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Vibrant Campus Life
Discover Your Passion at MEC Campus
Being a student is an exciting experience. But, like most new experiences, it can sometimes be challenging. Participating in student activities is more than just having fun.
Student activities give you a free platform to showcase your talent, skills, and innovations. Campus life is more than classrooms and assignments. Student activities help you build a better character and personality and form a better understanding of life. Wouldn’t you like to become a role model among your peers, develop your skills and further improve your personality?
Over 700 extracurricular and co-curricular activities in 2020-21
Entrepreneurship Support
MEC has recognized the importance of entrepreneurship in developing managerial skills and behavior among individuals. Entrepreneurs have the ability to find opportunities, recognize the importance of change and its achievability. MEC ensures that such exposure is provided to its students to bring out the entrepreneur in them.
A new brand concept “TaMECon” has been established to provide students the necessary support to start and nurture their business. TaMECon includes incubation centers, mentorship programmes, competitions and other activities for all MEC students.
Student Success Centre (SSC) Workshops
Our Students, Our Treaure
Student Success Centre helps you to achieve your academic and personal aims, assist and support in your academic progression and guides you in your personal and social matters. In addition, it also helps you to understand MEC rules and regulations and develop your overall personality through the training and instructional workshops. The Centre has specialized advisors and psychological counsellors to facilitate this process.
The SSC offers the following services and programmes for students:
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SSC Workshops
These are interactive sessions on Time Management, Learning Styles, How to overcome Exam Anxiety, Revision Techniques, Positive Programming etc. which are organised to assist students to be responsible learners with a well-rounded personality.
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Transition to College Life
Sessions are offered during the Orientation Programme to familiarize new students with college regulations, advise students to adhere to the rules and regulations for achieving optimal academic growth and to clarify their queries related to college life. General Foundation Programme students are specially catered through a series of workshops to make the transition to college life smoother.
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Peer-tutoring and Supplementary Instructors
The SSC arranges tutorial sessions for modules in which students need more assistance. These sessions are conducted by cross-aged peer tutors supervised by academic departments. Supplementary instructors are also used in class for modules based on the needs of the students or on the faculty’s request.
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Best Bachelor/Masters Project Award
The SSC encourages professional competence, cultural confidence, and social engagement through the Best Bachelor/Masters Project Award Competition across all specializations.
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Academic Advising
SSC members have individual sessions and follow-ups with students who are underperforming academically. An Academic Plan is prepared for such students and the required support is provided. SSC also coordinates the general Academic Advising process of MEC.
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Student Success Mentorship Programme
Students are chosen as Success Mentors (SSM) and are placed at various strategic places in the campus keeping in mind maximum interaction with the students. SSMs motivate and guide students in academic and non-academic issues. They also inform students about program completion regulations, peer-tutoring arrangements, clarification on policies, important announcements etc
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Psychological Counseling
Full-time counselors are available on appointment for students seeking help on psychological issues which may be adversely affecting their academic progress.
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Supporting students with medical conditions
Students with medical conditions, which may affect their academic performance, are expected to meet SSC members. Suitable provisions and arrangements are made for these cases during classes and assessments.
Teaching and Learning at MEC
Middle East College offers you more than just a traditional learning environment.
In its quest to achieve its goals and objectives, the college has developed a set of learner attributes that are embedded in its curriculum and aligned to the programme and module learning outcomes. In addition to the subject or domain-specific skills acquired through each programme, students also get an opportunity to develop generic competencies that lead to the holistic development and enhanced employability.
Learner Attributes
- Professional competence
- Communication skills
- Domain knowledge and research skills
- Digital competence
- Ethical awareness and practice
- Intercultural competence
- Leadership and teamwork skills
- Community engagement
- Lifelong learning
The teaching and learning systems at MEC focus on producing employable graduates who are not only knowledgeable in their field of study, but are also forward-thinking, creative, and responsible members of society. A wide spectrum of teaching and learning methods are applied to create an active and research-based learning environment. These include but are not limited to lectures, case study analyses, practical workgroup discussions, as well as industrial visits, promoting student-led deep learning. The curriculum is delivered with an emphasis on skill development and collaboration at the certificate and diploma levels, and on problem-solving and critical thinking skills at the bachelor’s level.
