Government

The Council of the Department

The Council of the Department is made up of all the professors and researchers with a doctorate category, a representation of the non-doctoral academic staff, a representation of the research staff in training, a representation of the first and second cycle students, a representation of the students of third cycle and a representation of the PAS.

The main powers of the Department Council are:

• Prepare and approve the Regulations of the Department, and modify it, if necessary, with the vote of the absolute majority of the members of the Department.
• Call for director elections, and elect and remove the director
• Approve the relationship and distribution of expenses and their execution
• Approve the report of your activities
• Prepare the reports that are within their competence and, especially, those related to the creation of new departments or units, and also the creation, modification or suppression of degrees and their corresponding study plans, when they affect issues related to their areas of knowledge or specialties.
• Schedule and coordinate the teaching task of the Department in the undergraduate and in the doctoral and postgraduate programs
• Formulate to the Faculty Board the suggestions it deems appropriate in relation to the study plans and other subjects
• Encourage the creation of university and research institutes and other research centers
• Organize specialization or dissemination courses, seminars and conference cycles, within their areas of knowledge and specialties, and promote the coordination of these activities with other departments
• Promote the formalization of contracts with public or private entities to carry out scientific, technical or artistic work
• Propose the call for teaching positions for university teaching bodies, contracted professors, researchers and other types of academic staff
• Propose the members of the commissions for the selection of teaching and research staff, civil servants and contractors, because they are designated
• Propose the hiring of emeritus professors and visiting
• Propose the hiring of personnel, for the purposes of research or advice, to do temporary or specific work
• Create commissions
• Know the agreements of the Executive
• Resolve conflicts of competence that may arise between the Units of the Department
• Assume any other competence attributed to it by the Statutes and the rest of the applicable regulations

 

The management team

The management team is made up of the Director of the Department and the Secretary, who assists him in carrying out his duties.

The Director of the Department exercises the functions of direction and ordinary management, and has the representation of the Department.

The powers of the director are:

• Represent the department; direct, coordinate and supervise the activity of the Department
• Summon and preside over the Department Council and the Executive Commission, and execute the agreements; manage budget items
• Supervise the tasks of the administration and service personnel attached to the Department
• Propose to the rector the appointment and dismissal of the positions of his team
• Ensure compliance with the provisions applicable to the Department
• Ensure that the members of the Department fulfill their duties and that their duties and rights are respected, in accordance with the specific rules that regulate them;
• Assume any other competence that may be attributed by law or the Statutes and, in particular, those that within the scope of the Department have not been attributed to other bodies.

The Secretary of the Department is also Secretary of the Department Council. He is the notary person of the acts and agreements that take place and, as such, draws up the minutes of the sessions and safeguards the documentation of the Department. He replaces the director and assumes the powers.