All praise is due to Allah who ordained knowledge and taught mankind what it knew not. And may the best of peace and blessings be upon the merciful teacher to humanity, our Leader and Prophet, Muhammad, and upon his household and companions, and whomsoever follow them in goodness until the Day of Judgment.

The Vice Presidency of Graduate Studies and Research shadows the university's third strategic plan of 2021-2025inspired by the national Vision of 2030, which includes building a knowledge-based economy, enhancing research and development tends to promote research excellence and community partnerships to achieve sustainable development in collaboration with relevant parties.

The Islamic University is a leading global Islamic hub that attracts attention from all corners of the world, achieving in 2022 it the highest diversity of nationalities within a university campus in the Guinness World Records. And to achieve higher standards of quality and efficiency in performance, the university launched its third strategic plan based on the balanced scorecard (BSC) approach, which emphasizes quality and efficiency in tasks, goals, and performance indicators.

The Vice Presidency of Graduate Studies and Research focuses on the most important components of the academic environment, such as research and researchers as components of investment that is of utmost importance for the vice presidency and the university alike.

Finally, I would like to thank the president of the university for his continuous support to the vice presidency to carry out its duties to support graduate students and researchers to achieve the university and vice presidency’s goals.


Vice President of Graduate Studies and Research

 Dr. Nabil bin Hussain Al-Harithi