Sohar University just opened the Master of Arts in Translation and Interpreting, the university’s newest graduate degree. The program aims at preparing postgraduate translation students for a career as staff translators and interpreters, translator trainers, and/or language professionals in public and private sector organizations and freelance businesses.
Graduates of the MA Program can work in a wide array of fields, including marketing, advertising and localization, legal settings, news and broadcasting, publishing and editing, medicine, education, science, and so on.
The candidates for the Master of Arts in Translation and Interpreting must meet the following eligibility criteria: Hold a bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized HEI with a cumulative GPA of ≥2.5 out of 4.00 or equivalent for fresh graduates, in addition to having an IELTS band score of 6 and passing an admission interview at the Faculty of Language Studies.