There is no system of higher education as such in Oman. There are concepts, conceptions, misconceptions, notions, and ideas unrelated to one another and are contradictory in most practices and cases. Whenever the term “system” is mentioned here in reference to Oman's higher education, it is used metaphorically. This has made Oman higher education a fertile field for experimentation by experts and non-experts, specialists and non-specialists from all over the world! You may never find this peculiar, and most frustrating, situation anywhere else. It has also given way to corruption, incompetence, ignorance, arrogance, racism, and fascism on a large scale. This is largely due to the fact that the top officials leading higher education in the Ministry of Higher Education in Oman and in many colleges and universities are not rigorously vetted in and are mostly without academic qualifications and experience. They are appointed for reasons other than academic ones.