Governance and control

Department Councils

The Department Council is chaired by the Director of the Department, who convenes it, and is composed of the first and second-rank tenured professors and tenured researchers. Furthermore, a student representative elected from among the representatives of the individual Degree courses participates in the Department Council. Fixed-term researchers and members of the Board of Directors may participate in the Department Council without the right to vote.

The Department Council decides by simple majority of those present entitled to vote. In the event of a tie, the vote of the Director prevails.

The duties of the Department Council are:

1. the formulation of the Department's development proposals for the purposes of defining the University's development plans;
2. the formulation of proposals for the part within its competence concerning the University Teaching Regulations;
3. the formulation of proposals for the awarding of honorary degrees;
4. the exercise of all the powers delegated to it by the rules on the university system, without prejudice to the provisions of this Statute;
5. in the event that a degree course does not have the relevant Course Council referred to in Article 16 of this Statute, the relevant Department Council shall perform the relevant functions. In such cases, contract lecturers also participate, if convened, without the right to vote.