Leadership & Organization
DAU’s Board of Trustees
DAU’s Board of Trustees is appointed by the Minister of Education for three years, subject to renewal. It’s composed of four members with expertise in the financial, investment, and regulatory fields; three members with experience, competence, and specialization in higher education; and the university's president. Duties and Authorities:
Duties and Authorities:
- Approval of the university development plans.
- Nominating and appointing the university president, vice presidents, deans of colleges, and heads of supporting departments. It plays a crucial role in selecting and appointing qualified individuals to key leadership positions within the university.
- Approving the regulations and internal rules governing financial, administrative, and academic affairs within DAU.
- Approving regulations and internal rules governing financial, administrative, and academic affairs within DAU.
- Approving rules and guidelines for academic and consultancy services offered by the university.
- Setting academic, financial, and administrative policies in DAU.
- Formulating and approving the university's academic, financial, and administrative policies.
- Approving rules and regulations related to scientific research, innovation, authorship, translation, and publication.
- Approving policies related to investments, endowments, and accepting donations, grants, and gifts, ensuring that they align with the university's objectives and comply with relevant regulations.
- Recommendation to approve the academic programs for the degrees offered by the university and submit them to the General Secretariat.
- Approving financial fees for the university’s academic programs. Approving to form the Scientific Council.
- Recommendation the establishment of colleges, institutes, scientific departments, and research centers, or their merger, cancellation, or modification of their names, and submit them to the General Secretariat.
- Approving the establishment of scientific chairs.
- Approving to form advisory councils with determination of their competencies, rules, roles and responsibilities.
- Approving both scientific and technical co-operation agreements and memoranda of understanding.
- Approving of the social responsibility plan.
- Appointment of external auditors for the university's financial accounts.
- Approving the university's annual report and providing a copy to the owner and the General Secretariat.
- Approving the university's final accounts and submission it to the owner.
- Recommendation to approve the university's annual budget and submit it to the owner.
- Studying what is referred to it by the president or proposed by any of its members.
University Council
DAU’s University Council is chaired by the President of the University and composed of the Vice President or Vice Presidents of the University, Deans of Colleges and Support Deanships, and up to three members with experience, competency, and specialization in the field of higher education nominated by the University Council and appointed by the Board of Trustees for a period of three years, subject to renewal.
Council’s Members
- Prof. Dr. Khalid bin Abdulrahman Al-Hamoudi, DAU’s President - Chairman of the Council.
- Dr. Huda bint Mohammed Al-Ameel, DAU’s Vice President.
- Prof. Dr. Awdah bin Masoud Al-Hazmi, Acting Dean of the College of Medicine
- Prof. Dr. Ali bin Abdulaziz Al-Qerban, Dean of the College of Dentistry
- Dr. Samira bint Ahmed Al-Senany, Dean of the College of Pharmacy and Applied Medical Sciences
- Dr. Adel Abdul Karim Al-Abdul Karim, Dean of the College of Law
- Dr. Abdulrahman bin Mohammed Al-Shimi, Dean of the College of Business Administration
- Dr. Noura bint Abdulrahman Al-Badi, Dean of the College of Architecture and Digital Design
- Dr. Abdulrahman bin Abdullatif Al-Azman, Dean of Admissions, Registration and Student Affairs
- Dr. Nasser bin Mohammed Al-Omim, Director of the University Preparation Program
Duties and Authorities
- Proposing the university's vision, mission, and objectives, as well as its academic, financial, and administrative policies, and submitting them to the Board of Trustees.
- Approving the contracts of the faculty members.
- Approving the admission policies and criteria and determining the student numbers based on DAU capacity.
- Approving the regulations governing the scholarship and training of faculty members and submitting them to the Board of Trustees.
- Approving the regulations governing support for scientific research, innovation, authorship, translation, and publication and submitting them to the Board of Trustees.
- Awarding academic degrees to DAU graduates.
- Recommendation to approve the academic programs for various degrees offered by the university and submitting them to the Board of Trustees.
- Approving the details of the academic calendar according to the general framework for the start and end of the academic year in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- Proposing financial compensation for the academic programs and submitting it to the Board of Trustees.
- Recommendation to approve the formation of the Scientific Council and submit it to the Board of Trustees.
- Proposing the establishment, merger, cancellation, or modification of colleges, institutes, scientific departments, and centers, and submitting it to the Board of Trustees.
- Recommendation to approve the establishment of scientific chairs and submit it to the Board of Trustees.
- Recommendation to approve the formation of advisory councils and determining their competencies, establish their operating rules, and submitting it to the Board of Trustees.
- Recommendation to approve scientific and technical cooperation agreements, memoranda of understanding between the university, local and foreign institutions, and submitting it to the Board of Trustees.
- Recommendation to approve the social responsibility plan.
- Approving the providing services of faculty members to the public and private sectors and civil society institutions through secondment or contracting.
- Approving of faculty members' dedication and scientific communication, as well as their external scientific and academic engagements.
- Approving the academic promotions for faculty members based on the recommendation of the Scientific Council.
- Approving issuing scientific journals and publications.
- Recommendation to approve the university's annual report and submit it to the Board of Trustees.
- Recommendation to approve the university's final accounts and submit it to the Board of Trustees.
- Proposing the annual budget of the university and submitting it to the Board of Trustees.