Diploma in Computer Science

The Diploma in Computer Science at Dhofar University is a two-year undergraduate award of 60 credit hours. It follows a competency-based design shaped by expectations in the information technology sector, and its core themes are computer platforms, systems analysis, programming, database design and personal skill development. Teaching combines theory with practice. Students work directly with hardware and software, learn how applications are evaluated and built, and give particular weight to programming, including web development. Alongside the technical core, the curriculum draws on the natural sciences, the arts, Omani culture, general computing and communication in both Arabic and English. Graduates may enter employment after the diploma. Those who meet the admission conditions for the university's BS degree in the same field can instead continue to it and carry over every credit earned in the diploma. Completion requires a minimum overall average of 65 percent.