About SQU:
Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), the National University of the Sultanate of Oman, provides a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate programs, research and extension activities through its colleges and research centers. Sultan Qaboos University consists of nine colleges namely, the College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences, Economics and Political Sciences, Education, Engineering, Law, Medicine and Health Sciences, Nursing, and Science. Postgraduate teaching and research are supported by well-equipped laboratories and libraries in various colleges. In addition, a number of research centers support the educational needs of postgraduate students. These are, Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System Center, Oil and Gas Research Center, Omani Studies Center, Water Research Center, Center for Environmental Studies and Research, Center of Excellence in Marine Biotechnology, Earthquake Monitoring Center, Humanities Research Center, Earth Sciences and Communication and Information Research Center (CIRC) which is the co-organizer of this event with ITA.