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Document overview
Comprehensively implements Law 27/2023, governing establishment, licensing and operation of higher-education institutions, unified admission, study and discipline, scholarships and grants, international students, recognition of foreign institutions and equivalency of qualifications. Existing institutions received one year to comply.
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Scope and exclusions
Applies to
Applies to Omani higher-education institutions, their programmes and students, and to the expressly regulated procedures for overseas study, institutional recognition and qualification equivalency.
Limitations and exclusions
Does not automatically license an institution, accredit a programme, recognise a foreign provider or establish equivalency of a particular qualification; separate quality-authority, professional-regulator, immigration and employment rules remain applicable.
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Official source
Ministerial Decision 1/2026 · issued 7 January 2026 · effective the day after publication · one-year compliance period for existing institutions · Oman Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation / MJLA
September 13, 2026
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