Academic Senate

The Academic Senate of the Faculty of Economics, Prague University of Economics and Business (VŠE), is a self-governing academic body established under Sections 26 and 27 of Act No. 111/1998 Coll., on Higher Education Institutions and on Amendments and Supplements to Other Acts (the Higher Education Act). It is composed of representatives of the academic community of the faculty.

The election system for the Academic Senate of the Faculty is bicameral: academic staff elect their representatives to the academic staff chamber, while students elect their representatives to the student chamber. Elections are conducted directly and by secret ballot, with the possibility of voting for multiple candidates.

The Academic Senate of the Faculty consists of nine members. The Chair of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Economics is doc. PhDr. Ján Pavlík Meetings of the Academic Senate are open to the public.

Current office holders:

• Chair: Assoc. Prof. PhDr. Ján Pavlík

• Vice-Chairs: Bc. Jan Leher, JUDr. Jan Vondráček

Members:

What is the Academic Senate?

The Academic Senate of a faculty is its self-governing representative academic body. It has at least nine members, of whom at least one-third and at most one-half must be students. Members of the Academic Senate are elected from among the members of the faculty’s academic community. Elections are direct and conducted by secret ballot.

The internal regulations of the faculty define, in particular, the number of members of the Academic Senate, the method of their election, the procedure for electing the Chair of the Senate, the bodies of the Academic Senate and their establishment, the grounds for termination of membership in the Senate, and any possible incompatibility of Senate membership with the holding of other offices.

Membership in the Academic Senate

Membership in the Academic Senate is incompatible with holding the position of Rector, Vice-Rector, Dean, or Vice-Dean.

The term of office of individual members of a faculty’s Academic Senate is a maximum of three years. If a student elected to the Academic Senate is, during their term of office, admitted to another immediately consecutive study program, the internal regulations of the public higher education institution may specify conditions under which their membership in the Academic Senate does not terminate.

The term of office of all members of the Academic Senate ends if the Senate fails to meet for a period of six months in accordance with Section 27 of the Higher Education Act. In such a case, the Dean shall announce new elections no later than 30 days thereafter.

Meetings of the Academic Senate

Meetings of the faculty’s Academic Senate are open to the public. The Dean, or a Vice-Dean acting on the Dean’s behalf, has the right to speak at a meeting at any time upon request. At the Dean’s request, the Chair of the Academic Senate is obliged to convene an extraordinary meeting of the Senate without delay.

On proposals, particularly under paragraph 1(g), the Academic Senate decides by secret ballot. A proposal for the appointment of a Dean is adopted if it is approved by an absolute majority of all members of the Academic Senate of the faculty; a proposal for the Dean’s dismissal is adopted if it is approved by at least three-fifths of all members of the Senate.

Competences of the Academic Senate

(1) The Academic Senate of the Faculty

a) decides, upon the Dean’s proposal, on the establishment, merger, amalgamation, division, or dissolution of faculty departments and other units,

b) approves, upon the Dean’s proposal, draft internal regulations of the faculty and submits them for approval to the Academic Senate of the university,

c) approves the allocation of the faculty’s financial resources as presented by the Dean and monitors their use,

d) approves the annual report on activities and the annual financial report of the faculty as submitted by the Dean,

e) approves the conditions for admission to study programs offered by the faculty,

f) approves the Dean’s proposal for the appointment and dismissal of members of the Scientific Board of the faculty and the faculty’s Disciplinary Committee,

g) decides on the proposal to appoint the Dean and may also propose their dismissal,

h) approves, upon the Dean’s proposal, the faculty’s long-term educational, scientific, research, development, innovation, artistic, or other creative activity plan, prepared in accordance with the long-term plan of the university, after prior discussion in the Scientific Board of the faculty.

(2) The Academic Senate of the Faculty also expresses its opinion, in particular:

a) on proposals for study programs implemented at the faculty,

b) on the Dean’s intention to appoint or dismiss Vice-Deans.