Technology-enhanced learning is an integral feature of course delivery supported by well-equipped laboratories and classrooms to facilitate the use of technology in learning. The assessment and feedback cycles are a powerful and central aspect of students’ learning and development. MEC ensures that its assessment systems are inclusive, equitable and manageable and the feedback enables the students to reflect on their work in a timely way. Additional learning support is provided by the Student Success Centre through different mechanisms such as peer tutoring, counselling services, and workshops to enhance life skills. The quality assurance processes at MEC helps in ensuring that the teaching quality is of appropriate standards. Classroom observations, gathering feedback from students followed by effective action plans and rigorous internal and external moderation processes are some of the mechanisms adopted that ensure that assessment and evaluation are in compliance with the set standards. Faculty members are encouraged to come up with innovative practices in teaching and learning, to harness creativity and enhance the student experience.
Student Accommodation
On-Campus Female
Giving a sense of belonging, and harmony!
We aspire to become your second home providing you with suitable housing that groups you with your friends! The college has a dedicated office, the Student Accommodation and Estates Department (SAED) with a team of efficient supervisory staff to facilitate your stay at reasonable charges. It’s an exciting experience to stay on the campus of MEC where students enjoy a balanced environment with access to the library, labs, and sports facilities. The female accommodation is within the campus of the college. The apartments in the hostel building cater to single, double, and triple occupancy room types. Each room has an attached washroom.
We aspire to become your second home providing you with suitable housing that groups you with your friends! The college has a dedicated office, the Student Accommodation and Estates Department (SAED) with a team of efficient supervisory staff to facilitate your stay at reasonable charges. It’s an exciting experience to stay on the campus of MEC where students enjoy a balanced environment with access to the library, labs, and sports facilities. The female accommodation is within the campus of the college. The apartments in the hostel building cater to single, double, and triple occupancy room types. Each room has an attached washroom.
Male Accommodation
For male students, the accommodation is merely 5 minutes away from college. The students are provided with transportation from/to MEC campus. The male hostel is strategically located with many facilities around like restaurants, petrol pump, ATMs, Laundry etc. Each room has facilities such as Wi-Fi connection, AC, bed, storage facilities, washroom etc. The corridors and open areas of the compound are cleaned daily and cleaning rooms, washrooms, and the kitchen is done once a week. Some of the students’ much-needed facilities include Airport-pick and drop, weekly shopping trips, and the medical emergency trips to the hospital.
Student Advisory Council
The Student Advisory Council (SAC) represents your voice on matters related to academics, services, activities, and initiatives at MEC. Members of the SAC are on the College Board and its sub-committees who could give constructive feedback based on your inputs. SAC takes forward your aspirations in all important aspects of college life. It follows a participatory approach that allows you to get involved in different initiatives through the committees. You too can be a member of SAC. The Student Advisory Council (SAC) at MEC has 17 elected members including the President and Vice-president. SAC functions through its three committees: Academic Committee, Student Services Committee, and Activities and Initiatives Committee. Each committee under its head, works closely with different units, offices, and departments in the college, to serve as a bridge between the students and the institution. You may connect with any of the (SAC) members via email or by personally visiting the SAC office.
Having this role made me gain a lot of knowledge, it taught me how to be more responsible, how to manage my time in a better way between my studies and SAC work, it helped me to be more social and it increased my communication skills due to my work with Activities Unit, my SAERCO meetings, my work outside college and dealing with other colleges’ SAC members or their Activities Unit. Being a part of SAC is more likely to be part of MEC staff and MEC students at the same time, it is a great experience I advise my colleagues to give it a try.
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International Student Exchange
Connecting the World...
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At MEC, you will not just learn from the academic courses, or from the books in the library, you will have a wonderful experience and learn from the world around.
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Middle East College strives to provide holistic development for its students through its academic and co-curricular activities. Inter-cultural engagement is therefore embedded in MEC’s mission to facilitate the same.
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As part of this approach, as a MEC student, various International Exchange Programmes are available for you to choose from. MEC partners with various educational institutions around the world, including those in countries like the United Kingdom, South Korea and India and Spain.
MEC Winter School
MEC also hosts students from these partner universities and colleges as part of the MEC Winter School. This event is held every year for a period of four weeks, where students learn about Omani heritage and traditions through workshops on Arabic language and Islamic culture.
