The Higher Education Council, during its first session of the current academic year, approved a series of decisions concerning the regulation of residence periods for graduate students, the certification of university documents, the adoption of new standards for equating academic ranks, and allowing professional supervision on a number of courses in the faculties of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at state universities.
The decisions, which were received by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on Sunday, approved the certification of university documents issued by state universities for internal and external use, provided they are stamped and signed by the Vice President for Administrative Affairs with a recent date not exceeding six months. The Council also approved amendments to the residence periods required for students of qualification and specialization studies and graduate students (Master’s and PhD) as follows:
Students of qualification and specialization studies and graduate students in the course stage are required to adhere to the attendance percentages specified according to the graduate studies systems in their faculties. Graduate students registered before the issuance of this decision, whose periods are still continuous, remain subject to the residence periods specified in Higher Education Council Decision No. /93/ dated 21/2/2024.
Graduate students who interrupted their studies and were re-enrolled under Decrees No. /95-98-180/ are subject to the provisions of Higher Education Council Decision No. /93/ dated 21/2/2024 and the percentages of their stay (one year or less or more) after re-enrollment. Students of medical faculties (human medicine, dentistry, pharmacy) remain subject to the special provisions regarding their attendance commitment, according to the contracts stipulated in Article 178 of the Executive Regulations of the University Organization Law and the graduate studies systems in their faculties.
Conflicting systems are abolished, particularly Decision No. /425/ dated 14-6-2026. The Council also approved the equivalence of scientific ranks for researchers in research entities affiliated with the Ministry of Defense with academic ranks in higher education, thereby enabling their participation in teaching, supervision, and judging committees, in accordance with the prevailing academic systems.
The Council also decided to approve the following courses, studied in the Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at Syrian state universities, as specialized courses with a professional character, which can be supervised by craft teachers and graduates of intermediate institutes (who do not hold a first university degree) from the Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering:
– The course "Specialized Workshops" for the first and second semesters of the first year and all specializations.
– The course "Manufacturing Methods 1" for the second semester of the second year, specialization (General + Design + Mechanics).
– The course "Manufacturing Methods 2" for the first and second semesters of the second year, specialization (General + Design + Mechanics).
– The course "Manufacturing Methods 3" for the second semester of the second year, specialization (General + Design + Mechanics).
– The course "Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing" for the first and second semesters of the fourth year, specialization (General + Design + Mechanics).
– The course "Casting and Machine" for the second semester of the fourth year, specialization Design.
– The course "Forming and Machine" for the first semester of the fourth year, specialization Design.
– The course "Metal Cutting Theory" for the first semester of the fifth year.
The Higher Education Council held its first session for the 2026–2027 academic year on October 18 last year, presided over by the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)
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