A scientific trip is a fieldwork activity undertaken by a scholarship student once during a single academic stage to collect data and information related to their research and thesis.

Article fifteen of the Scholarship and Training Regulations for university staff specifies the rules regarding a scientific trip for a student abroad. It states: 'A scholarship student may undertake a scientific trip while preparing their thesis, once during a single academic stage, either to Saudi Arabia or elsewhere outside the scholarship headquarters, according to the following conditions:

- The student's supervisor must recommend the necessity of the trip for the research.
- Approval from the cultural attaché.
- Approval from the department and college council, or the institute and its equivalent, and the university’s scholarship and training committee.
- The duration of the scientific trip must not exceed three months.
- If the trip is to Saudi Arabia, the student must carry out research under the supervision of their department, and the department must prepare a comprehensive report on the trip.
- If the scientific trip is outside the scholarship headquarters to a country other than Saudi Arabia, the supervisor must submit a report on the trip to the cultural attaché, who in turn will provide it to the university.'

The one sponsored by it in a formal manner. Article 20 of the Scholarships and Training Regulations for University Staff also specified the provisions related to the scientific trip of the sponsored student within the country, stating: "The sponsored student may undertake a scientific trip while preparing the thesis, and only once during each academic stage, outside the place of study, whether traveling within the Kingdom or abroad, according to the following conditions: the student's supervisor recommends the research need for the scientific trip. Approval of the department and college councils, or the institute and its equivalent, and the scholarship and training committee at the university from which the student is sponsored. The duration of the scientific trip shall not exceed three months." Conditions for undertaking the scientific trip: Recommendation from the sponsored student's supervisor on the research need for the scientific trip. Endorsement of the Saudi Cultural Attaché in the country of sponsorship. Recommendation of the department council to approve the sponsored student undertaking the scientific trip (a tripartite committee delegated by the council). Recommendation of the college council to approve the sponsored student undertaking the scientific trip (a tripartite committee delegated by the council). Recommendation of the permanent scholarships and training committee to approve the sponsored student undertaking the scientific trip. Documents required to be attached In the request: An official letter certified by the supervisor of the scholarship study. The practical plan for the scientific trip.​