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The Senate and its Powers
The University Senate is the highest-ranking
body in the university. Its duties include drafting, modifying
and, where necessary, bringing the University Statutes into
line with modern developments, overseeing the University’s
governing bodies and making appointments to these bodies,
defining the general lines of University policy and, in extraordinary
circumstances, calling elections to appoint a new rector.
The Senate
The representatives sitting in the University
Senate are:
- The rector, who takes the chair.
- The secretary general.
- The university manager.
- The vice-rectors.
- The faculty deans and directors of
the university schools.
- Representatives
drawn in proportional numbers from the teaching staff of all the faculties and university
schools to a total of 180 members, including faculty deans,
directors of the university schools and vice-rectors, 153
of whom should be full-tenured, PhD holders, and 27 teachers
without tenure and not in possession of a PhD.
- Representatives
drawn in proportional numbers from the student body of all the faculties and university
school to a total of 90 members, including doctorate students.
- Representatives from the administrative
and services staff to a total of 30 members.
Powers
The powers of the University Senate are:
- To pass its own governing regulations.
- To draft and modify the University
Statutes.
- To elects its representatives on the
Governing Council.
- To elect the University ombudsman,.
- To draft the regulations governing
the election of the rector and to call, in extraordinary
circumstances, elections to fill the rector’s post, in accordance
with the procedures established in the Statutes.
- To be kept informed of all the University’s
undertakings and to express its opinion as to how the University
be run; the University Senate can request the necessary
information from any university body in complying with these
duties.
- To debate and, if this is the case,
accept the rector’s annual report, which should include
a description and evaluation of the University’s teaching
and research activities, as well as a general outline of
the budget, the long-term development plan and the financial
report.
- To present a motion criticizing the
governing of the rector and his or her team, which must
receive the support of a quarter of Senate members.
- To put questions to the University’s
Management Council.
- To act as the main consultative body
within the University.
- To define the main criteria for applying
the Statutes in the areas it governs.
- To be kept informed of the foundation
of new university schools and courses, and alternatively
of their elimination or suppression.
- To rule on the regulations governing
student progress and attendance.
- To debate and vote on proposals concerning
important social issues and university matters.
- To establish mechanisms for university
participation on matters of importance and to propose strategic
financial plans and budgets for the University of Barcelona.
- All other powers entrusted in it
by the regulations and the current Statutes.
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