University of Buraimi was founded in 2010. It is the only university in the governorate of Al-Burami, located in the north-east of Oman, on the border with the United Arab Emirates.
The majority of courses are taught in English.
The faculty of law offers one undergraduate course. Health sciences offers nursing, optometry and occupational health and safety. Engineering offers the civil, mechanical, information and communication, and architectural disciplines along with interior architecture and artificial intelligence.
The school of business offers business administration and e-business, management, human resources and intercultural management, business administration focussed on e-Marketing and social media, banking and Islamic finance, global supply chain management and logistics, and management information systems. There is also an Arabic-taught degree in human resource management.
The four colleges offer 16 diploma and seven master's courses.
The college for foundation studies runs programmes in English, maths, information technology and study skills to bridge the gap between school and university.
On-campus facilities include a women’s hostel.
Facilities include a solar power plant and medical simulation laboratories for nursing students.
