Kufa Technical Institute Council

👥 Honorable Council Members

📜 Duties and Powers (Actual Function: Institute Council)

First: The Main Mission

The Institute Council is the highest scientific and administrative body in the Institute. It is chaired by the Dean of the Institute and includes in its membership the Assistant Deans, the Heads of Scientific Departments, and the Council Secretariat. It meets monthly to take decisions and recommendations and forwards them to the University Presidency for validation and approval.

Second: Duties and Responsibilities

• Formulating the Institute’s policy in a way that aligns with the general policy of the university and achieves its mission.
• Recommending the approval of the Institute’s strategic plan in line with the university’s strategic plans.
• Approving a strategy for scientific research within the Institute.
• Approving the master plan for implementing quality management and academic accreditation at the Institute.
• Forming permanent or temporary committees from among its members or others.
• Encouraging the preparation of scientific research, coordinating it among the institute’s departments, and working on its publication.
• Reviewing the appointment, secondment, and assignment of faculty members, teaching assistants, and lecturers.
• Recommending the approval of plans, curricula, prescribed textbooks, and proposed references in the scientific departments.
• Approving examination schedules and setting regulations for conducting them.
• Approving the necessary training and scholarship plans for the Institute.
• Approving the extra-curricular activities plan for the scientific departments and the activities of the Institute’s Continuing Education Division.
• Deciding on student matters that fall within its jurisdiction and referring others to the University Council.
• Reviewing matters referred to it by the University Council, its president, vice president, or the Institute’s Dean for study and evaluation.
• Imposing disciplinary sanctions on students in accordance with the regulations approved by the university.
• Submitting recommendations for academic promotions of faculty members to the University Presidency according to the approved academic promotion instructions.
• Preparing the agenda of the Institute Council in coordination with the Dean of the Institute and issuing invitations to council members to attend sessions.
• Preparing the minutes of the Institute Council sessions with precision and objectivity, documenting and preserving the decisions and recommendations of the Institute Council, and monitoring their execution.
• Submitting the minutes of the Institute Council to the University Presidency after approval, preparing the necessary documents and files for council sessions, and archiving all council minutes and decisions.

Third: Minimum Supervisory Responsibility

The supervisory responsibility of the Institute Council manifests clearly through achieving excellence in organizing the administrative, financial, and scientific affairs of the Institute.