The Senate

Besides the Vice-Chancellor's Committee and the University Council, the Senate is one of the three leading collegial institutions of the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg. The election of the 18 members of the Senate takes place in the relevant commission and thus consists of nine representatives of the professors, four representatives of the non-professorial teaching staff, as well as a representative of the university employees. In addition there are four students who are delegated to the Senate from the Austrian Students' Union.


1st row: Susanne Skov, Francisco De Brito e Cunha, Elisabeth Gelllner, Matthias Seidel, Monika Oebelsberger, Kurt Hüttinger
2nd row: Albert Weilguny, Bernhard Gwiggner, Hermann Keckeis, Hans-Jörg Angerer, Elke Niedermüller, Gerald Gasperl, Dorothee Oberlinger, Franz Zaunschirm, David Huber
Not on the foto: Harald Herzl, Christian Blaschke, Veronika Kraxberger

The main tasks of the Senate include participation in appointing the University Council as well as the election of the Vice-Chancellor's Council and Deputy Vice-Chancellor's Council. The Senate holds essential competence concerning decisions on matters related to courses and examinations, including participation in post-doctoral and appointment procedures. The duties of the Senate are stipulated in § 25 of the University Law dating from 2002.