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Administration and management

The rector is the head of the University and he is assisted in its management by three vice rectors - professors, a student vice rector and the general secretary, along with the administrative staff of the rector's office.

The University Council, a collegiate body comprised of 76 members, has jurisdiction over the choice of the University's management staff, the financial policy and decision making regarding organizational-statute matters. Half of the Council members, 38, are elected by the faculties and institutes that are part of the University, and the other half are appointed by the Government of the Republic of Serbia, as the University's founder.


The University's Academic Council is a professional body that deals with questions regarding basic activities, teaching and research problems. This body is headed by the rector, and its members include the vice rectors and one representative, holding the title of full professor or researcher adviser, from each University faculty and institute. Most often the faculties and institutes in this body are represented by their deans or directors.

The organization and realization of multidisciplinary postgraduate studies is the work of a special University body: the Multidisciplinary Postgraduate Studies Council. The above-mentioned 17 expert councils formed according to fields of scholarship and scientific discipline takes care of standardizing criteria for the choice of teachers and associates and for the quality of the Ph.D. degrees earned at the University of Belgrade faculties.

Each of the faculties is headed by a dean. He is assisted by one or more vice deans depending on the faculty, and by a student vice dean.

The collective body that manages each faculty is the Faculty Council which is comprised of 20 members. Ten of the members are elected by the faculty and ten are appointed by the Government of the Republic of Serbia, as the founder of the faculty.

Similar to the University Council, the Faculty Council deals with the affairs of the institution, organizational-statute questions and the choice of faculty management, while matters concerning research and teaching are within the jurisdiction of the faculty's Academic and Research Council. This Council is comprised of the faculty's teachers and associates. It is headed by the dean of the faculty.

The choice of TEACHING STAFF and associates is made by the faculty's Staff Selection Board which is comprised of assistant, associate and full professors of the faculty. When decisions are made regarding the selection of associates, faculty associates are also included in the Staff Selection Board.

Although members of the University, the institutes' activities are regulated by the Law on Scientific and Research Activities, just like the activities of other research institutes in the Republic.

The institutes are headed by directors who are elected and dismissed by the Managing Board.

The Managing Board is appointed by the Government, as the founder of the institute. This is done on a parity basis; four of the total eight members of the institute Managing Board are proposed by the institute from among its researchers with scientific titles.

The Research Council is the institute's professional body and it is comprised of researchers with scientific titles.

The University library is managed by the library administrator, a five-member Managing Board and a three-member Supervisory Board. The library bodies are appointed by the University, as its founder.

MANAGEMENT AND EXPERT BODIES OF THE UNIVERSITY

THE UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE