FACULTY ORGANS

Dean

ARTICLE 16

  1. The Dean, who is the representative of a Faculty and its units, is selected by the Council of Higher Education from among three professors (regardless of whether they are staff members of the university concerned) nominated by the Rector, and is appointed by normal procedure. When his/her term of office expires a Dean may be re-appointed.

    2. From among the Faculty’s regular staff members, the Dean appoints at the most two Assistant Deans to help him/her in his/her work. In the case of universities responsible for centralized distance education, four Assistant Deans may be selected.

    The Assistant Deans are appointed by the Dean for a period not to exceed three years.

    One of the Assistant Deans acts as acting dean in his/her absence. Should this continue for more than six months, a new Dean shall be appointed.

  2. Duties, powers and responsibilities:

  1. To chair the Faculty boards, implement their decisions and ensure the coordination of Faculty units,
  2. To report to the Rector on the general situation and functioning of the Faculty at the end of each academic year and when requested,
  3. To present to the office of the Rector the rationale for the budgetary and staff requirements of the Faculty, taking into consideration the views of the Faculty Administrative Board concerning the budget,
  4. To generally supervise and control the constituent units and personnel at every level of the faculty,
  5. To perform other duties assigned by this law.

The Dean is directly responsible to the Rector for the rational utilization and improvement of the educational potential of the Faculty and its units, for taking security measures when necessary, for the provision of needed social services to the students, for the orderly implementation of educational programs, research and publication activities and for the supervision of all of these activities.