Description :  

The Business Society is an all student group under the administration of the College of Economics and Political Science, specifically by the Assistant Dean’s Office for Training and Community Service. Business Society consists of five committees: Research & Development Committee, Public Relations Committee, Organizational Committee, Media Committee and Financial Committee. In addition, there are seven subgroups each represents their major/field of study within the college.

Vision:

To be the most distinguished and able to develop and highlight the skills of college students locally and internationally.

Mission:

To provide activities and programs that develop skills, refine competencies, enhance talent capabilities and provide an appropriate and supportive environment.

Objectives:

• Highlighting the role of the college's majors to contribute to Oman 2040 vision in all its axes.
• Activating the role of Omani youth by developing the thought of research and innovation.
• Covering the activities of the college and publishing it to introduce the outside community to the college community.
• Promote leadership and teamwork.
• Provide an opportunity for members to express their personal opinions freely.
• Preparing members to be able to make decisions and solve problems that might face them.
• Preparing members to be effective and ready after university.

• Business Week:
  • It is an annual event held at Sultan Qaboos University, organized by the Business Society, that highlights a specific economic issue or topic to be discussed and studied in order to provide a suitable platform for students, to contribute and participate in the process of improving the economy by providing solutions, implementing projects and exchanging experiences.
• Charity Book Fair:
  • It’s an annual charity exhibition that collects used books donated by the public and resells them for a nominal amount. Then, donate the proceeds to a charitable organization. The goal is to form a society that loves reading and learning and to spread several concepts of volunteering in the community.

• Email: bsociety@squ.edu.om
• Twitter: @BSSQU
• Instagram: @BSSQU

Description :

Accounting Club is a group of accounting students from Sultan Qaboos University - College of Economics and Political Science, who aim to deliver accounting knowledge in a distinctive way to the accounting community.

Objectives:

Developing the accounting skills among students, Creating an arena for constructive accounting dialogue, and holding accounting workshops to develop and refine students' accounting skills.

Year of establishment:

2005

Main events within the last two years:

• Accountant cafe
• Workshops
• Online classes
• Online webinars

• Email: acct.group.squ@gmail.com
• Twitter : @acct_squ
• Instagram : acct_squ
• Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHIwW3pNwk1uEufIgeqSmsQ
• Website : https://sites.google.com/view/acct-club/home?authuser=0

Description :

The Economics and Finance group, also known as EcoFin,  is one of the various student groups that fall under the Business Society. Its main activities and events are concerned with the fields of finance and economics, with its vision being: to actively contribute in building an educated and cultured society that is well aware of all the influential financial and economic matters that concern it and it’s surroundings.

Objectives:

1) To organize purposeful events and activities that can get the intended message across using fun and innovative approaches.

2) To raise awareness about economic and financial issues in order to develop the society's knowledge about such matters.

3) To provide group members with the skills and experiences that will distinguish them in the labor market.

Year of establishment:

2005

Main events within the last two years:

2019-2020

• Muscat Securities Market Forum.
• Ecoland contest.
• Investment league.
• Investors experience workshop.
• Central bank workshop.

2020-2021

• Online International Forum on Islamic Capital Markets.
• Muscat Securities Market Forum.
• VImarket contest.
• Economic Debate.

• Email: Ecofin@squ.edu.om
• Twitter & Instagram: ( @EcofinSQU)
• Snapchat: (@ecofinCEPS-live)

Description:

Information Systems Group (ISG). It is a student group in the College of Economics and Political Science continued to Information Systems department at Sultan Qaboos University.

Objectives:

The main objective of the group is to give the department students the chance to present and improve their leadership skills through organizing events, activities, and lectures, implementing what was learned theoretically and make it alive and finally it plays a major role in linking the Information Systems student with different organizations in Oman.

Year of Establishment:

Before 2006

Main events within the last two years:

• Artificial intelligence

• 3D printing

• Refresh

• Ideathon

• Creating and editing video

• Webpage development workshop using LARAVEL

• Cyber security summer camp

• Investing in technology

• Linkedin workshop

• Digital World 2

Social Media:

• Email: isg@squ.edu.om
• Facebook: isg-ceps and ISG-SQU
• Twitter:  @SQU_ISG

Description:

Management Group is one of the groups that has a strong reputation in the College of Economics and Political Science. This Group was founded in 2001 to build great leaders to accept challenges.

Objective:

Year of Establishment:

2001

Main Events Within the Last Two Years:

• Human Resource Forum (2018)
• Human Resource Forum (2019)

Social Media:

• Instagram: @mg_squ
• Twitter: @mg_squ
• Snapchat: @mg_squ

Description:

The marketing club is an active group of students under the umbrella of the Business Society in the College of Economics and Political Science. MC brings together students of SQU who are interested in the vast and dynamic environment of marketing. The members of the group come from all walks of life with a common passion for marketing binding them together. They bring to the table a diverse and healthy mix of backgrounds, aiming to work in different roles within marketing and sales posts.

Objectives:

To complement the marketing curriculum to expand students marketing knowledge base, provide students with events and encourage them to explore possible interest in marketing-related topics, and support students’ ideas and give them the opportunities to implement them. In addition, the Marketing Club cares about the public outside the university by holding events, campaigns and competitions aimed at benefiting people and also encouraging them to know what is marketing and correcting the common concept of marketing.

Year of Establishment:

Before 2006

Main Events Within the Last Two Years:   

 Branding Café, journey of marketer, exhibition of need or invention, ask an experimenter event, event’s management workshop, Media hype, social marketing campaign competition, plagiarism and academic integrity campaign, marketing debate competition, monthly Instagram lives.

Social Media:

• Instagram: mc_squ
• Snapchat: mc_squ
• Twitter: mc_squ
• Email: mc@squ.edu.om

Description:  

Operations Management and Business Statistics (OMBS) is a student group that organizes and represents activities and events of students in the department of Operations Management and Business Statistics and it is one of eight groups that goes under the Business Society at the College of Economics and Political Science. However, this student group conduct a yearly event called operations management gathering which is every year it takes a trend to discuss different aspect related to Operations management. In addition, it works as the focal point between the students and lecturers in the Department of Operations Management to go through any problem, suggestion, and ideas from the students and we raise them with the officials.

Objectives:

Create partnerships with the public by doing different activities and organizing the largest possible group of people to interact on the desired side and acquire as much awareness and acknowledgment as possible. However, enhance the relationship with private organizations to share knowledge and expertise in areas related to Operations Management and Business Statistics and ask them for as much as possible of information regarding applying the concept of Operation Management and Business Statistics in reality.

Main Events Within the  Last Two Years:

• Major gallery
• Commercial week
• Operations management Forum
• Operations management gathering

Social Media:

• Instagram: ombs_squ
• Twitter: @ombs_squ

Description :

Political Science Group falls under the umbrella of the Business Society like other student activities groups. The group was founded in 2013, the same year that the Department of Political Science was established at Sultan Qaboos University.

Objectives:

Political Science group aims to spread political awareness in the most appropriate and entertaining ways and also to create a healthy communication environment between students of the major and those interested in the political field.

Main events within the last two years:

• Political Forums.
• Political dialogue sessions.
• Various exhibitions.
• Workshops related to the political field.
• International Youth Summit.

Social media:

• Twitter & Instagram:  @polssqu