Senate

The Senate is the university's top decision-making body on academic matters. The Senate consists of vice-rectors, deans, and institute directors, one faculty member to be elected by faculty members from each faculty for three years, and up to three directors to be selected from among the directors of vocational colleges. The secretary general attends senate meetings and acts as a rapporteur without voting rights. The university student representative can participate in meetings other than academic promotion and appointment issues as non-voters. The Senate convenes at the urging of the rector at least twice in each academic year.

The duties and powers of the Senate are as follows:

• To decide on the strategic plan in universities without a university council,
• To issue the regulations of the university under the provisions of this law,
• To decide to propose the establishment of faculties, institutes, research institutes, and conservatories within the university,
• To decide on the establishment of vocational schools, research and application centers, departments, and majors of arts and sciences within the university,
• To decide the curriculum of the higher education units within the university,
• To decide on expropriation on behalf of the university, purchase of the real estate, the establishment of real rights in favor of third parties on real estate owned by the university,
• To decide on the academic calendar of the university,
• To determine the criteria to be based on academic upgrades of the university,
• To determine the award of an honorary doctorate,
• To discuss the objections made to the decisions taken by the faculty board,
• to perform the duties given by law

 

Rector

Prof. Dr. Tamer YILMAZ