University Council

University Council

The academic institutions affiliated with the council are:

• Faculties
• University Centers
• Departments and Offices

The membership of the council consists of:

• Deans of Faculties
• General Registrar
• Research and Consultancy Center
• Director of Faculty Members Management Department
• Director of Postgraduate and Training Studies Department
• Representative from The Planning Council of the Municipality in which the university is located.
• President of the Faculty Members’ Union at The University
• Representative from The Student Union at The University
• Representative from The Administrators at The University

The responsibilities of the council include:

• Contributing to connecting the university to societal issues and addressing social problems within the university’s scope.
• Proposing plans and general programs for developing education at the university.
• Approving donations, aids, gifts, and endowments.
• Approving honorary degrees.
• Proposing awards for academic excellence for professors, students, faculties, and scientific departments at the university.
• Contributing to maintaining the university’s reputation, supporting its status, and proposing preventive plans to preserve societal values and prevent destructive phenomena.

The tasks the council include:

• Drawing up the general policy that the university operates under, to achieve its purposes within the framework of the state’s general objectives and the policies set by the relevant authorities.

Managing the university affairs, especially the following:

• Managing the university’s funds, investments, and dispositions in accordance with the prevailing legislation.
• Authorizing the university president or their representative to carry out certain legal actions within their jurisdiction.
• Supervising the general system in the university faculties, scientific departments, research centers, and technical institutes affiliated with it.
• Approving the university’s budget and final account and referring them to the relevant authorities.
• Proposing the establishment of faculties at the university.
• Approving the establishment of scientific and administrative departments at the university based on the proposals of Faculty deans and affiliated departments.
•  Proposing the appointment, promotion, transfer, secondment, and loan of faculty members, subject to the approval of the relevant faculty and in accordance with the prevailing legislation.
• Approving the use of non-full-time faculty members (cooperative) in accordance with the prevailing legislation.
• Accrediting study plans at the university.
• Approving the internal regulations of faculties, scientific departments, the consultancy office, research centers, and scientific studies in accordance with the relevant legislation.
• Supervising the construction and maintenance of university facilities.
• Granting academic degrees and other certificates and proposing honorary degrees.
• Organizing the admission of students to faculties and scientific departments in coordination with the relevant authorities.
• Granting sabbatical leave for faculty members inside the country in accordance with the regulations and rules in place.
• Establishing systems for various types of financial rewards and grants, in compliance with the prevailing legislation.
• Inviting visiting professors and examiners and disbursing financial rewards according to the applicable regulations.