Two MEC students, Said Al Sulti and Zahra Al Yaarubi, have won two awards out of three for the best project submitted to the Upgrade Programme 2019 that was organized by The Research Council (TRC) Oman. A total of 125 proposals from 17 different universities and colleges across the Sultanate were submitted to TRC to compete for the awards. The Upgrade Programme is a programme designed to help the graduates in transforming their graduation projects into startups in the sector of Information and Communication Technology (ICT).