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Article 51
1. The external supervisor for a master’s thesis receives a lump sum
bonus of 5,000 SR, and the external supervisor for a doctoral thesis
receives a lump sum bonus of 7,000 SR.
2. If necessary, a meeting between the external supervisor and
their students can be arranged with the approval of the Standing
Committee, at the request of the university the student belongs
to. The assignment of the external supervisor is subject to the
following limitations:
a. Not to exceed two times per academic year for each external
university where students’ theses are supervised.
b. The number of universities assigned should not exceed two per
academic year.
c. The duration of each assignment should not exceed three days.
d. The total assignment days should not exceed 10 days per
academic year for all universities.
e. The university where the faculty member is assigned shall bear
his/her expenses to supervise their students’ theses, according
to the regulations based on the faculty member’s rank.
3. The University may amend the lump sum remuneration mentioned
in point (1) after a decision is issued with the approval of the Council
of University Affairs.

Article 52
A Master’s or a Doctoral thesis Defense Committee member from the
same university where the thesis is being defended receives a lump
sum reward of 1,000 SR for participating in the defense.
If the Defense Committee member is not a faculty at the university
where the thesis is being defended (either a staff member or an
external faculty), then he/she will receive a lump sum reward of 1,500
SR for a master’s thesis, and a lump sum reward of 1,000 SR for doctoral
thesis. The lump sum will be increased to 2,500 SR if the non-faculty
member is from outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
If the defense committee member is from another city, either inside
or outside the Kingdom, he/she shall be provided a round-trip
passenger ticket from his/her place of residence, appropriate housing
and subsistence compensation for up to a maximum of 2 nights. The

58 Organizational Bylaws of Graduate Studies
in Saudi Universities And The Rules of
Implementation at Prince Sultan University