Problems of scientific supervision of postgraduate students in light of the increasing number of students beyond the capacity in Iraqi universities (University of Babylon as a model)

Abstract

The current study aimed to identify the problems of scientific supervision of postgraduate students in light of the increasing number of students beyond the capacity in Iraqi universities (University of Babylon as a model), The sample of this study consisted of (156) male and female teachers, including (54) males, (102) female, (They were chosen randomly), and from the various scientific and humanities faculties at the University of Babylon, who hold the title (Professor, Assistant Professor),To achieve the goals of the study, the researcher used the descriptive approach and through a questionnaire to find out the problems of scientific supervision of postgraduate students, and after verifying its validity and stability, it consisted of (31) paragraphs, and the study reached the presence of postgraduate students in light of the increasing number of students, with a general arithmetic mean of (3.256823), females, with an arithmetic mean of (3.30), and the results showed that there were no statistically significant differences at the level of significance (0.05), depending on the variable of experience, specialization, and academic title. Postgraduate studies based on scientific foundations and within the capacity of universities. The importance of the study comes from the benefit it will provide to researchers in the field of scientific research, especially Iraqi universities and postgraduate students, as it addresses an academic problem that scientific supervision and postgraduate students suffer from, and leads to confusion that reflects negatively on the student and the higher educational institution, and knowledge of the reasons affecting scientific supervision.