The origin of the institution dates to 1990 when it was established as a professional and vocational training provider in the Sultanate of Oman. In 1996, the training institute obtained the approval of the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation for offering the master’s degree in business administration (MBA) through an International Outreach arrangement with the University of Hull in the UK. In 2003, it was granted the approval from Ministry of Higher Education Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation to upgrade the status from a training institute to a Higher Education College. Currently, the College offers Bachelor of Arts programmes (Honours) in Accounting and Finance, Business Economics, Marketing Management and Business and Management Studies with pathways in Entrepreneurship and Human Resource Management, Bachelor of Science programmes (Honours) in Business Information Systems, Sport Management and Computer Science with pathways in Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics and Mobile Computing in academic affiliation with Cardiff Metropolitan University (Cardiff Met), UK. In addition, the College offers full-time and part-time Master of Business Administration (MBA) (general) or with pathways in Project Management, Finance, Marketing, Islamic Finance and Health Sector Management in academic affiliation with Cardiff Met.