Academic Council

Academic Council is a self-governing academic body of a public university. Its chairman is the rector, who appoints and dismisses the other members of the academic council.

The competences of the Academic Council are determined by Act No. 111/1998 Coll. (the Higher Education Act) and its proceedings are governed by the Rules of Procedure of the Academic Council. The Academic Council discusses, on the proposal of the Rector, the draft strategic plan for the educational and creative activities of the university, approves the study programmes submitted by the Rector, approves the intention to submit an application for accreditation, extension of accreditation or extension of the period of validity of accreditation of study programmes submitted by the Rector, approve, on the proposal of the Rector, the intention to submit an application for institutional accreditation for an area or areas of education and for the extension of institutional accreditation for another area or areas of education; approve, on the proposal of the Rector, the intention to renounce institutional accreditation and the intention to cancel degree programmes. The Academic Council also discusses the draft rules of the system of quality assurance of educational, creative and related activities and the internal evaluation of the quality of educational, creative and related activities of the higher education institution, discusses the draft report on the internal evaluation of the quality of educational, creative and related activities of the higher education institution and the draft amendments to this report, and discusses the draft annual report on the activities of the higher education institution. The Academic Board shall express its opinion on matters submitted to it by the Rector.

Meetings

The next ordinary meeting of the Academic Council of the University of Applied Sciences will take place in the first half of 2024 in the meeting room of the University of Applied Sciences Tolstého 16, Jihlava (door No. 1N025). The minutes of the last meeting can be found in the files below.

Members

Chairman

• Doc. Ing. Zdeněk Horák, Ph.D., Rector of the College of Polytechnics Jihlava

External members

• doc. Ing. Lukáš Čapek, Ph.D.,Technical University of Liberec
• doc. Mgr. Libor Dušek, Ph.D., Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Law
• Ing. Jana Fialová, MBA, Vysočina Region
• Prof. Ing. Jakub Fischer, Ph.D., University of Economics Prague
• Ing. Bc. Ota Kovář, CSc., self-employed
• doc. Dr. Lubomír Pána, Ph.D., self-employed
• doc. Ing. Antonín Potěšil, CSc., Technical University of Liberec, Faculty of Mechatronics and Interdisciplinary. Engineering Studies
• Ing. Jaromír Řezáč, GORDIC spol. s r. o.
• Prof. Ing. Vladimír Sedlařík, Ph.D., Centre for Polymer Systems, Tomas Bata University in Zlín
• doc. Ing. Vojtěch Stehel, MBA, PhD., University of Technology and Economics in České Budějovice
• Ing. Libor Svoboda, self-employed
• Ing. Jiří Štefl, OPTOKON, a.s.
• Mgr. Alena Štěrbová, Mayor of Humpolec
• doc. Ing. Lenka Švecová, Ph.D., University of Chemical Technology in Prague
• MUDr. Lukáš Velev, MHA, Jihlava Hospital
• prof. MUDr. Tomáš Zima, DrSc., MBA, Charles University in Prague

Internal members

• doc. Ing. Zdeněk Horák, Ph.D., Rector, Chairman of the Academic Council of the VŠPJ
• Prof. MUDr. Václav Báča, Ph.D., Vice-Rector for Internal, External and International Relations
• doc. PhDr. Lada Cetlová, PhD., Department of Health Studies
• RNDr. Ing. Lenka Cimbálníková, Ph.D., MBA, Vice-Rector for Development, Strategy and Quality
• Ing. Roman Fiala, Ph.D., Department of Economic Studies
• Prof. PhDr. Petr Chalupa, CSc., Department of Tourism
• doc. Ing. Radek Kolman, Ph.D., Department of Technical Studies
• Ing. Lenka Kuklišová Pavelková, Ph.D., Department of Technical Studies
• Ing. Martina Kuncová, Ph.D., Vice-Rector for Studies
• Ing. Ivica Linderová, PhD., Department of Tourism
• Prof. MUDr. Aleš Roztočil, CSc., Department of Health Studies
• doc. PhDr. Milan Tomka, PhD., Department of Social Work
• doc. Ing. Zuzana Tučková, Ph.D., Department of Economic Studies
• doc. PhDr. David Urban, Ph.D., Department of Social Work
• Ing. Miloslav Vilímek, Ph.D., Vice-Rector for Creative and Project Activities
• Prof. Ing. František Zezulka, CSc., Department of Technical Studies