Senate
The Senate is the highest self-administration committee of the university. It is composed of professors, students and staff who are elected by free and secret ballot. The President is a voting member as a right of office and the Senate chairperson. The Senate in total comprises 15 members with the right to vote.
The Senate has the following responsibilities:
The Senate is to a high degree responsible for the constitution of the university's academic life. It is responsible for creating and further developing goals and strategies in the areas of courses and teaching and makes decisions on
- The charter as well as other articles and regulations
- The setting up, modification and annulment of courses and allocation of faculties
- The setting up, modification and annulment as well as the designation and internal structure of self-administering units
Among other activities, the commitee gives its opinion on
- Appointement proposals
- Structural and development plans and their updating
- Goals and performance agreements between the university and the Ministry
- Principles governing equipment and the distribution of materials
The Senate participates in the election of the President and the Head of Administration and in determing the members of the University Council.
(For further responsibilities see Charter of UAS Erfurt § 14)
Further changes in the organisational structure from 1st July 2008
The previous Departments are being replaced by Faculties. For Faculties led by Deans, the Faculty Board is the decisive committee in defining each teaching and research profile. To handle the organisational aspects of the courses, the Faculty Boards set up course commissions.
Coopeeration between the Faculties on one hand, and agreement between Faculties, university management and university administration on the other is carried out at the network level through task-related commissions.
Commission for courses and teaching
Commission for excellence and quality
Commission for organisation and finances
Commission for research and transfer
(For composition and taks of commissions see Charter of the UAS Erfurt § 15 to § 18)