The Senate is the highest professional body of the ISH Faculty, discussing and deciding on all key matters in the fields of education and research. Through its work, it ensures the quality, development, and coherence of the faculty’s academic environment.
The Senate shapes the faculty’s professional and strategic direction and ensures the realization of its vision and mission. Its decisions are based on academic excellence, freedom of research, ethics, and responsibility to society. By connecting teaching and research work, it creates the foundations for a dynamic, modern, and internationally comparable higher education community.
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Session No. |
Session date |
Application submission date |
Resolutions |
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3. |
25. 9. 2025 |
8 days before the session |
within 14 days after the Senate session |
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4. |
13. 11. 2025 |
8 days before the session |
within 14 days after the Senate session |
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5. |
18. 12. 2025 |
8 days before the session |
within 14 days after the Senate session |
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6. |
12. 2. 2026 |
8 days before the session |
within 14 days after the Senate session |
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7. |
26. 3. 2026 |
8 days before the session |
within 14 days after the Senate session |
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8. |
14. 5. 2026 |
8 days before the session |
within 14 days after the Senate session |
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9. |
25.6.2026 |
8 days before the session |
within 14 days after the Senate session |
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10. |
27. 8. 2026 |
8 days before the session |
within 14 days after the Senate session |
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11. |
24.9.2026 |
8 days before the session |
within 14 days after the Senate session |
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12. |
12.11.2026 |
8 days before the session |
within 14 days after the Senate session |
| 13. |
14. 1. 2027
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8 days before the session
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within 14 days after the Senate session
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| 14. |
18. 3. 2027
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8 days before the session
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within 14 days after the Senate session
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| 15. |
13. 5. 2027
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8 days before the session |
within 14 days after the Senate session
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| 16. |
24. 6. 2027
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8 days before the session
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within 14 days after the Senate session
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| 17. |
19. 8. 2027
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8 days before the session
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within 14 days after the Senate session
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| 18. |
24. 9. 2027
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8 days before the session
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within 14 days after the Senate session
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| 19. | 11. 11. 2027 |
8 days before the session
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within 14 days after the Senate session
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- Study and research programmes
Adopts study programmes.
Adopts the programme of research and development-operational work.
Approves the faculty’s annual work plan.
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Academic staff
Elects higher education teachers, researchers, and associates in accordance with the Higher Education Act (ZViS) and the faculty statute.
Submits proposals for new academic staff appointments.
Determines the criteria for election to academic titles.
Decides on the revocation of academic titles.
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Appointment procedures
Appoints and dismisses the appointment committee.
Decides on appeals against the reports of the appointment committee (committee members are excluded from decision-making in these procedures).
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Quality assurance
Monitors the quality of educational and research work.
Considers the opinions of the Faculty Student Council and decides within the scope of its powers.
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Decision-making procedures
Decides on student appeals in academic matters as a second-instance body.
When deciding as a first-instance body, it appoints an appeals committee.
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Work organization
Appoints committees and other Senate working bodies.
Adopts the academic calendar.
Provides an opinion on the faculty’s financial plan.
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Students’ final theses
Approves the topics of bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral theses.
Appoints and dismisses mentors, co-mentors, and defense committees.
Appoints committees for the evaluation of doctoral dissertation topics and the assessment of the candidate’s qualifications.
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Young researchers
Adopts expert opinions on young researchers.
Decides on their candidacy.
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Recognition of education
Appoints an authorized person for the recognition (nostrification) of diplomas obtained abroad, in cases determined by law.
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General tasks
Considers the faculty statute and proposes amendments and supplements to the governing board.
Proposes candidates for dean and vice-deans.
Determines the number of enrolment places and any enrolment restrictions.
Performs other tasks as well, in accordance with legislation, the statute, and the faculty’s general acts.