An overview of the department
The Department of Jurisprudence and its Principles is one of the main departments within the departments of the Faculty of Sharia and Law, and it is scheduled to be studied for postgraduate students in its two stages (Master’s and PhD).
The Department of Jurisprudence and its Fundamentals seeks to teach jurisprudence and fundamentalism subjects for the master's and doctoral levels, and to produce manuscript books of distinguished scientific value, and to graduate researchers specialized in Sharia sciences, aiming to graduate science students who are able to look into issues of jurisprudence and its applications in a manner commensurate with the general purposes of Islamic legislation.
The Department of Jurisprudence and its Fundamentals also seeks to build the sound jurisprudential and fundamentalist mind of the student, away from fanaticism and the exclusion of the other, and the four skills were achieves interest and is consistent with the spirit and purposes of Sharia.
Department Vision
Finding a qualified generation in terms of practical jurisprudence, promoting the development of the jurisprudential flair of the student, and providing the labor market with trained jurisprudential cadres in various fields of Islamic calling.
Department Mission
Qualifying specialists scientifically and research in the field of jurisprudence, its origins and purposes of Sharia, preparing specialized scientific research, and serving the regional and global community.
Department Goals
Enriching jurisprudential studies with scientific research and theses, and working to achieve manuscripts of distinguished scientific value in the specialty
Preparing scientific competencies specialized in the study of jurisprudential issues, and enabling them to deal with the basic sources of Islam according to the origin of correct deduction and applying them in practice in emerging issues
Formatting of the fundamentalist scientific personality of the student of jurisprudence and its principles in higher studies, through which he can understand the opinions of scholars in this science, discuss them, and guide the sayings of scholars in this field
The ability to derive legal rulings from evidence, and to find solutions to emerging facts
Standing on the purposes of the general Sharia, and using them to know the ruling
The scientific application of fundamentalist rules and knowledge of their effects on the difference of jurists
Paying attention to scientific research, applying the rules related to that, and spreading the Islamic heritage left by scholars and directing it according to the accepted rules
Developing the capabilities of the teaching staff academically and professionally and providing them with a suitable environment
Participating with the rest of the scientific departments to achieve the mission of the college and the university
Academic Nature of the Major
The program aims to prepare graduates specialized in the field of jurisprudence and its foundations, who are familiar with the most important contemporary jurisprudential issues, and know how to adapt them and derive the rule of Sharia in them, with their readiness to confront contemporary society’s problems in jurisprudential issues with argument and proof. It also prepare meaningful and grounded scientific research.
Graduate Work Areas
- Academic in universities and institutes.
- Forensic researcher in legal centers.
- Legal and jurisprudence advisor in Islamic banks.
- Sharia advisor at the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Awqaf.
- Work for public and private schools.
