International agreements and memoranda of understanding

Based on the mutual desire between the two universities to deepen scientific cooperation relations and the desire of each to deepen and strengthen cooperation between them in all common scientific fields, it was decided to conclude a joint cooperation agreement as follows:

Article One: Joint Scientific Work

• The two universities will exchange documents and information that serve their scientific research and higher education programs.
• The two universities will cooperate in conducting joint scientific research of a strategic nature at the national and international levels.
• The two universities will exchange invitations to participate in conferences, seminars, exhibitions, and other scientific and academic activities held at each university.
• The two universities will cooperate in various fields of studies, consultations, and expertise.
• The University of Homs will provide scientific support, advice, and administrative expertise. to the Arab Private University for Science and Technology, with the aim of facilitating the university's work.
• The University of Homs contributes to teaching at the Arab Private University for Science and Technology in the specializations available therein through the exchange of teachers and lecturers.
• The University of Homs announces its willingness to contribute to examining the accreditation standards for the educational programs to be adopted at the Arab Private University for Science and Technology, through its committees, in exchange for a subsequent agreement concluded between the two universities.

Article Two: Graduate Studies and Scientific Research

• The two parties shall cooperate in supervising and evaluating graduate theses in accordance with the regulations in force in both countries.
• The two universities shall exchange the regulations and rules governing their graduate studies.
• Each party shall inform the other of the areas and topics of scientific research it is conducting and that need to be conducted.
• Conducting scientific research procedures Joint.
• The two universities will cooperate in the field of authoring, translating books, and joint publishing.
• The two parties will exchange documents, publications, periodicals, and books published by each of them.

Article Three: Exchange of Academic Visits

• The two sides will exchange academic visits by members of the teaching and technical staff for the purpose of giving lectures, teaching, training, and scientific research.
• The two universities will exchange student visits for undergraduate and graduate students in various scientific fields to benefit from the scientific capabilities available at each university for training and conducting scientific research.
• Exchange of faculty members on loan between the two scientific institutions for a renewable academic year by agreement between the two parties in accordance with applicable regulations.
• Permitting students from the Arab Private University for Science and Technology to conduct some lessons and practical applications in the laboratories of the University of Homs. The method and fees for this process will be determined by a subsequent agreement.

Article Four: Financial Conditions

The costs of any mutual activities between the two parties shall be agreed upon through official correspondence.

Article Five:

• The agreement shall be effective for a period of five years from the date of its ratification by the competent authorities in accordance with the regulations in force at both parties.
• The agreement shall be automatically renewed annually after its expiration unless one party notifies the other party in official writing of its desire to terminate it six months prior to the renewal date.
• Any clause or article of this agreement may be amended, changed, or added to the articles of this agreement after consultation and agreement between the two universities through official means. This shall be considered effective after its ratification by both parties in accordance with the procedures followed by each of them.