Rectorate

1. Appointment and dismissal of the heads of the organisational units;
2. Concluding target agreements with the heads of the organisational units, as well as allocating budgets, including determining the staffing structure; depending on the respective responsibilities, this is done in consultation and cooperation with the other members of the Rectorate;
3. Assigning University members (Austrian Universities Act, Section 94(1)(items 2–6)) to the individual organisational units;
4. Advertising of professorships in accordance with Section 98 (2) of the Austrian Universities Act;
5. Appointing university professors in accordance with Section 97ff of the Austrian Universities Act and overseeing all personnel matters relating to university professors;
6. Issuing guidelines for the authorisation of University employees in accordance with Section 28 (1) of the Austrian Universities Act;
7. Handling of all personnel matters, human resources management and human resources development for general and academic university staff, including oversight of equal opportunities, advancement of women, protection against discrimination and diversity management as they relate to these matters;
8. Assigning positions, releasing them for reassignment, advertising and hiring for positions;
9. Conducting person-related evaluations;
10. Concluding company agreements with the works councils for academic and general staff;
11. Maintaining accounting and reporting systems;
12. Maintaining a planning and reporting system that ensures that the universities fulfil their reporting obligations in accordance with the statutory provisions and the requirements of the Federal Minister of Finance with regard to the establishment of an equity and financial controlling system;
13. Preparation of the Intellectual Capital Statement;
14. Setting of deadlines and alternative measures in the event of default on the part of corporate bodies in accordance with Section 47 (1) of the Austrian Universities Act;
15. Negotiating and concluding the performance agreement with the Federal Minister and informing the University Council of the results without delay (Section 23 (1) item 4 of the Austrian Universities Act);
16. Preparation of the financial statements;
17. Determining fees and deciding on their use in accordance with Sections 26 (3) and 27 (3) of the Austrian Universities Act;
18. Responsibility for all aspects of campus development and infrastructure;
19. Organisation and execution of internal and external communication;
20. Award of authorisation to teach (venia docendi) in accordance with Section 103 (1) in conjunction with (9) of the Austrian Universities Act.

Specific responsibilities can be delegated by the Rector to the Director of Human Resources or the Director of Finance, with the Rector retaining ultimate responsibility. Delegations shall be made in writing and shall be provided with the necessary legal power of attorney in accordance with Section 28 of the Austrian Universities Act and the right to sign documents in accordance with Section 6.

1. Responsibility for all matters relating to research and development, including ensuring good scientific practice;
2. Responsibility for all matters relating to doctoral studies that fall within the remit of the Rectorate (incl. admission to doctoral studies), including the support of doctoral student mobility insofar as this is not covered by the Erasmus+ Key Action 1;
3. Conducting research evaluations;
4. Conducting all legal transactions in research matters, in particular entering into national and international research collaborations;
5. Prohibiting research projects in accordance with Section 26(1) in conjunction with (4) of the Austrian Universities Act;
6. Revoking authorisation in accordance with Section 27 (1) of the Austrian Universities Act;
7. Granting and revoking the authority to conduct projects in accordance with Section 27 (2) of the Austrian Universities Act;
8. Responsibility for all aspects of research communication.

1. Responsibility for all aspects of academic teaching (with the exception of doctoral programmes);
2. Conducting all legal transactions in the sphere of teaching, in particular, cooperation at the national and international level, insofar as these are wholly or primarily attributable to the sphere of teaching;
3. Conducting teaching evaluations;
4. Conducting evaluations of study programmes;
5. Student admissions (including all other Rectorate responsibilities in accordance with Sections 60 to 71 of the Austrian Universities Act) with the exception of admissions to doctoral programmes;
6. Collecting university fees as legally required (including resolutions and decrees in accordance with Section 92 of the Austrian Universities Act, as agreed with the Rector in terms of budget);
7. Promoting student mobility (incoming and outgoing); this includes the promotion of mobilities of doctoral students within the framework of the Erasmus+ Key Action 1;
8. Awarding scholarships (in collaboration with the social fund in the case of welfare scholarships);
9. Responsibility for the agendas of gender equality, the advancement of women, protection against discrimination and diversity management, insofar as they do not relate to personnel matters.

1. Transfer of knowledge and technology in connection with research and development in cooperation with external partners;
2. Developing partnerships with institutions in the tertiary education sector, other educational institutions and partner institutions (for teaching in consultation with the Vice-Rector for Education & Diversity, for research in consultation with the Vice-Rector for Research & International Affairs);
3. Developing and evaluating the continuing education programme (Sections 3(5), 13(2)(1)(c) and 51(2)(21) of the Austrian Universities Act);
4. Approving continuing education programmes not covered by item 3.2, appointing academic directors and setting course fees;
5. Participating interests and associations;
6. Further developing science communication;
7. Responsibility for maintaining contacts with graduates (Section 3(10) of the Austrian Universities Act).