Assistant Dean for Scientific Affairs Professor Dr. Yousry Abdel Wahab Mahmoud
Duties of the Assistant Dean for Scientific Affairs
The duties of the Assistant Dean for Scientific Affairs are one of the pillars upon which the Deanship of the College of Medicine at the University of Karbala is based. This position is the main link responsible for following up on conferences, seminars, seminars, and scientific activities in the college, in addition to following up on the affairs of undergraduate and graduate students and their discipline during During their university studies and after they graduate from college.The Office of the Assistant Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, represented by Mr. Assistant Dean for Scientific Affairs, consists of several divisions: the Division of Scientific Affairs, the Division of Studies and Planning, the Division of Graduate Studies, the Registration Division, the Division of Continuing Education, and the Division of Quality Assurance, in addition to the college library. Each division has a director. Responsible for the activities of the division and performing its assigned duties in accordance with applicable instructions.Among the tasks of the Office of the Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs is to respond to incoming letters, follow up on students’ attendance and absences, and their commitment to uniforms, audit the minutes of student discipline committees, follow up on the preparation of examination schedules in coordination with scientific departments, and ensure the implementation of instructions and controls issued by the Ministry of Higher Education. Scientific research in addition to the effective instructions of the presidency of the University of KarbalaDuties and powers of the Assistant Dean for Scientific Affairs:1. Organizing final exam schedules in coordination with scientific departments.
2. Organizing weekly lesson schedules, in coordination with the scientific departments and in light of the classrooms, to ensure the smooth conduct of lessons in postgraduate studies.
3. Supervising the weekly lecture record prepared for this purpose to ensure that all hours scheduled for each subject are covered and in accordance with the applicable instructions in this regard.
4. Follow up on the attendance of postgraduate students and their discipline in accordance with the applicable regulations and instructions.
5. Reviewing applications for admission to postgraduate studies after receiving them from the scientific department, consolidating them, and submitting them to the university presidency.
6. Auditing cases of transfer of postgraduate studies from other universities to postgraduate studies in the college and referring them to the relevant scientific departments for consideration and addressing the relevant authorities.
7. Following up on postgraduate students in terms of time periods and their full time for study in accordance with regulations and instructions.
8. Participate in meetings of the college’s graduate studies committees when invited by them to discuss graduate studies matters, according to the department’s specialization, in a way that ensures good performance.
9. Preparing the graduate student’s discussion statement one week before the discussion date, preparing the minutes of the discussion committees, evaluating them, and submitting them to the College Council.
10. Supervising the preparation of annual statistics for graduate studies in the college.
11. Handing over exam books and receiving them in accordance with the applicable rules.
12. Announcing the results of the examinations after their approval by the graduate studies committees in the scientific departments and according to specialization.
13. Providing academic departments with grades according to a form prepared for this purpose for approval by the graduate studies committees.
14. Coordination with scientific departments regarding the submission of examination questions for the first and second rounds, in accordance with what is done in preliminary studies.
15. Addressing official departments regarding everything related to the graduate student’s biography, starting from his registration until his graduation.
16. Addressing the university presidency/graduate studies department regarding everything related to the graduate student’s biography.
17. Addressing the official departments to obtain their formal approvals regarding the attendees after their names and departments have been determined by the relevant scientific department.
18. Signing the annual bonus and promotion forms for postgraduate employees in his capacity as the supreme president.
