FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
PhD in Environmental Sciences
Academic Degrees:
Application Requirments
- The application for admission to the PhD level is twice a year, and the following is required for the student to register:
- Obtaining a master’s degree in environmental sciences from the Faculty, or its equivalent from one of the universities, with a grade of at least good, preceded by the student’s obtaining the first university degree with a grade of at least good, or a diploma of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Environmental Research with a grade of at least good. For students who obtain a master’s degree from outside the Faculty without a grade, the average score for the introductory, qualifying, or accompanying subjects for obtaining the degree shall be with a general grade of at least good.
- Students who have obtained a master's degree from outside the Faculty must pass a qualifying test (written and oral) in the principles of environmental sciences (as determined by the Faculty Council annually).
- The student is enrolled to study for a PhD in Environmental Sciences in the department corresponding to the first university degree and the master’s degree.
- The student’s enrollment is after fulfilling the above-mentioned conditions, and after the student successfully passes the compulsory subjects, the thesis is registered within two years at most from the date of approval of the student’s enrollment by the Faculty Council. It is not allowed to register the thesis after this date and the student’s registration is canceled in case of failure to register on the date The aforementioned and the student prepares the research plan and it is discussed in a panel discussion held by the department in the presence of the supervisory committee proposed to the student. Then the student submits his registration papers through the relevant department accompanied by the research plan, the supervision committee and the list of elective courses.
- A student registered to obtain a PhD in Environmental Sciences studies at least 30 hours per week of academic courses distributed as follows:
- (14) theoretical hours at least weekly, unified compulsory courses for all students of the department. The concerned department selects these compulsory courses from the list of compulsory courses for the department (the first group) and they are presented to the Faculty council for approval.
- (16) theoretical hours per week at least from the elective courses of the relevant department (the second group) or from outside it, according to the nature of the research, with no less than (4) theoretical hours per week from outside the department, suggested by the thesis supervisor and approved by the department council and the Faculty council .
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Studying the following courses for students enrolled in a PhD degree:
- Computer applications "2" (as determined by the Faculty Council).
- Methods of preparing and writing scientific research "2".
- discussions
- English language (according to university requirements).
- Evaluate the environmental impact of the projects (as determined by the Faculty Council).
- A written examination is held for academic courses at the end of each semester, and the duration of each written examination is two hours. After the approval of the department council and the approval of the Faculty council, a maximum of 20% of the final grade for each course may be allocated for the course of the year.
- The Faculty Council may, upon the request of the supervisor and the approval of the relevant department council, assign the student to study courses that are not available to be taught in the Faculty (regarding elective courses and courses from outside the department) in another Faculty or scientific institute recognized by the university
- It is not permissible to delete or replace any of the courses that were previously specified when the student is enrolled, except in the case of changing the subject of the study, and this should be considered a new registration, and so that this does not exceed the lapse of only one year from the date of the student’s enrollment.
- A course or other courses to be studied by the student may be added after the approval of the Faculty Council and upon the proposal of the supervisor and the approval of the relevant department council
- The courses will be taught for a semester (15 per week), and courses may be taught for both the first and second semesters according to the students’ need after the approval of the Faculty Council based on the approval of the relevant department board.
- At the end of each academic year, the student’s supervisor submits a report to the department council on the student’s progress in his research and academic courses for submission to the Faculty council.
- The student must pass the academic courses with a grade of (good) at least three months before the formation of the judging committee for the thesis.
- The doctoral student submits his thesis for examination and discussion within a period of not less than two years and not exceeding five years from the date of the approval of the Faculty Council to register the subject of the thesis. In case of necessity, it may be extended for another two years at most by a decision of the Faculty Council and at the request of the supervisor and the approval of the Department Council.
- Council and at the request of the supervisor and the approval of the Department Council.
Number of Scientific Degrees
7 scientific degree
Department Overview:
The college grants a PhD of Philosophy degree in environmental sciences in one of the seven scientific departments according to the specialization of the application in the bachelor, after passing the academic courses and discussing the thesis
FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH