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| Starting points: the concept is derived from the vision of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2030), which relies on many starting points, which can be described as follows: |
(1) To increase the competitiveness and rankings of its universities, which emphasize the importance of supporting the research and development sector in scientific research.
(2) To improve the ranking from 25th in 2015 to be among the top 10 countries in the global competitiveness ranking by 2030.
(3) To make at least five Saudi universities be included among the best 200 international universities in the global ranking. |
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| | Objectives | Procedures/activities | The executing party |
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| Administrative objectives | 1—developing scientific research systems, policies, and plans. | (1) updating manuals related to scientific research.
(2) forming “action teams” for research in universities.
(3) forming “research planning committees” in universities.
(4) setting strategic and research plans for universities. | Ministry of Education
-universities.
-Vice Rectorate for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research |
| | 2—developing the organizational structure to administer the “Scientific Research” through developing organizational structures and establishing research universities. | (1) specifying the authorities of departments concerned with scientific research in universities.
(2) determining the training needs of administrative officials. | -Ministry of Education
-Universities
-Vice Rectorate for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research
-Vice Deanship for Development and Quality |
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| | 3—developing the infrastructure and information sources. | (1) assessing and developing the university libraries.
(2) preparing professional development programs for specialists and workers in libraries.
(3) providing libraries with the necessary technological requirements.
(4) concluding agreements and partnerships with scientific periodicals locally, in the Arab world, and internationally. | -Universities and research centers
-Vice Rectorate for Development and Quality
-Deanship of Library Affairs
-Deanship of Information Technology |
| | 4—developing mechanisms for marketing scientific research and directing its development service. | (1) establishing mechanisms for disseminating scientific research.
(2) allocating a budget to organize “annual research conferences” and their related activities | -Universities
-Vice Rectorate for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research.
-Vice Deanship for Development and Quality.
-public Relations. |
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| Financial objectives | 1—diversification and development of resources to finance the scientific research in universities | (1) forming specialized committees to develop the resources to finance the scientific research
(2) establishing new funds and proposing their mechanism of work | -Ministry of Education
-Universities
-Vice Rectorate for Graduate Studies and Research in cooperation with the “Institutions of Service and Production” |
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| Academic objectives | 1—orienting and training of university research cadres | (1) formation of specialized research teams
(2) raising the level of orienting and training of research cadres
(3) encouraging research teams and providing competitive awards | -Ministry of Education
-Universities
-Vice Rectorate for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research
-Institutions of Service and Production |
| | 2—establish a specific mechanism for attracting distinguished scholars | (1) determining the specializations most needed by a university
(2) establish a precise mechanism for attracting distinguished scholars | |
| | 3—developing partnerships among universities in the area of educational and scientific research | 1—forming specialized committees to activate and develop partnerships in the area of scientific research | |
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| Social objectives | (1) promoting the culture of educational and scientific research in society.
(2) activating the partnership among universities and institutions concerned with the development of the local community.
(3) directing the scientific research to serve the community and activating its contribution to solving many societal problems such as unemployment, spinsterhood, and divorce
(4) maximizing the benefit from educational and scientific research results. | (1) organizing seminars, lectures, conferences, and scientific meetings specialized in the academic field.
(2) organizing annual scientific exhibitions to introduce the university’s research activities presented to the local community institutions.
(3) providing technical and scientific advice. | Rectorates of the universities and supporting deanships,
the institutions concerned with the development of the local community and relevant bodies |
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