Organization and government
The President
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The President is the University's leading academic authority and therefore holds the responsibilities of representation and government, without prejudice to the attributions that the Statutes award to the Board of Trustees.
On April 2013, Dr. Josep A. Planell Estany took office as President of the university.
Fundaciķ per a la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
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The Fundaciķ per a la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Foundation for the Open University of Catalonia) was created through an initiative of the Generalitat de Catalunya (Autonomous Government of Catalonia) on 6 October 1994, to encourage the creation of its own offer of distance-learning university education.
After the process of constitution, the UOC was unanimously recognized by the Act 3/1995 dated 6th April, which recognised the UOC, published in the Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya (Official Journal of the Generalitat de Catalunya) No. 2040 dated 21 April 1995.
Governing bodies
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The organisational and operational rules of the UOC establish two types of governing body: individual posts and governing bodies. Individual posts: the President and the Vice Presidents, the General Secretary and the General Manager. Governing Bodies: the Board of Trustees, the Permanent Committee, the Council of the FUOC, the Governing Council and the Strategic Committee.
The UOC is also governed by an Academic Committee and a Management Committee, and it can count on student participation to ensure that the students' opinions, interests and contributions have an effective impact on the improvement to the institution through the fields of knowledge committees, the Campus Committee, the Strategic Committee and the regional committees.
Síndic de Greuges (Ombudsman)
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The Síndic's activities ensure the defence of the rights and liberties of the members of the UOC university community and ensure compliance with all that set out in the UOC's Organisational and Operational Regulations and any other University regulation.
