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Faculty Council

Responsibilities of the Faculty Council

  1. The responsibilities of the Faculty Council include in particular:
    • passing opinions on the candidate for the position of Dean proposed by the Rector;
    • passing opinions on candidates for the positions of Vice-Dean, Head of a Faculty Institute, Head of a Department and Laboratory proposed by the Dean;
    • passing opinions on the Faculty's strategy and on the annual reports regarding its implementation;
    • passing opinions on the curricula of all programmes of education offered by the Faculty;
    • passing opinions on the rules of awarding degrees.
  2. The Faculty Council consists of:
    • the Dean;
    • Vice-deans;
    • representatives of professors and doctors with habilitation (from 5 to 10 persons);
    • representatives of other academic staff (hereinafter AS) (5 to 10 persons);
    • non-AS staff representatives (3 to 5 persons);
    • student representatives (at least 20% of the Faculty Council).
  3. The mode of operation for the Faculty Council is determined by the Dean.
  4. The number of elected representatives on the Faculty Council is determined by the person designated to hold the office of Dean.
  5. The term of office of the Faculty Council is four years and coincides with that of the Rector.
  6. The rules for electing members of the Faculty Council are set out in the Election Rules of Gdańsk University of Technology, which constitutes Annex 5 to the Statute.
  7. The meetings of the Faculty Council shall also be attended by representatives of each trade union active at the Faculty, who will have the right to speak on staff matters.

(source: Faculty of Chemistry Bylaws)