and well managed to ensure efficient student and staff services.

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