Universities Law · Article 7

1.Approve academic policies and strategies.

2.Approve the regulations of private universities and colleges and branches of foreign universities and monitor the implementation thereof.

3.Approve the financial, administrative, and academic regulations of universities.

4.Approve the regulations governing investments and self-generated revenues of universities.

5.Approve the regulations governing the acceptance of donations, gifts, and bequests, as well as disbursement therefrom.

6.Approve the regulations governing the management of awqaf at universities, in coordination with the General Authority for Awqaf.

7.Approve the regulations governing academic societies, research chairs, as well as research, innovation, and entrepreneurship centers at universities.

8.Approve the regulations for establishing science museums at universities in coordination with the relevant agencies.

9.Approve the regulations governing student funds at universities.

10.Governance and evaluation of universities’ academic, administrative, and financial performance.

11.Approve the rules for the nomination of university presidents.

12.Recommend the approval of the establishment, cancellation, or merger of universities and branches thereof, private colleges, and branches of foreign universities, and submit the same to the Council of Ministers for approval.

13.Approve the establishment, merger, cancellation, or amendment of names of colleges, deanships, institutes, centers, and academic departments.

14.Determine the remunerations and benefits of the chairman, vice-chairman, and members of the board of trustees.

15.Determine the salary and benefits of the university president.

16.Determine the remunerations and benefits of the chairman and members of the university council.

17.Determine the remunerations and benefits of university vice-presidents, college deans and vice-deans, heads of departments, as well as members and secretaries of academic councils.

18.Determine the remunerations and benefits of the General Secretary of the Council of University Affairs.

19.Recommend approval of academic and technical cooperation agreements and memoranda of understanding between universities and foreign institutions.

20.Determine the programs and courses for which a university may charge fees, and set the General Rules governing such fees.

21.Approve the university’s annual report on activities and achievements, and submit it to the Council of Ministers.

22.Oversee the performance of boards of trustees and ensure the validity of their decisions.

23.Resolve any conflict of powers between the board of trustees and the university council.

24.Review issues referred to it by the Chairman or proposed by any of its members.