Number of hours:

The number of hours prescribed for the master’s program is (45) study hours.

Study System:

Studying in a master's program is in one of two tracks:

First track: Courses track:

General remarks about the courses track

• The student studies in this track three semesters, with an average of five courses in each semester.
• The student in this track does not write a scientific thesis.
• The student in this track is required to write a supplementary research in the third semester.
• The pages of the supplementary research shall not exceed 60 pages, and shall not be less than 40 pages, and shall fulfill the requirements of the scientific research. 
• In the third semester, the student studies four courses only, and the fifth course is supplementary research. 
• There is no public discussion of the complementary research, and it is counted as a three-hour course, with a score of (100).

Second: Courses track and Thesis:

General remarks about the courses track

• The student studies in this track two semesters, with an average of five courses per semester.
• When choosing this track, the student is required to write a scientific thesis. 
• The student has the right to start submitting the research plan in the thesis track at the beginning of the second semester. 
• The pages of the thesis for the master's stage are not less than (100) pages.
• The discussion is public, and success in this track requires passing the discussion. 
• The degree of discussion of the thesis is not included in the cumulative average, and the cumulative average in the academic record is based on courses only, and the title of the thesis is written in the student's academic record. rate
• The student's grade in the official certificate upon graduation is restricted based on the grade he obtained in his defense of the thesis.

The student is required to choose one of the two tracks after the end of the first semester and when registering for the second semester.

Maximum and minimum enrollment in courses per semester:

• A master's student has the right to enroll in five courses per semester as a maximum, equivalent to (15) study hours. 
• He has also the right to register in three courses as a minimum, equivalent to (9) hours. 
• The student must complete (45) academic hours, or the equivalent of 15 academic courses, to graduate from the master's program.

Duration of study for the program:

The full study period for the master’s program is three main semesters (one and a half years).

Distribution of study hours for the master’s program:

The number of study hours in the master’s program for the courses track or the thesis track are (45) study hours, distributed as follows:

First: Courses track:

Second: Courses track and Thesis: