The Academic Council of Medical Science Faculty has the following duties and responsibilities:

• Preparing, approving and executing the faculty’s development and operational plans;
• Evaluating the operations and activities of the departments at the end of each semester;
• Approval of the faculty internal procedures;
• The decision on academic promotion of the lecturers and members of the cadre of the faculty and proposing them to the University Academic Council for final endorsement;
• Proposing appointments, dismissals, and retirements of academic and members of cadre;
• Proposing creation, merging and or abolishment a department;
• Establishing special committees at the faculty and identifying their duties and responsibilities;
• Proposing to establish relationships with national and international academic institutions;
• Identifying students eligible for financial discounts and introducing them to the university;
• Identifying students eligible for short and long term scholarships;
• The decision on exams for the semester;
• Approval of academic advisor for members of the cadre;
• Appointing referees/juries to assess students’ monographs, dissertations, and academic seminars;
• Lastly, any other responsibilities assigned to the council in the by-law or procedure;

Members of the Academic Council of the Faculty: