The Council of Representatives is responsible for:
- Organize the procedure for electing the person to be proposed for the role of Director of FBAUP, in accordance with the law, the Institution's Statutes, the applicable Regulations and other legislation;
- Formally communicate to the Rector the result of the election referred to in the previous paragraph and the respective government program;
- Approve by deliberation taken on the proposal of the Director, the Deputy Director and the remaining Members of the Executive Council;
- Approve its internal regulations;
- Approve changes to the FBAUP Statutes;
- Appreciate the actions of the Director and the Executive Board;
- Propose any initiatives that you consider necessary for the proper functioning of FBAUP;
- Perform other duties provided for by law and the FBAUP Statutes;
- Decide on the creation, merger, transformation and extinction of FBAUP research units, after consulting the Scientific Council;
- In exceptional cases of repeated disagreement between the Director and the Department Council regarding the name of the Department Director, indicate the person to be appointed by the Director;
- Remove the Director.
- Approve the proposals for the FBAUP Strategic Plans and the Action Plan for the four-year term of the Director and send them to the General Council;
- Approve the general guidelines of FBAUP in scientific, pedagogical and financial terms;
- Create, transform and extinguish FBAUP Departments;
- Approve the proposals for the Activity Plan and the budget for FBAUP's annual expenses and revenues and send them to the Rector;
- Approve the Activity Report and annual Accounts and send them to the Rector;
- Provide an opinion on all matters presented to him by the Director.
Rui Vitorino dos Santos, Assistant professor, President
Lúcia Almeida Matos, Associate Professor, Director
The Executive Council is responsible for:
- Assist the Director in the exercise of his powers;
- Exercise the powers delegated by the Management Council of the University of Porto;
- Prepare an annual report on the activities carried out by FBAUP;
- Prepare FBAUP's organic regulations to be ratified by the Council of Representatives.
Lúcia Almeida Matos, Associate Professor, Director
Miguel Carvalhais, Full Professor, Deputy Director
Vasco Cardoso, Assistant professor, Member
Susana Lourenço Marques, Associate professor, Member
José Carneiro, Assistant professor, Member
Catarina Marques da Cruz, Senior Technician, Member
Thiago Liberdade, Student, Member
The Scientific Council is responsible for:
- Prepare and approve its operating regulations;
- Define and approve the guiding principles and scientific projects of FBAUP;
- Provide an opinion on the proposals for FBAUP’s strategic plans;
- Appreciate FBAUP’s scientific activity plan;
- Give an opinion on the creation, transformation and extinction of organic subunits;
- Give an opinion on the creation, merger, transformation and extinction of FBAUP research units;
- Give an opinion on the conclusions, drawn up by the Director, on the evaluation reports of the research units that make up the FBAUP and those in which its teachers and researchers participate;
- Decide on the distribution of teaching services, subject to approval by the Director of FBAUP;
- Provide an opinion on the creation of study cycles in which FBAUP participates and approve the respective study plans;
- Propose the granting of titles or honorary distinctions;
- Propose and comment on the institution of awards;
- Propose and express opinions on the creation of international agreements and partnerships;
- Propose the composition of juries for academic tests and competitions;
- Carry out other acts provided for by law relating to teaching and research careers and the recruitment of teaching and research staff;
- Provide an opinion, in accordance with the law, on requests for equivalence of degrees obtained or completed in other higher education establishments.
Heitor Alvelos, Full Professor, President
The Pedagogical Council is responsible for:
- Provide an opinion on pedagogical guidelines and teaching and assessment methods;
- Promote regular surveys of FBAUP's pedagogical performance, their analysis and dissemination;
- Promote the evaluation of the pedagogical performance of teachers, by them and students, as well as its analysis and dissemination;
- Assess complaints regarding pedagogical failures and propose measures deemed necessary;
- Approve pedagogical and student performance assessment regulations;
- Provide an opinion on the prescription and precedence regime;
- Provide an opinion on the creation of study cycles in which FBAUP participates and on the respective study plans;
- Give an opinion on the institution of school awards;
- Give your opinion on the FBAUP academic calendar and exam maps.
Sílvia Simões, Assistant teacher, President