center. Also, the government of Oman has been paying lot of attention to the development of Sohar lately and has included it in the priorities list.

This has created huge interest in the community of local and national investors & businessmen who are now coming forward to pump in money in the city. In line with the government’s focus on making the city a business hub and achieving diversification, whopping investments of billions of dollars have been made in steel and aluminum industries. Jobs in Sohar are estimated to be available in large numbers in its industrial sector majorly followed by the education sector.

Located nearly 200 kilometers north of Muscat, the country capital, Sohar has a few educational institutes-colleges and universities. Some of them are:
(a) Sohar University, a private university in association with the University of Queensland; (b) The College of Applied Sciences, a government owned college and
(c) Oman Medical College, a private university in association with West Virginia University School of Medicine

These universities offer teaching jobs in Sohar for those experienced and trained enough to impart teachings in the fields of Business, Engineering, Computing & IT, Social Sciences and others. Teachers are paid quite well and treated with respect as they are the ones who equip the locals with knowledge and skills.

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