Presentation

The Pedagogical Council is the pedagogical management body of the University, respecting the strategic guidelines of the University Council and the competences of the Rector.

1. In general, the Pedagogical Council is responsible for promoting the development and innovation of the University's pedagogical activities, the articulation of teaching, research and extension activities, curricular integration and the development of students' competences, in accordance with the present Statutes and the applicable Regulations.

2. In particular, the Pedagogical Council is responsible for

1. To draw up the University's pedagogical activities plan, promote its implementation and ensure its evaluation;
2. To promote the development of teachers' pedagogical and didactic skills, in accordance with the requirements of contemporary university pedagogy;
3. To issue an opinion on the regulations and curricular plans of the courses;
4. To give its opinion on the allocation of curricular units to teachers, the curricular unit programs, the evaluation of teaching activities, and the teachers' performance;
5. To decide on the calendar of each academic year of the Uni-CV;
6. To monitor the implementation of the pedagogical activities plan, in liaison with the course coordination structures;
7. To organize the monitoring and the technical-pedagogical support to teachers and students, ensuring an innovative curricular management and the maximization of the academic results;
8. Promote forums for discussion, dissemination of studies and dissemination of good practices in the pedagogical field and seek solutions to problems of a pedagogical-didactic nature;
9. To pronounce and issue suggestions about the use of common services existing in the Uni-CV, in order to promote the quality of pedagogical activities;
10. To give its opinion about the organization and orientation of the activities of the Academic, Social Action, Technical and other Services that contribute to the quality of education and the academic success of students;
11. To present and propose to the competent entities the support to pedagogical, extension and or circum-school projects;
12. To approve the respective Regulations and submit them to the University Council for ratification; and
13. To perform other functions that may be assigned to it under the terms of the regulations or by deliberation of the University Council.

3. The powers of the Pedagogical Council shall be exercised, at the level of Faculties and Schools, by Pedagogical Committees specialized according to the subject matter, under the terms and conditions to be defined in the University's organic regulations, internal regulations, and deliberations of the Pedagogical Council.

4. Without prejudice to the provisions of the previous number, the specialized Pedagogical Committees shall be responsible for assessing and issuing opinions on course curricular projects, curricular unit programs, faculty performance evaluation processes, plans and reports on academic activities of the Colleges and Schools, and other matters submitted to them by the Presidents of these organic units.

5. The specialized Pedagogical Committees may cover one or more Schools or Faculties, depending on the affinities of these organic units and on the existing conditions, under the terms mentioned in the final part of the previous number.

6. Without prejudice to their connection to the Pedagogical Council, the specialized Pedagogical Commissions exercise their attributions in articulation with the internal bodies of the Colleges and Schools.