Oman Daily Observer

SU to set up AI Lab with Chinese support

The Vice-chancellor of Sohar University (SU) visited the Internatio­nal Centre for Higher Education & Innovation (ICHEI) and the Southern University of Sciences and Technology (SUSTECH) in China recently.

As part of the ongoing policy of increasing collaborat­ion with internatio­nal organisati­ons, Dr Hamdan al Fazari, ViceChance­llor of Sohar University, and Unesco office for GCC and Yemen, represente­d by Salah Khaled, Director of the regional office in Qatar, and Dr Anasse Bouhlal from the Unesco office in Doha, visited the Internatio­nal Centre for Higher Education & Innovation (ICHEI) and the Southern University of Sciences and Technology (SUSTECH) in China.

The visit to ICHEI and SUSTECH in Shenzhen, China was conducted on July 4.

The ICHEI aims to establish an Artificial Intelligen­ce (AI) Lab at Sohar University supported by Chinese enterprise­s that are specialise­d in modern AI technologi­es. The Lab aims to be a Centre of Excellence, as the ICHEI-SOHAR University AI Lab in Oman.

This was followed by a visit to the Education University of Hong

Kong in Hong Kong regarding Green Campuses and Green Cities.

This visit was conducted on July 5 when the Sohar University signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Unesco for Green Universiti­es, Green Cities, and the Sustainabl­e

Developmen­t Goals in February 2024 that are being implemente­d at Sohar University and the Al Batinah North Governorat­e. This reflects the university’s plans to have a global presence among esteemed well-known internatio­nal universiti­es.