The Directorate General of the Colleges of Applied Sciences supervised the Colleges of Applied Sciences, which were established on 3/7/2007 according to the Royal Decree No.62/2007. The six colleges of Applied Sciences are distributed in Sur, Sohar, Nizwa, Ibri, Salalah and Rustaq. The studying period in the colleges is Five years; one year for the foundation program; four years to get the Bachelor Degree in one of the programs offered in the colleges. These programs are: Information Technology, Design, Communication Studies and International Business Administration. Each program has different specializations. It is worth mentioning that each college adopts one of these programs. However, the specializations of a specific program are not necessarily all offered in the same college that offers the program. The programs are distributed in Colleges of Applied Sciences according to the demands of the job market. The language of teaching in the Colleges is English. The Engineering program with its three specializations (Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering) is only offered in Sohar. It is a 6-year program including 2 years for the foundation program.