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Chapter 10

Dissertations, Supervision and

Discussion

Article 36
The University Council shall establish the rules governing the
registration of the graduation research project, the scientific thesis,
if applicable, for the graduate student, and the mechanism for
determining the supervisor and any assistant supervisor for the thesis.

The Rule of Implementation for Article 36
First: The Graduation Research Project
1. Students may register a graduation research project after passing
at least 50% of the courses and within the specified registration
period as approved by the relevant department.
2. At the end of the semester, if a student passes the course based
on the project supervisor’s report, he/she will receive a grade “No-
grade Pass”.
3. If a student is unable to fulfill the requirements of a graduation
research project by the end of the semester in which he/she
registered, and has completed at least 50% of the requirements
according to the supervisor’s testimony, the student will receive an
“in-complete” grade. The student must complete the requirements
during the following semester at the latest, after which the grade
will be changed to «No-grade Pass». If the requirements are not
completed, the student will receive a grade «No-grade Fail» and
will need to repeat the course.

Second: The Thesis
1. Each student will be assigned an academic advisor upon enrollment
in the program. The advisor will provide guidance on the student’s
studies and thesis topic selection.
2. For programs that do not require a comprehensive exam, a student

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