Senate

• Passes the Statute with the absolute majority of votes when at least half of statutory members are present
• Passes the university strategy and endorses the execution report thereof
• Passes the university mission
• Appoints and dismisses the members of the University Council and elects the Chairperson of the University Council
• Confers the title of Doctor Honoris Causa
• Passes the rules and regulations at the university
• Determines the conditions, mode, and date of the beginning and end of admissions
• Determines the guidelines related to the development of fields of study
• Determines study programmes for first- and second-cycle fields of study and postgraduate studies
• Determines the manner of verifying learning outcomes
• Determines the rules pertaining to foreign language learning at the university
• Approves the design of diplomas
• Performs tasks related to:
  • awarding Polish Qualifications Framework (PQF) levels to qualifications conferred after graduating from postgraduate programmes,
  • introducing the qualifications conferred after graduating from postgraduate programmes and other forms of education to the “Integrated Qualifications System” (pursuant to the Integrated Qualifications System Act of 22 December 2015)
• Determines the manner of conduct in cases related to conferring academic and research degrees
• Determines the principles of selection processes for doctoral schools
• Passes rules and regulations of doctoral schools
• Determines study programmes in doctoral schools
• Approves the design of doctoral and postdoctoral qualification diplomas
• Appoints a committee to perform tasks related to the proceedings in matters of conferring the degree of doctor in a science field and discipline when no scientific Discipline Council has been created
• Confers the degree of Doctor of Science
• Appoints and dismisses disciplinary committees
• Designates candidates for institutions representing the higher education and science communities
• Endorses rules and regulations of the Academic Business Incubator and the Centre for Transfer of Technologies operating as university units
• Consents to Rector’s motion to create or to accede to a special purpose vehicle as described in Articles 149-150 of the Act; consents to motions to create or to accede to a private limited company as described in Article 159 of the Act
• Passes rules and regulations for managing copyrights and related rights, industrial property law, and principles of commercialisation
• Passes rules and regulations related to the use of the research infrastructure
• Adopts resolutions in other matters in the scope described in the Act or the Statute

The Senate passes judgements on matters determined in the Act and Statute. It might pass judgements in the form of resolutions in all matters relevant to the university. The Senate can appoint standing committees and regulate their functions. The members of such committees are Senate members. The Senate can also appoint temporary committees managing the preparation of the Senate’s stance on issues that go beyond the scope of operation of standing committees.

The Senate comprises:

• Rector as the Chairperson
• Professors and associate professors employed at the university as their primary source of income, who constitute no less than 50% of the Senate members
• Academic teachers employed at the university as their primary source of income in positions other than those determined in Section 2, who constitute no less than 20% of the Senate members
• Non-academic staff who constitute no less than 5% of the Senate members
• Students and doctoral students who constitute, in total, not less than 20% of the Senate members, one student for each faculty, and at least one doctoral student’s representative