The Global College of Engineering and Technology (GCET) is a private higher education institution located in Muscat, the coastal capital of Oman. The college, founded in 2014, focuses on engineering and technology.
Since 2017, it has been affiliated with the UK’s University of the West of England (UWE) in Bristol on a franchise basis, and the awards of its academic programmes are issued by UWE. It intends to create more courses in collaboration with the UK university.
GCET offers a diverse range of specialties, including undergraduate and master’s courses in: robotics; artificial intelligence; urban planning; cybersecurity and forensics; energy; mechanical engineering; mechatronics; electronics and telecommunications; automation; control engineering; building services; business computing; data science; engineering management; and environmental management. The college offers some scholarships and discounts for international students.
It has an Innovation and Incubation Centre to help establish an entrepreneurial culture on campus and to assist students in converting their ideas into start-ups. The centre provides training and mentoring services, technology transfer services, and connects industry experts with start-ups. Also supporting GCET’s innovation ecosystem is the student-led Scientific Leadership and Innovation Club, which promotes research and entrepreneurship.
The college works with major employers in the region. Eligible undergraduates may be invited to join the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation’s Eidaad scheme, which provides a year-long industry placement in the penultimate year of study.
