GUtech students, local and international, are welcome to join on-campus and off-campus housing residences. These are owned and managed by OES properties. On-campus residences cater to female students, while off-campus residences are dedicated for interns and male students. They are 5-minute walking distance from the main building of the university.
Housing residences offer students to choose between rooms and apartments. Depending on students’ budget, over 640 beds are available for rent subject to availability:
- En-suite fully furnished single rooms, with access to shared kitchenettes
- En-suite fully furnished triple rooms, with access to shared kitchenettes
- Self-catered triple apartments, with fully equipped kitchenettes
- Quadruple rooms, with fully equipped kitchenettes
All rooms/apartments come with a full range of services including:
- Air conditioning
- Hot water
- Lighting in rooms and common areas
- Unlimited wireless internet connectivity
- Cooking gas
- Transportation for weekly grocery shopping trips
- Unlimited maintenance services
- Scheduled cleaning of common areas
- Weekly scheduled trips to nearby shopping malls
Security guards and supervisors are appointed to look after the safety and security of students staying in accommodation buildings.
Students may choose to rent accommodation on a semester-basis (20 weeks) or annual contract (40 weeks). The rent could be paid in full or in installments. For more information on availability of rooms/apartments & rentals, you may send your email to amu-bdb@gutech.edu.om or visit https://oes-properties.com/.
| Occupancy Type | Rent Per Semester | Booking Fee* |
|---|---|---|
| Single room | OMR 640 | OMR 100.000 |
| Triple apartment | OMR 340.000 | OMR 100.000 |
| Triple room | OMR 340.000 | OMR 100.000 |
| Quadruple room | OMR 300 | OMR 100.000 |
Notes:
*The booking fee is payable at the time of booking a room/bed. The booking fee shall NOT be refunded, if the tenant chooses to withdraw from accommodation before the end of the tenancy period. The booking fee shall ONLY be returned at the end of the tenancy period less any damages costs/penalties/late payment fees. The start date and end date of tenancy period are those recorded in the accommodation system. For more details, you may refer to the official housing website.
Reserve your space in OES accommodation using the online housing system. You could reserve a space for one semester or a full academic year.
How to reserve a room
- Go to the housing system through oes-properties.com
- Click on Register
- Create a profile by filling in the online form and upload scanned copy of ID card of your parent/guardian and yourself.
- Await to have your profile checked and approved
- Log in to the housing system
- Go to Make Booking
- Choose your room type
- Select duration of stay (Semester or Full academic year)
- Tell us your preferred roommates and make sure your friends also request you and book around the same time
- Follow the instructions to make the required payment (Booking Fee and Rent*) within 48 hours and lock in a space in accommodation.
- If you do not pay the required payment you will not have a room.
Cancelling your booking
If you’ve already booked a room but changed your mind and are not planning on living with us, notify us by email to amu-bdb@gutech.edu.om and receive 50% of the booking fee and 100% of the amount paid toward the rent.
The summer holiday and semester break stay in accommodation is handled through another booking process. Send us an email if you would like to enquire.
