Rector

The Rector of Óbuda University is the main representative, chief operative leader and legal representative of the university. The Rector - upon formal proposal from the Minister of Human Capacities - is appointed by the President of the Republic for the next three year term. The Minister must seek the opinion the University Senate prior making his proposal.

The Rector addresses, handles and manages issues, cases that are not referred to another person or body by the law on higher education, the organizational and functional regulations, university bylaws or the collective agreement. The rector exercises the employer’s rights as stipulated by the law and the employment plan of the university. (In respect to the rector’s employment, the employer’s rights – with the exception of appointment and dismissal - are exercised by the Minister of National Resources.)

The university’s rector is responsible for the professional and legal operation of the institution of higher education. Thereby, the Rector is responsible for creating and maintaining appropriate educational and research conditions, a safe working environment, he/she makes strategic, structural and operational decisions, heads the meetings of the Rector’s Council and various other institutional bodies.

The duties and the extent of the authority the Rector is set out in detail in Óbuda University’s Organizational and Functional Regulation, Appendix 1, Organizational and Functional Directive.

In absence the Rector, he/she is represented by the entrusted Deputy Rector, the Chancellor, and the Director of Finances. The person replacing the rector is obliged to inform the Rector about measures taken during his/her replacement.