Students from the IT Department took part in Huawei ICT Middle East 2021 competition for the 5th time.  The number of students who registered to take part this year, was an impressive total of 162, which was considerably the highest number of students among all higher institutions in Oman. Subsequently, 19 students from Shinas were nominated for the national exam, in which students will be competing with all higher education Institutions. 8 students already took the exam on campus and the remaining students took the exam from home on the 17^th of November 2021, in the national stage, with aspirations to win 3 places, for a chance to participate in the Middle East finals.  The competition is expected to be held in December 2021, where teams from the UAE, KSA, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan, Kuwait, and Pakistan will be participating.