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Article 47
The thesis supervisor shall submit a report on the thesis completion
to the chair of the department, upon its completion, accompanied by
a copy of the thesis as part of the thesis’s discussion procedures, as
determined by the College Council.

The Rule of Implementation for Article 47
1. The period, starting from accepting the thesis project by the
Executive Management unit to submitting it in full to the
department, shall not be less than one semester for the Master’s
thesis, and four semesters for the doctoral thesis.
2. A minimum of one research paper extracted from the master’s
thesis must be published (or accepted for publication) in a refereed
journal or in a refereed scientific conference before discussing the
master’s thesis.
3. A minimum of two research papers from the doctoral thesis must
be published (or accepted for publication) in one of the refereed
journals (SCOPUS or ISI; Q3 or Q2 or Q1).

Article 48
Based on the recommendation of the Department Council, committee
shall be formed by a decision of the College Council to discuss and
evaluate the thesis or dissertation.

The Rule of Implementation for Article 48
Based on the recommendation of the Department Council, and
in accordance with the guidelines approved by the Executive
Management unit, a committee shall be formed by a decision of the
College Council to discuss and evaluate the thesis or dissertation.

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