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There are also internal processes concerning the entire institution, such as the selection and promotion of
administrative staff, and the development of new services towards society, for which the Senate has to
validate the proposals, according to the national and institutional legal regulations and the university’s
strategic plan.
To support the decision making process and the implementation of the strategic objectives, as well as the
quality assurance of the management activities, the following structures operate at university level:
Commissions of the University Senate: Didactic and education commission, Research commission,
Administrative and assets commission, Social and students’ issues commission, International relations and
business environment commission, Ethics commission.
Support departments: Agriculture Faculty: Soil science and mechanization, Plant culture, Environmental and
plant protection, Food Engineering; Horticulture Faculty: Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Forestry,
Economics, Land Measurements and Exact Sciences; Animal Husbandry and Biotechnology Faculty:
Fundamental disciplines – biotechnology; Technological disciplines - animal husbandry; Veterinary Faculty:
Preclinical, Animal production and food safety, Paraclinical, Clinics.
University support services: Rector’s Office, University Library, Technical and Administration, Finance and
Accounting, Social and Student Services, Public Relations. Communication and Public relations are of outmost
importance for the academic community and for implementing the university strategy. For that, all the
decision of general interest are delivered to the entire community, either on the university intranet, or posted
on the university’s website.
Student representation. According to the USAMV Cluj-Napoca regulations, the students are considered
partners in the academic process, being represented in all the management structures (Faculty Council,
University Senate, Academic Council, and Senate Board). In addition, the Ethics Committee and the Committee
for Quality Evaluation and Assurance – with its subdivisions at faculty and study program levels – include also
members of the student community. The student residences are managed by students and weekly are
organized meetings of the vice-deans responsible for students’ activities at faculty level with the students’
representatives, under the coordination of the Vice-Rector for Social and Students issues. Students are actively
involved in promoting the university by educational and sport competitions, e.g. the “Agronomiada” at
national level.
Even if important steps have been taken during the last years in order to involve the students into the
decision-making process, it seems to be still difficult for the students’ federation to communicate with the
large students’ mass, resulting a limited interest and involvement of the good performing students within the
decisions making process, and gaps in disseminating these decisions among the students.
Regarding the external stakeholders representing the economic environment, although the USAMV Cluj-
Napoca current regulations do not foresee their involvement into the institutional governance, a permanent
dialog with the economic and socio-cultural community is carried on, mainly in order to ensure an educational
and research offer flexible and updated to the labor market needs.
The university allows distinctions to international and national personalities, i.e. Doctor Honoris Causa and
Honorary professor, from other universities, research institutes, economic and socio-cultural environment
(local, national, international).
The best academic and administration staff is awarded by the rector at the end of the year, according to the
quality of their performance, as evaluated by the department of Quality Assurance.
However, when considering the employability of the graduates and their chances in the labor market
according to their competencies, there are still actions to be taken. Periodic surveys concerning the degree of
satisfaction of graduates and employers regarding the quality of education delivered by USAMV Cluj-Napoca
could be interesting and useful inputs for the academic process and quality improvement. Although a system
for collecting the graduates’ and alumni opinions on their studies was implemented a few years ago, we
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