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. Snježana Prijić-Samaržija,
2. Prof. Art.
3. Prof. Alen Host, Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business
4. Prof. Sandra Janković, Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management
5. Prof. Daniela Malnar, M.D.,
6. Assoc. Prof. Ines Srdoč-Konestra, Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
7. Prof. Ivana Štimac Grandić,
8. Assoc. Prof. Goran Hauser, M.D., Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of Medicine
9. Prof. Sonja Pezelj-Ribarić, M.D., Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of Dental Medicine
10. Prof. Alen Jugović, Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of Maritime Studies
11. Prof. Vesna Crnić-Grotić, Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of Law
12. Prof. Duško Pavletić, Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of Engineering
13. Prof. Lidija Vujičić,
14. Assoc. Prof. Marin Karuza,
15. Assoc. Prof. Marina Ivašić-Kos, Ph.D., Head of the Department of Informatics
16. Prof. Dean Crnković, Ph.D., Head of the Department of Mathematics
17. Prof. Miranda Mladinić Pejatović, Ph.D., Head of the Department of Biotechnology
18. Dinko Jurjević, Director of the Student Center of the University of Rijeka
19. Lea Lazzarich, Director of the University Library Rijeka
Student representatives in the Senate:
20. Leopold Mandić, student, Faculty of Maritime Studies, president of the UNIRI Student Union
21. Luka Delak, student, Faculty of Medicine
22. Perina Šiljeg, student, Department of Biotechnology
23. Tomislav Čop, student, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
24. Nadja Čekolj, student, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Prof. Ines Mrakovčić-Šutić, Ph.D., representative of the Independent Union of Science and Higher Education