Colleges of Applied Sciences (CAS, Arabic: كليات العلوم التطبيقية‎) are a group of six public colleges in the Sultanate of Oman. The colleges have six campus locations in Rustaq, Ibri, Salalah, Nizwa, Sohar, and Sur. The colleges were established in 2007 as per royal decree 62/2007 and offer bachelor's degree and two-year diploma programs in Information Technology, Design, Communication Studies, and International Business Administration. The colleges' primary language of instruction is English and fall directly under Oman's Ministry of Higher Education.