Muscat – “The Higher Education Admission Centre would like to emphasize that all applicants wishing to apply for scholarships and grants for postgraduate studies, which will be announced in the Student Guide for Admission to Higher Education Institutions for postgraduate in academic year 2025/2026, must be registered in Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation electronic system, in addition have all their higher education qualifications complete and up-dated,” states the announcement.
To access the Ministry’s academic services portal, students need to use their Civil ID number and password to scan the QR code provided.

In cases where there are missing or incomplete records, the Ministry has outlined the following steps:
For Graduates from Outside the Sultanate of Oman: If the graduate’s qualification(s) are not recorded in the system, the applicant must submit an equivalency request for their qualification(s). The qualification(s) will be added to the ministry’s records once the equivalency certificate is issued (noting that the equivalency process may take some time depending on the applicable procedures).

For Graduates from Within the Sultanate of Oman: Graduates must contact their respective educational institutions to ensure that their complete academic record has been sent to the ministry’s central database through the linkage system with higher education institutions. It is essential to ensure that details such as major, GPA and classification are accurately provided when submitting the data.