Frequently Asked Questions

Applications open on January 25th 2026 and will close on February 25th 2026.

1. The program is open to grade 11 students (or equivalent to the other international education systems. Example: AS in the A level curriculum and IB 1 in the IB curriculum).
2. Candidates must be Omani.
3. To be eligible to apply, applicants must score 75% in English and an overall average in the first semester of grade 11, or equivalent in the other international education systems.

The application will be available on the Takatuf Scholars website soon. For any information on the programme, please check the links in the ‘Our Programmes’ drop down.

• Personal information.
• Parent/guardian personal information.
• Your School Information.
• Your transcript from your Term 1 of Grade 11or equivalent.
• 4 cm by 6 cm photo of yourself.
• Civil ID card scanned as a PDF.
• Photo page of your passport scanned as a PDF.
• Parental Consent Form (downloadable from the website)

All of this information will be available on the website when you begin your application.

Once you have completed an application, press submit. If everything is complete, you will receive an email confirming that the application has been successfully submitted. Please note that completing the application process does not automatically lead to enrolment into the programme.

1. In response to a completed application, you will receive an email confirming that the program received your application.
2. Once your application has been reviewed and verified by Takatuf, you will receive an email advising you of the date, time and location of your testing session.

There will be one test of your English language proficiency. Another test will be used to indicate your ability to learn at a tertiary level. Both tests will be conducted in one of the testing centres indicated in the application form.

After successfully completing the assessments, an additional level or verification will take place to identify suitable candidates to progress ahead with the online interview session.

Yes, they do. You will participate in our three-stage enrichment programme throughout your Grade 12 year here in Oman. The three stages are a Summer Residential Programme, this year taking place in July, the Independent Learning Phase which occurs during your first semester of Grade 12, followed by the Winter Workshop that happens usually around the school break in February.

We have all our scholars, no matter the school from which they come in Oman, participate in the 2 years boarding school. The purpose of this is multi-layered. One reason is to help build the international networks that boarding school allows. The people you meet here will be life-long friends and connections. You will also be connected with the boarding school alumni for future experiences and connections. Another reason is that it helps bridge the gap of moving away from family and learning the culture and expectations of the country where you are living. It is an opportunity for you to learn how to manage life on your own, away from your support network, while still having the guidance and support of caring adults from the boarding school to help navigate each step of solving the problems. Often students who repeat the two years again, find their marks increase which gives them better standing and competition as they apply to top 100 QS Ranked universities.

An exemption may be made for students who have secured a university admission from a top 10 university (as per QS World University Rankings). We will consider these cases as a way to exempt the student from attending boarding school for 2 years.

Our boarding schools are usually in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, the Netherlands and Canada. We recently started sending our student to Singapore and are considering other options as well at this time.

Our specialities are growing according to the needs of the job market. We currently, and in the past, have students graduating from: Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, Business, Hospitality, Bio-Engineering, Communications, Computer Science. This changes regularly.

Yes. Modest living expenses are covered for students. This covers housing, food, essentials, and annual flight ticket.

They would travel to their boarding school at the end of August or beginning of September depending on when their boarding school begins.