Tasks of the Scientific Council:
- Recommending the appointment of faculty members at the university.
- Deciding on academic promotions for university faculty members in accordance with the rules approved by the Higher Education Council.
- Encouraging scientific research, authorship, translation and publishing, which includes:
- Setting rules to encourage the preparation of scientific research.
- Proposing the establishment of scientific research centers.
- Coordination between scientific research centers and setting a general plan for them.
- Organizing links with research centers outside the university.
- Determining incentives and discretionary rewards for scientific works, their arbitration, and ordering their disbursement.
- Publishing research, literature and scientific theses that he deems to be published.
- Recommending the issuance of scientific periodicals.
- Recommending the establishment of scientific societies and museums and coordinating between them.
- Approval of the textbooks and university theses referred to it that need revision.
- Evaluation of academic certificates submitted by Saudi faculty members.
- Considering what is referred to it by the University Council.
