UOH Senate
January 27, 2023 2023-07-20 9:19UOH Senate
Powers, Duties & Responsibilities of the University Of Hargeisa Senate:
- Examine and approve the academic calendar of the University
- Approve the University’s various academic programs
- Decide on the conferring of degrees, diplomas and certificates as well as medal
- Approve criteria for admission and enrollment of students
- Set criteria for the determination of academic standards
- Oversee quality assurance and excellence of programs
- Provide governing guidelines for the settlement of disciplinary problems
- Determine criteria for graduation and its ceremony processions
- Formulate guidelines for determining student assessment methods and standards
- Recommend to the Board the conferring of the rank of full Professorship and approve promotions to other academic ranks
- approve tuition fees to be charged by the University
- Issue guidelines on conditions and procedures of competitions for grants, fellowships, and scholarships
- Formulate policies and guidelines for planning and utilization of resources
- Formulate, modify and revise the organization of Colleges, schools, centres, institutes and departments of the University, and decide on the establishment of new units, merger or dissolution of existing ones.
- Establish committees, which may include persons who are not members of the Senate, to carry out and exercise any of the powers of the Senate
- Propose policies regarding employment, salaries, allowances and other benefits of the University staff to the board
- Formulate policy and devise mechanisms for staff requirement, retention and promotion
- Determine its own rules and procedures
- Set budgetary areas of priority, device mechanisms for generating and retaining internal financial resources for the university, and administer the same as well as revise plans and budgetary appropriation schemes
- provide an overall governing policy for external funding; and
- Perform such other duties as may be given to it by the President.
The Members Of The University Of Hargeisa Senate:
- The President who shall be the Chairperson;
- The Vice-president for Academic and Research ;
- The Vice President for Administrative and Development
- University Registrar
- Deans of Colleges, Schools, institutes Directors, Center Directors of the university
- Student Service and Counseling Director
- Academic Program Development and Promotion Director
- Chief librarian;
- Examination Center Director
- Human Resource Management and Development Director,
- Finance and Planning Director.
- Research, Publication, and Community Services Director
- Institutional Transformation and Quality Assurance Director
- Head of Laboratories
- Director of Corporate Communications
- Director of General Services and Logistics