Facilities of the NAWI Faculty

Functional period: 2023 - 2025

Chairman of the Faculty Board
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Walter Kurz

Deputy Chairman of the Faculty Board
Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Psych. Dr. Christof Körner

Members of the Board
 

Extract from the organisational chart of the University of Graz
§ 11 Faculty Board
(1) The faculty shall establish a faculty committee with a maximum of 42 members. The Faculty Board shall decide on any changes to the size of the Faculty Board by a two-thirds majority. The faculty committee consists of

• Representatives of the group of university professors;
• Representatives of the group of university lecturers as well as academic staff and research and teaching staff in half the number of representatives according to no. 1;
• Representatives of the students in half the number of representatives according to no. 1;
• Two representatives of the general university staff.

The election regulations for the election of members of the Senate shall apply mutatis mutandis to the faculty committee.

(2) The term of office of the faculty committee comprises two academic years and generally ends on 30 September. If the newly elected faculty committee is unable to take up its duties on 1 October of the following winter semester, the term of office of the previous faculty committee is extended until the new faculty committee is constituted, but by no more than three months.

(3) The tasks of the faculty committee are in particular

• Commenting on the proposal for the election of the Dean and the Vice-Dean,
• Drawing up a proposal for the election of the Dean of Studies and the Vice Dean of Studies,
• Advising the Dean, in particular in matters relating to § 6 para. 4,
• Discussion of the resource overview once a semester,
• Advising the faculty management, in particular in teaching and study matters, research matters, internationalisation, appointment and habilitation matters, equal opportunities issues,
• Exercising consultation rights, in particular with regard to target agreements,
• Appointment of an advisory board for proposals on the promotion of junior staff and personnel development measures; the faculty committee shall issue the more detailed provisions,
• Appointment of a mediation committee for internal faculty conflicts in accordance with § 21.

(4) In justified cases, the faculty committee can submit a written report directly to the Rectorate and the Senate.

Advisory Board for proposals for the promotion of young talent and personnel development measures (PEB) at the Faculty of Natural Sciences
Functional period 2023 - 2025

The PEB is a committee to be set up by the Faculty Board in accordance with § 11 para. 3 OrgPlan and is intended to support the Faculty Management in an advisory capacity in the areas of promotion of young talent, personnel development and advancement of women. (BV "wissenschaftliche Karriere" § 22 (1))

Chairman:
Ao.Univ.-Prof.Dr. Walter Gössler
Institut für Chemie
8010 Graz, Universitätsplatz 1/I (Analytische Chemie)
walter.goessler@uni-graz.at
+43 (0)316 380 - 5302
 

Voting members

With seat, without vote 

The Faculty of Natural Sciences has, in accordance with § 20 of the organisation plan Karl-Franzens-Universität has set up a mediation advisory board consisting of the following members:

Functional period: 2023 -2025

Chairman of the Mediation Advisory Board:
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Walter Kurz
Institute for Earth Sciences
8010 Graz, Heinrichstraße 26/EG (Geology and palaeontology)
E-Mail: walter.kurz@uni-graz.at
Telefon: +43 316 380 - 5588

The task of the advisory board is to mediate conflicts within the faculty. A central mediation committee must be set up for inter-faculty conflicts. The Mediation Advisory Board must examine complaints from individuals or interest groups and develop proposals for solutions. Appeals to the Mediation Board are possible irrespective of the competence of other statutory bodies of the University (Works Council, Equal Opportunities Working Group, Arbitration Commission, etc.). Applications/complaints to the Mediation Advisory Board can be submitted via the Dean's Office of the Faculty of Natural Sciences.

Functional period: 2023 -2025

Professorial curia
Curia spokesman: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Walter Kurz
Institute for Earth Sciences
8010 Graz, Heinrichstraße 26/EG (Geology and palaeontology)
E-Mail: walter.kurz@uni-graz.at
Telefon: +43 316 380 - 5588

Mid-level curia
Curia spokeswoman: Ao.Univ.-Prof.Dr. Edith Gößnitzer
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
8010 Graz, Schubertstraße 1/I (Pharmaceutical chemistry)
E-Mail: edith.goessnitzer@uni-graz.at
Telefon: +43 316 380 - 8652, 8655

Student Curia
Curia spokeswoman: Charléne Dunemann
E-Mail: charlene.dunemann(at)edu.uni-graz.at

Curia of the general university personnel
Curia spokesman: Amtsdirektor Ing. Robert Holzapfel
Institute of Physics
8010 Graz, Universitätsplatz 5/EG
E-Mail: robert.holzapfel@uni-graz.at
Telefon: +43 316 380 - 5194, 8558

Each subject area has its own curriculum committee, which actively supports our Dean of Studies in the creation of curricula and thus a curriculum-compliant course programme. They are also responsible for the recognition of courses or in the context of nostrification.