The Faculty Council approves internal acts of the Faculty; adopts the academic curricula and syllabuses of the specialties and offers them for approval by the Academic Council; adopts training programs on the subjects taught; accepts the specialties and offers assignment of PhD students; determines the conditions for transferring students from and to other specialties and forms of study, for concurrent training in more than one specialty and for individual curriculum training; annually discusses the state of the academic work and adopts measures for its improvement; discusses fundamental issues of scientific and applied science activities at the faculty; accepts attestations of professors, associate professors and assistants and assesses the work of PhD students and offers to the Rector decisions for an employment relationship in cases of two consecutive attestations where the assessment is unsatisfactory; is regularly provided with information about the budget of the faculty and expresses an opinion on its implementation; organizes collaboration with other faculties and scientific organizations.
The Faculty Council consists of 25 to 35 members and includes representatives of the academic staff with labour agreements, students and PhD students. Not less than 3/4 of the members of the Faculty are supposed to attain academic ranks.
The members of the Faculty Council are elected by the General Assembly. The Dean is a member of the Faculty Council by default and is its chairman.
The Faculty Council meets regularly once a month except in July and August. It is summoned by the Dean. The Dean may convene the Faculty Council to an extraordinary meeting: (1) at his/her discretion; (2) at the request of not less than one-quarter of the members of the Council.
Academic staff having attained academic ranks
- Prof. Maya Stoyanova, PhD
- Prof. Geno Nikolov, Dr. Habil
- Prof. Maroussia Bojkova, DsC
- Prof. Mihail Krystanov, Dr. Habil
- Prof. Mladen Savov, DSc
- Prof. Nadejda Ribarska, DSc
- Prof. Nadia Zlateva, DSc
- Prof. Stefan Ivanov, DSc
- Prof. Azniv Kasparian, PhD
- Prof. Eliza Stefanova, PhD
- Prof. Kalinka Kaloyanova, PhD
- Prof. Maria Nisheva, PhD
- Prof. Milen Petrov, PhD
- Assoc. Prof. Ivan Minchev, DsC
- Assoc. Prof. Aleksandar Dimov, PhD
- Assoc. Prof. Assen Bojilov, PhD
- Assoc. Prof. Atanas Semerdzhiev, PhD
- Assoc. Prof. Evgenia Velikova, PhD
- Assist. Prof. Kalin Nikolov, PhD
- Assoc. Prof. Petar Armyanov
- Assoc. Prof. Parvan Parvanov, PhD
- Assoc. Prof. Philip Petrov, PhD
- Assoc. Prof. Radoslava Goranova, PhD
- Assoc. Prof. Triffon Triffonov, PhD
- Assoc. Prof. Tsvetan Hristov, PhD
- Assoc. Prof. Vessela Stoimenova, PhD
- Assoc. Prof. Vesselin Gushev, PhD
Academic staff not having attained academic ranks
- Chief Assist. Emil Kamenov, PhD
- Chief Assist. Konstantin Tabakov, PhD
- Chief Assist. Stoyan Apostolov, PhD
- Chief Assist. Yana Aleksieva-Ninova , PhD
Students
- Elizabeth Koleva, student
- Kristian Ivanov, student
- Plamena Ilieva student
- Violeta Sekulova, student