Tertiary professional schools

The management of tertiary professional schools (vyšší odborné školy) is in the responsibility of school heads (ředitelé).

Higher education institutions

A public higher education institution (vysoké školy) is headed by a rector (rektor) who decides and acts on the affairs of the institution, unless otherwise provided by law. In cases when a special regulation presupposes the activity of a statutory body, it is under the rector's responsibility. The rector may appoint the vice-rector (prorektor) to act on their behalf in certain matters.

At the head of a faculty is a dean (děkan). The dean acts and makes decisions on matters concerning the faculty, unless otherwise provided by law, and is represented, to the extent specified, by vice-deans (proděkan).

Financial management and operation of a public higher education institution are in the responsibility of the bursar (kvestor), who acts on its behalf within the scope specified by the rector’s measure. The bursar is appointed and dismissed by the rector. The faculty secretary is responsible for the financial management and internal administration of the faculty within the scope specified by the dean’s measure. The secretary is appointed and dismissed by the dean.

Self-governing bodies of a faculty are governed in their activities and its relationship with the public higher education institution by general regulations, but they also have their own internal regulations, unless otherwise provided by law. The regulations include a faculty statute, standing orders and election procedures for the faculty academic senate, disciplinary regulations for students and other regulations provided by the faculty statutes.

Requirements for appointment

Tertiary professional schools

Requirements for the appointment of head of tertiary professional school (vyšší odborná škola) are set by the Act on Education Staff and they are the same as for heads of schools at lower levels. Among others, they should have the teaching qualification. The length of required practice for heads of tertiary professional schools is 5 years.

Higher education institutions

There are no qualification requirements for the position of a rector of a higher education institution (rektor) or a faculty dean.

According to the Higher Education Act the President of the Republic appoints and dismisses the rector of public or state higher education institution (vysoká škola) on the recommendation of its academic senate submitted through the Minister of Education. For state higher education institutions, the proposal is submitted to the President by the Minister of Defence in the case of the military higher education institution (University of Defence) and by the Minister of the Interior in the case of the police higher education institution (Police Academy).

The rector’s term of office is four years, and the same person may serve as rector at the same higher education institution for a maximum of two consecutive terms.

The dean is appointed and dismissed by the rector on the proposal of the faculty academic senate. The dean’s term of office is four years, and the same person may serve as dean of the same faculty for a maximum of two consecutive terms.

Conditions of service

Tertiary professional schools

The competences and conditions of service of the head of a tertiary professional school (vyšší odborná škola) are the same as for heads of schools at lower levels.

Higher education institutions

According to the Higher Education Act, the pay of the rector (rektor) of a public higher education institution is set by the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports; the rector is an employee of a public university. The salary of the rector of a state higher education institution is determined by the Minister of Defence or the Minister of the Interior, depending on the type of institution. The proposal for the dismissal of the rector may be passed by the academic senate of the higher education institution; the rector is dismissed by the President of the Republic.

The rector may dismiss the dean on their own initiative only if the dean seriously fails to perform their duties or seriously harms the interests of the higher education institution or faculty. Such dismissal requires the prior opinion of the faculty academic senate and the consent of the academic senate of the public higher education institution. If either senate fails to express its opinion within 60 days, it is deemed to have consented to the dismissal.

The pension conditions are set by the Act on Pension Insurance as for other employees.

Other conditions of service of the management staff for higher education institutions are set by the Labour Code.