Vice Dean for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research

Vice Dean for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research

Governmental and Non-Governmental Organizations like to show their support to research. Perhaps the main reason for this is that research has been associated, in the mind of people, to the civilization of societies. Universities are one of the main pillars for research besides the other primary obligation of teaching. The problem facing the faculty in universities is the separation of teaching from research and they end up to be as opposing forces. With the result that teaching becomes secondary task or vice versa. A solution for this is to integrate research to teaching. In order to achieve this, the structure and the elements in a laboratory report in the Bachelor's degree should be designed such that they communicate research in clear and systematic way. Research capacity and needs are best judged by the programs. Therefore, research funding from university should be directed to them, rather than to individual faculty who work in an isolation from the program and the students. Trying to find solutions to these issues would help raise the value of research and teaching and make the university at the service of the community by graduating its youths when they are able to achieve success in their professional careers and offer tools to solve the problems of the community.

A.M. Alklaibi