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The Rule of Implementation for Article 38
Doctoral dissertations must be supervised by professors and associate
professors who are faculty members at the university; assistant
professors may supervise graduation research and master’s theses,
and may assist in supervising the doctoral theses, if he/she has two
papers published, or accepted for publication, in his/her field of
specialization in the university’s approved publishing outlets.

Article 39
Supervision and supervision assistance can be done by outstanding
and highly competent experts in the field of scientific research who
are not necessarily faculty members of the university, whether from
inside or outside the university upon the recommendation of the
Department Council and the approval of the College Council.

The Rule of Implementation for Article 39
Supervision and supervision assistance can be provided by outstanding
and highly competent experts in the field of scientific research, even
if they are not faculty members of the university. These experts can be
from inside or outside the university upon the following regulations:
1. Research expertise and excellence shall be evaluated by the
department to judge the ability of the proposed expert to supervise
graduate students.
2. The application shall be approved by the Executive Management
unit based on the recommendation of the Department Council
and the approval of the College Council.
3. In the case of supervision, in addition to the above, the supervisor
must have a doctorate degree.

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