The University Senate is an elected professional and managerial body whose members represent different scientific-educational and artistic-educational constituents, and diverse scientific and artistic areas. It also includes student representatives at the undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate level. The Rector participates in the Senate by virtue of his/her position. The Senate decides on all academic, scientific, artistic and professional matters, and manages topics of general development. On top of its members, the Senate’s workings include Vice-Rectors, Rector’s Assistants, the Secretary General, and the union representative for science and higher education.
University of Rijeka Senate Members:
1. Prof. Davor Vašiček, Ph.D., Interim Rector of the University of Rijeka
2. Assoc. Prof. Art. Marko Koržinek, Dean of the Academy of Applied Arts
3. Prof. Saša Drezgić, Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business
4. Prof. Sonja Pezelj-Ribarić, M.D., Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of Dental Medicine
5. Assoc. Prof. Zdravko Kolundžić, Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of Speech and Language Pathology
6. Prof. Marko Perić, Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management
7. Prof. Daniela Malnar, M.D., Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of Health Studies
8. Prof. Barbara Kalebić Maglica, Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
9. Assoc. Prof. Mladen Bulić, Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering
10. Prof. Goran Hauser, M.D., Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of Medicine
11. Assoc. Prof. Ana Perić Hadžić, Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of Maritime Studies
12. Prof. Dario Đerđa, Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of Law
13. Prof. Lado Kranjčević, Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of Engineering
14. Assoc. Prof. Vilko Petrić, Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of Teacher Education
15. Prof. Rajka Jurdana Šepić, Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of Physics
16. Prof. Patrizia Poščić, Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of Informatics and Digital Technologies
17. Prof. Dean Crnković, Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics
18. Prof. Miranda Mladinić Pejatović, Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of Biotechnology and Drug Development
19. Goran Manestar, Director of the Student Center of the University of Rijeka
20. Lea Lazzarich, Director of the University Library Rijeka
Student representatives with the right to vote:
21. Ela Novosel, student, Academy of Applied Arts, President of the Student Council of the University of Rijeka
22. Petra Gudović, student, Faculty of Law
23. Gea Kosović, student, Faculty of Biotechnology and Drug Research
Prof. Ines Mrakovčić-Šutić, Ph.D., representative of the Independent Union of Science and Higher Education