Postgraduate Programs Offered by

the Faculty of Commerce

(Registration and Supervision Systems)

The registration process involves a number of steps according to 

 the internal Faculty by-law approved by the University Council.

        1 Master Degree:

· Based on the request of its council, the Faculty awards the

   degree of Master in the commercial sciences (Business

   Administration, Accounting, Economics, and Insurance and

    Statistics) according to article 5.

§      Any person has the right to get a Master degree in the

     commercial sciences if he or she had a Bachelor or

     diploma of postgraduate studies in the relevant specialization

     with at least a grade "Good" from one of the counterpart faculties

     or institutions of the Egyptian universities (article 7).

§      The postgraduate student must pass all courses required at the

     preliminary study stage. Then, the Council of the relevant academic

    department will decide on the registration of the Master degree

    after conducting a seminar for the postgraduate student.

    One or more supervisors will be designated as advisors for each

    registered Thesis (article 9).

§      The department of postgraduate studies should contact all other

     Egyptian Faculties of Commerce to make sure the subject of the

    research under registration in the faculty has not been registered

     in any of them, or they have registered any similar subjects.

§      The research subject, supervisors, and the responses of the

     counterpart faculties should be reviewed by the committee

    of postgraduate studies. Based on the recommendations of this

    committee, the faculty council will decide whether the registration

    should be approved. The date of the registration is the date of the

     endorsement made by the Faculty Council.

§      A written Thesis is submitted for the purpose of discussion and

      judgment after two complete years starting from the registration

      date (article 11).

§      The period of studying the Master degree is not more than three

      years from the registration date. It is possible to extent this period

     for a fourth year based on the reports offered by the supervisor (s),

    as well as the approval of the related department, faculty council,

    and postgraduate studies council in the university. This extension

    should finally be approved by the Vice President of the University

    for PSR. Also, it is possible to extent this period for the fifth year if

   the university council agrees with the proposal offered by the Vice

   President and not conflicting with the law of universities organization.    

§      Annual reports should be delivered by the supervisor (s) about the

     postgraduate students under his or her supervision. These reports

     should be offered to the Department Councils, Faculty Council,

     and submitted to the postgraduate studies council in the university (article 39).

§      The Thesis should be written in Arabic with a summary in English.

§      The supervisor (s) provides a report about the quality and validity of the

     Thesis to be ready for the discussion and judgment.

§      The discussion and judgment Committee consists of the supervisor (s)

     (i.e., professors or associate professors) with one vote, and membership

     of two professors or specialists; one of them should be from outside the

      faculty (article 40).

§      The discussion and judgment Committee is approved by the Vice-President

     for PSR after providing the required documents (e.g., The approval of the

     Faculty Council on the formulation of the discussion and judgment

     Committee, a copy of the Thesis with the signatures of the supervisors,

     and the required TOEFL with score not less than 300).

§      After the above mentioned approval, the Thesis should be ready for

      the discussion but not before two weeks.

         2 Doctorate Degree

§    The Faculty of Commerce Awards the degree of "Doctor of   Philosophy"

     in the various specializations of the commercial sciences according to the

      request of its Council (article 12).

§    The registration for the doctorate degree is available at any time every year.

   The registration of this degree is completed if the following

     requirements are met:

·      A Master Degree from any Faculty of Commerce in the same

      specialization the postgraduate student intends to register in.

·      A certificate of passing the exam of the preliminary year courses

      required for the Ph.D. registration.

·      A TOEFL certificate with a score of at least 400 from the AMIDEAST, 

      the British Council, or the AUC.

·      An Approval from the related Academic department.

·      The same procedures as indicated before with respect to the registration

      of the Master Degree.

·      The date of the registration is the date of the approval on the registration

       made by the Faculty Council.

·      The Ph.D. student should submit his or her Thesis after at least two calendar

       years started with the date of the approval made by the Faculty Council.

·      The period of Ph.D. study is not more than four years started from the registration date.It is possible to extent this period for the fifth year according the supervisor's request (or the request of the supervision committees). Such extension should be approved by the related department Council, Faculty Council, and postgraduate studies Council in the university. It should be also signed by the Vice-President of the university for the PSR. It is also possible to extent the Ph.D. period for the sixth year, but with  agreement of the   University Council.

·          Annual reports should be delivered by the supervisor (s) about the postgraduate students under his or her supervision. These reports should be offered to the department Councils, Faculty Council, and submitted to the Postgraduate Studies Council in the University.

·          The Ph.D. Thesis should be written in Arabic with a summary in English.

·          The same procedures used in the registration system of the Master Degree should be followed in the registration system of the Ph.D.Table1 includes the various areas of specializations  in   each academic department.

Table1 Areas of Specialization in the Faculty Academic Departments

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