The Board of Trustees
The amendment to Act No.131/2002 Coll. on Higher Education also brought changes concerning the university's board of trustees (§ 40 and § 41). The Board of Trustees of a public university is a body, which, within its remit, promotes the strengthening of the link between the public university and society in accordance with the mission of the university. The governing board of a public university shall implement and promote the public interest in the activities of the public university.
The members of the Board of Trustees of a public university shall in particular be eminent scientists or artists, representatives of public life at national or regional level and eminent representatives of the business sector, in accordance with the mission of the public university, or persons who have experience in the management of the property and funds of a legal entity.
The Board of Trustees of the UVLP in Košice has seven members. Three members are elected and dismissed by the Academic Senate of UVLP Košice, three members are appointed and dismissed by the Minister of Education, the seventh member is elected and dismissed by secret ballot by the other members of the Board.
The term of office of the members of the Board of Trustees is five years. Pursuant to the transitional provision of § 113am section 11, after the first establishment of the board, at its first meeting, its members drew lots to determine 4 members whose term of office is five years; the term of office of 3 members is two years.
The new Board of Trustees of the UVLP in Košice met at its first constituent session on 22 May 2023.