About the Institute
The Katowice Institute of Information Technologies is a non-state university, established on the basis of the permission of the Minister of National Education. The university has legal personality.
The University is supervised by the “Minister of Education and Science” in terms of compliance of its bodies with statutory provisions and the University’s statute, as well as by the Founder.
The University’s Statute is issued by the Founder of the University in consultation with the “Ministry of Education and Science”.
The University bodies are: Council, Senate, Rector, Chancellor.
Rector
is the supervisor of all employees and students. The Rector directs the Institute’s activity and represents it outside. The Rector makes decisions regarding the functioning of the Institute, not reserved for other Institute bodies. The Rector is the one-person body of the Institute.
Senate
The Senate’s tasks include: determining directions of development and didactic programs of the Institute, development and decreeing of curricula and study plans in particular majors, including the minimum program requirements of the General Council, as well as the analysis of didactic and research activities of the Institute’s organizational units, decreeing study regulations.
Chancellor
The administration of the Institute is entrusted to the Chancellor of the Institute, who manages the administration and economy of the Institute and makes decisions regarding the Institute’s property.
Council
is the initiating, opinion-shaping and advisory body of the Institute. The tasks of the Council include in particular: expressing conclusions and opinions regarding the development directions and education programs of the Institute, decreeing recommendations on the scope, principles and forms of cooperation between the Institute and other institutions and organizations in Poland and abroad. giving opinions on the Institute’s material and financial plan.
Student government
The student government is made up of university students and is an independent and self-governing organization representing all WSTI students.