The Minister of Higher Education, Omran Muhammad Al-Qayeb signed the decree n° 32 of 2022 regarding the rules for granting research hours to faculty members.
The decision stipulates the payment of research hours for a faculty member according to the academic degree he holds. Faculty members in Libyan universities with the rank of (Assistant Professor – Associate Professor – Professor) should supervise master’s theses or doctoral theses at the rate of 4 university students, but who are with the rank of (Lecturer – Assistant Lecturer) must submit a research proposal at the university’s research center or to any accredited research center in the Libyan state, according to its specialization.
The decree also stipulates that a faculty member with the rank of (Assistant Professor – Associate Professor – Professor) is required to supervise the theses of graduate students, amounting to 7 students at the Libyan Academy and its branches.