About
The Vice Presidency for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research aims at promoting the status of the university, through improving graduate programs and its outcomes, and advancing scientific research output for faculty members and students. The Vice Presidency for GSSR seeks to attract talented Saudi faculty members. It also manages the scholarship and training programs for the university staff, and provides learning, teaching, and knowledge resources. The Vice Presidency for GSSR commenced its duty upon the consent of the Minister of Higher Education No. (61778) dated on 05/22/1414 AH, the University Acting Rector Resolution No. (20193) dated on 22/05/1435 AH, in accordance with the text of the article (29) of the Council of Ministers Resolution No. (60) Dated on 06/02/1414 AH.
Tasks
1. Building distinguished global partnerships with various international and local institutions to raise the quality of graduate programs.
2. Establishing an enabling environment to encourage scientific research and innovation within the framework of national aspirations and priorities and effectively contributing to shaping the knowledge-based future.
3. Preparing a strategic plan for the university, working to establish a distinguished structure in various fields and enabling the university to obtain institutional accreditation.
4. Providing strategic partnerships and activating cooperation with local and international universities and institutions.
5. Overseeing the work of the Scientific Council.
6. Implementing regulations and systems and ensuring the validity of procedures in all matters related to scholarships.
7. Issuing executive decisions for scholarships and scholarship students.
8. Providing various types of educational and scientific resources and facilitating access to them.
9. Working to replace paper-based exchange with electronic exchange and ensuring the implementation of electronic archiving and digitization.
10. Working to prepare and transfer permanent archived documents to the National Center for Documents and Archives after their storage period at the center expires, in accordance with approved rules and procedures.
