A’Sharqiyah University (ASU) is a private institution of higher education located in the north of the A’Sharqiyah region of the Sultanate of Oman. It is located in Ibra 150 km from Muscat, the capital. It was established in 2009 by Ministerial Decision (78/2009) issued by the Ministry of Higher Education. The University co-operates with Oklahoma State University and Texas Technological University in the U.S.A, in areas such as design of academic programs and their implementation according to best international standards.
ASU is fortunate to be a new University, unfettered by history, and evolving at a time of unprecedented developments in scientific discovery and new educational technology, enabling us to apply innovative scholarship to problems in the range of applied sciences disciplines.
ASU started operations in the Fall of 2010, with students in three colleges, namely, Business Administration, Engineering and Applied Sciences. The total number of students at present (2011/2012/2013) is 1160.
A’ Sharqiyah University is comprised of three Colleges, Business Administration, Engineering and Applied Sciences