ADVANCED INSTRUCTION & LEARNING TOOLS
Learning Methodologies
The latest in cutting-edge methodologies are used in the University’ s learning and training processes such as problem-based learning, internships and clinical training.
Collaborative Learning
The approaches adopted by UOS provide skills that enable active and tolerant listening and help students master content, give and receive constructive criticism, and carry out constructive debates.
Latest Systems & Technologies
The IT Center offers technological support through the provision of programs such as‘ Learning Management Systems’ and‘ Blackboard’ to facilitate learning and teaching and video-conferencing.
Laboratories
The University emphasizes the importance of practical learning in its educational programs with fully equipped and advanced laboratories in the disciplines of science, dentistry, engineering, health sciences, medicine, computer, and language learning among others. the learning experience of our students, the Department of Physics hosted in March 2009 Professor Jeffery Alan Hoffman, former NASA astronaut and current professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT, and MIT Professor Robert Williams, former Director of the Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute. This event was the first of its kind in the Middle East.
PRESTIGIOUS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS
The University has a number of international cooperative agreements with leading universities around the globe including:
• The University of Arizona( Arizona, United States)
• Monash University( Victoria, Australia)
• The University of Adelaide( Adelaide, Australia)
• International Islamic University( Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
• The University of Exeter( Devon, United Kingdom)
• Durham University
Renewable energy is one of the many new programs offered at UOS
( Durham, United Kingdom)
• The University of Sheffield( South Yorkshire, United Kingdom)
• The University of California( California, United States)
• Paris Diderot University( Paris, France)
• McMaster University( Ontario, Canada)
• Mie University( Mie, Japan)
• Carleton University( Ontario, Canada)
• Karlsruhe Institute of Technology( Baden- Württemberg, Germany)
ASTRONOMY AT UOS
Astronomy is one of the oldest physical sciences known to mankind. It is a global science, that has a special place in the Arab and Islamic world in scientific and social cultures and important events. Continuing in this tradition, UOS hosts an active number of professional and amateur astronomers engaged in teaching and research at the national and international levels.
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Intensive language programs are taught by highly qualified faculty
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