The Committee for the Recognition of Non-Omani Higher Education Institutions and the Equivalence of Educational Qualifications, in the Ministry of Higher Education, issued a decision to stop dealing with a number of Malaysian universities.

The universities are Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM), SEGI University, Limkokwing University of Creative Technology and Binary University of Management & Entrepreneurship.

The number of students enrolled in these four institutions stood at 378 Omani students.