Senate | htw saar

The Senate performs supervisory functions, decides on issues relating to research, teaching and studies that affect the entire university or central institutions, unless otherwise assigned by law, and is the central body responsible for establishing regulations.

In particular, it is responsible for

1.	Deciding on the basic regulations and issuing regulations of the faculties and approving the regulations of the faculties,
2.	Deciding on research priorities and applications for the establishment of Collaborative Research Centers, Research Training Groups and corresponding institutions within the framework of the University's structure and development plan,
3.	Approval of the university's structure and development plan,
4.	The awarding of academic honors by the university,
5.	Discussion of the statement of accounts of the Presidential Board,
6.	Election and dismissal of the President and the part-time Vice Presidents,
7.	Participation in the appointment of the members of the University Council,
8.	Approval of the nomination of a Vice-President for Administration and Business Management and approval of his/her dismissal,
9.	The opinion on the establishment, modification and abolition of faculties, degree programmes, central academic institutions, competence centers and other organizational units,
10.	Participation in appointment proposals,
11.	Commenting on the draft target and performance agreement,
12.	commenting on the business plans,
13.	the opinion on the fee schedules,
14.	commenting on the principles for equipment and for the economic and task-oriented use of funds for research and teaching according to task- and performance-oriented criteria and taking into account the evaluation results,
15.	the statement on the allocation and release of university teaching positions,
16.	commenting on the determination of admission numbers
17.	Taking note of the annual financial statements and commenting on the proposal for the appropriation of the annual result.

The Senate can set up advisory or decision-making committees to support it.

The current members of the Senate are

the President as Chairperson with an advisory vote
elected representatives (in accordance with Section 16 (1) SHSG)
the Chairperson of the University Council, the Chairperson of the General Students' Committee (AStA) and the Equal Opportunities Officer (in accordance with Section 6 (4) SHSG) in an advisory capacity

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The Senate members of htw saar

Agendas and excerpts from the minutes can be found on the htw saar intranet.

Link: https://www.htwsaar.de/intranet/gremien-organe-und-vertretungen/Senat