UAS Board

Heads of Courses

Lecturers & Scientific employees

Part-time teaching staff representative

Mag. Dr. Yvonne Prinzellner, Bakk.

Student representatives

Lukas Ertl
Clemens Jung, BSc
Eva Kiefer
Sarah Riedl

The Board of the St. Pölten UAS convenes six times per academic year.

In several committees and working groups, the respective delegated Board members fulfil their tasks unbound by instructions. They prepare topics, e.g. concerning the UAS’ strategy, review applications and forward these to the Board following internal coordination.

Content that is subject to a Board resolution is then discussed at the following Board meeting and decided once all requirements are met. If the necessary majority for a resolution cannot be achieved, for example, the Board issues instructions for improvement to the applicants.

In this way, the UAS Board coordinates central topics pertaining to teaching and research for the St. Pölten UAS, thereby performing its tasks as set out in Art. 10 FHG as amended.

These are the functions of the UAS Board:

Decision-Making Tasks

Coordination of the entire teaching operations in terms of content
Decisions concerning complaints about Academic Directors
Establishment and discontinuation of study programmes and further education programmes
Issue of a Statute including examination regulations
Changes concerning study programmes
Awarding of academic honours
Submission of applications to the provider concerning the budget
Further development of teaching, applied research and internationalisation for the assurance of competence- and future-oriented studies at a higher education level
Assurance of quality in teaching and research
Protection of continued equality of women and men, preparation and implementation of the equalisation plan

Holding of Elections

Election of the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the UAS Board
Establishment of an electoral commission for the Board election of teaching and research staff

The Chairperson of the UAS Board has these Tasks:

Awarding and revocation of academic degrees
Nostrification of foreign academic degrees
Proposals for heads of academic organisational units and the recruitment and dismissal of teaching and research staff to the provider
Commissioning of and participation in the implementation of external quality assurance procedures in coordination with the provider

Committee for Programme Development
Committee for Quality Development in Teaching
Committee for Quality Development in Research
Committee for Internationalisation in Teaching and Research
Committee for Quality Assurance in the Personnel Sector of Teaching and Research
Committee for Statutory Matters

Complaints Committee of the UAS Board

According to Art. 10 FHG, students and prospective students (applicants) have the possibility to file a complaint against the decision of an Academic Director with the UAS Board. Complaints can be filed either in person or through the student representatives. The Chairperson of the Board is the direct point of contact for these matters (e-mail).

The Board may set up a Complaints Committee to deal with any complaints against decisions of Academic Directors.

Office of the Austrian Student Ombudsman with the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research

The Office of the Austrian Student Ombudsman offers advice on issues concerning studying, teaching, examinations, services and administration at higher education institutions. It provides assistance and mediation for problem from the aforementioned areas.

For more information, visit www.hochschulombudsmann.at (in German)