The policy refers to the academic freedom inside the academic institutions. PSU faculty and students are free to inquire, to study, and to evaluate. The academic freedom in teaching and learning and research will serve the academy and the long-term interests of the society and will lead to the advancement of knowledge.

Through the Research and Initiatives Center information on all PSU active researchers, research labs or groups, college, research interests, and their members are readily accessible on the center website. PSU faculty and researchers as well as external collaborators from different backgrounds can view and collaborate with the university.

Junior and Senior academics are free to undertake a variety of national and international research projects.

We are pleased to share PSU's research achievements for the third quarter of 2022. Comparing with data from Q2: Scopus publications increased by 64%, COVID-19 publications increased by 9%, and the number of active researchers increased by 24%.

Senior academics are free to undertake a variety of national and international research projects.

Research excellence is integral to Prince Sultan University’s (PSU) culture. The PSU Automated Systems & Soft Computing Lab (ASSCL) provides research activities, trainings and workshop for all faculty to join and collaborate. The lab also provides consultation services to the academia, industry, and institutions to develop real applications and solutions related to research themes

In October 2022, Stanford University included 9 researchers from the university for their long-term professional impact and another 23 researchers for their scientific impact during the past year in two lists that ranked the world’s top 2% of scientists. The database, created by experts at Stanford, is based on data from Elsevier’s Scopus database. The database includes the top 2% of scientists in 22 scientific fields and 176 subfields and provides standardized information on citations, h-index, coauthors hip-adjusted hm-index, citations to papers in different authorship positions, and a composite indicator.

The 7th Undergraduate Research Forum (URF7) was held on December 4 - 5, 2022 at Prince Sultan University. The event provided an excellent platform for students to share their research work in different disciplines including computer science, engineering, business administration, Arabic and English studies, architecture, law, sciences, and medical sciences. Each student or group is supervised by a faculty member in doing their research. This year, the forum attracted 101 submissions from eight Saudi universities and 80 papers, posters, and abstracts were accepted with a total of 249 participating students.

Information about the College Research Directors and Core Research Labs was announced to all faculty members at PSU that will allow faculty members from each college to know their research representatives as well as be familiar with the university research laboratories.

Prince Sultan University will bestow one President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching per academic year. In addition, each college will have an opportunity to have a member receive a PSU award for outstanding teaching --a maximum of 6 awards can be granted. Each winner will receive a crystal apple and certificate. The overall winner of The President’s Award will receive a cash prize of 25,000 SAR.

The college of law faculty invites K2integrity company to provide a workshop for the students, academia and public sector on Compliance in Financial Crimes.

In order to provide teaching alternatives at PSU, as well as faculty professional development, PSU announces its partnership with Coursera the leading platform in online learning.

Higher Education Teaching and Learning Certificate Program (HETLCP). This program aims to expose faculty members to many aspects, strategies, and newer modes of teaching and learning, and to become more aware of the complexities of “teaching effectiveness,” and of articulating and achieving “Learning Objectives.” It also aims to explore and advance an informed and critical understanding of different scholarly approaches to learning, teaching, and assessment practices. The ultimate goal of the program is to provide faculty members with an environment in which to advance innovative and creative approaches to academic practice and to encourage focused and critical reflection on teaching through developing the participants’ ability to evaluate their academic practice critically.

The Writing and Tutoring Center (WTC) is a newly founded center offering academic services and support to undergraduate, graduate students, faculty members and admins at Prince Sultan University as well as researchers and external guests from outside the university. The WTC’s services vary from assisting students in understanding their course material and enhancing their writing skills to helping students better comprehend academic integrity and avoid plagiarism. The WTC will be offering services in English and Arabic.

Through the leadership of Dr. Anis, Director of Research and Initiative Center, provides a training course to all faculty and students about ChatGPT.