Scientific Research Department

The University of Bahrain provides a fertile environment for scientific research, based on encouraging its professors to conduct more research with a focus on vital development issues of interest to the Kingdom of Bahrain and the region, and seeking to find solutions to them, as well as the expansion of graduate programs that are based primarily on solid scientific research aimed at discussing issues. This is what makes the University of Bahrain the largest source of refereed scientific research in the Kingdom.

• Positioning the scientific research at a high value among university affiliates, while facilitating the process of scientific research for university faculty members as well as students.
• Empowering university faculty members and students to master the skills of scientific research, each in their fields of specialization and facilitate the scientific publishing for the university faculty members.
• Facilitating the scientific research processes for faculty members and students at the university.
• Facilitating the process of scientific publishing for faculty members at the university.
• Coordinating research efforts between the Deanship of Graduate Studies and Scientific Research and the university’s various colleges and centers.
• Establishing a type of research partnership between the Deanship of Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research at the University of Bahrain, and external scientific research centers at the local, regional, Arab, and international levels.
• Building effective relations between the Deanship and the official and non-governmental institutions in the field of scientific research.
• Increasing the sources of funds of the Deanship to reduce the dependence on the university budget in supporting scientific research.

Scientific Research System
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The University of Bahrain has always sought to develop its strategic plan in which it compasses the University’s major goal which is to straighten  its role on both the national and international levels as a source of knowledge, research,  distinction and invention.

In this regard, the University has given special consideration to scientific research by stating it as a main pillar in the second strategic goal that aims to increase and improve the quality and quantity of scientific research at the University in order to integrate with the economic vision 2030 of the kingdom of Bahrain.

This unit is considered one of the important of pillars of the Deanship of Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research. It offers the following services:

The university has mobilized all of its capabilities and potential in order to cope with future challenges in the field of scientific research, and developed the infrastructure in providing attractive and stimulating support. This enhances the excellence and creativity of researchers in all areas of knowledge to achieve global leadership and to contribute to building the knowledge economy. From this standpoint, the idea of the establishment of research groups, meaning research is carried-out work between a number of researchers, for the completion of the outstanding research in quantity, quality and usefulness of the University and the community.

Scientific research aims to communicate with concerned bodies inside and outside the Kingdom to achieve the objectives and approve the size, format and output of the scientific journals, the number of copies printed out, the methods of distribution, and the destinations of dedication based on the recommendations of its editorial boards.

The University of Bahrain’s institutional repository (BSpace) aims to store the scientific research output of the university, increase the visibility of original research and scholarly activity produced by UOB, and facilitate the sharing of scientific knowledge generated at UOB both regionally and internationally.

The repository is based on the dSpace platform and was developed and installed and customized by the College of Information Technology, and the Library and Information Services are responsible for quality control of its content. Hosting is provided by the IT Center and the Deanship of Scientific Research utilizes the research data stored in the repository.

Faculty, staff, students, and guests of UOB can access BSpace through the UOB IT services access id and password, and can contribute to the BSpace repository by submitting their works within the Colleges/Centers (communities) they belong to. This submission is then checked by College committee as well as the Library before being published on BSpace.

Please browse the UOB communities below or use the search function to locate information you are searching for. For further assistance please contact the system administrator uobdspace@uob.edu.bh.