Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) (Arabic: جامعة السلطان قابوس) is a public university located in al-Seeb, Oman.

Established in 1986, it is one of the two public universities in the country and is named after Qaboos bin Said al-Said, the Sultan of Oman from 1970 until 2020.

Most students entering the university are selected based on their performance in high school final examinations.

More than half of the students live off campus due to space constraints.

[7][8] SQU is ranked at number 362 in the world's top universities ranking by the London-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).