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 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, the rector’s assistants, the head secretary, and the union representative for science and higher education.
University of Rijeka Senate Members:
1. Prof. Snježana Prijić-Samaržija,
2. Assoc. Prof.
3. Assoc. Prof. Alen Host,
4. Prof. Dora Smolčić Jurdana,
5. Prof. Alan Šustić,
6. Assoc. Prof. Ines Srdoč Konestra, PhD, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
7. Assoc. Prof. Ivana Štimac Grandić,
8. Prof. Tomislav Rukavina, PhD, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine
9. Assoc. Prof. Alen Jugović, PhD, Dean of the Faculty of Maritime Studies
10. Prof. Vesna Crnić-Grotić, PhD, Dean of the Faculty of Law
11. Prof. Jasna Prpić Oršić, PhD, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering
12. Assoc. Prof. Lidija Vujičić,
13. Prof. Mladen Petravić,
14. Assoc. Prof. Patrizia Poščić, PhD, Head of the Department of Informatics
15. Prof. Dean Crnković, PhD, Deputy Head of the Department of Mathematics
16. Prof. Krešimir Pavelić, PhD, Deputy Head of the Department of Biotechnology
17. Dinko Jurjević, Director of the Student Center at the University of Rijeka
18. Senka Tomljanović, Director of the University Library Rijeka
19. Pegi Pavletić, Undergraduate and Graduate Student Representative
20. Marko Mesarić,Undergraduate and Graduate Student Representative
20. Ines Šoštarić, Postgraduate and Doctoral Student Representative
21. Tomislav Čop, Postgraduate and Doctoral Student Representative
22. Nadja Čekolj, Postgraduate and Doctoral Student Representative