PHD thesis title/ Discussion

Editing thesis title

  • The student may submit a request to the department to amend the title of his research, accompanied by the approval of the supervisor.
  • If the amendment does not affect the essence of the subject, the student will be credited for the full previous period starting from the date of Faculty Council approval.
  • If the amendment is fundamental, registration is calculated from the date of the Faculty Council’s approval of the amendment.

 Supervision:

  • Based on the proposal of the relevant department council and the recommendation of the Graduate Studies Committee, the Faculty Council appoints a supervisor for the student from among the professors or assistant professors. More than one supervisor may participate for the student, and Lecturers may participate in supervision without participating in the discussion.
  • It is not permissible for Academic staff to supervise academic theses submitted by one of their relatives up to the fourth degree of lineage or affinity, with this being applied to what is related to exams.

In case of that the supervisor travels abroad, the concerned department shall take one of the following measures:

A) Maintaining supervision if the expected period for the student to finish and discuss it does not exceed six months.

B) Adding a new member to the original supervisor if the period is more than six months and less than one academic year.

C) Transferring supervision to another member if the student is in the first year of preparing the thesis or the supervisor travels for more than one academic year.

In each case, the supervisor must submit a report to the relevant department before allowing him to travel, indicating the student’s condition and the stages he has passed.

  • At the end of each university year, the thesis supervisor submits a report to the relevant department council showing the student’s progress in his research. The report is presented to the Graduate Studies Committee and the Faculty Council. The supervisor may recommend in his report that the student continue to be enrolled or cancel his enrollment.