Muscat: The Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation approved two new Bachelor Degree programmes for high-performing students. The first is the Applied Sciences (STEM) programme, while the second is the Humanities (ESAM) programme.

The move aims to diversity internal scholarship programmes for various levels.

STEM is an acronym which refers to Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, while ESAM is an acronym that refers to Education, Sciences, Social, Art and Management.