Sultan Qaboos University issues achievement list

According to an achievement list issued by the Sultan Qaboos University for 2017, three new research centres were inaugurated which are medical research centre, sustainable energy researches centre and Nano Technology Research Centre.

A total of 171 research scholarships were approved.

Seven of these are strategic ones which are funded from the supreme fund of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said while 90 are funded by SQU itself and four of them are a joint research scholarship with Emirates University, three of them are funded by a joint support programme for researches in GCC Universities.
 

Also two external research scholarships were obtained from public and private sectors establishments. The list pointed out that 18 research consultations were provided by a number of public and private sector establishments and a research scholarship in the field of sustainable energy, within the programme of funding researches was approved and 4 research scholarships were obtained from the funding programme of BP for students at the Scientific Research Council.

The paediatric surgery team has created a medical record in the Sultanate by conducting 100 surgical operations for the removal of spleen by laparoscope.