Hikmet Yildirim

The authority to lead and represent the Teaching University is vested in the Director, who is appointed and dismissed by the Meeting of Partners.

Director:
A) without additional power of attorney, represents the teaching university in relations with third parties and concludes relevant transactions;
B) represents and protects the interests of the Teaching University in court, in state institutions, and in relations with other legal or natural persons;
C) Represents the teaching university in relations with banks and other credit institutions, provides an opening, closing, management, and other related authorities of bank accounts;
D) within the scope of its competence, issue trade and other types of credentials;
E) approves the budget of the annual and organizational-structural units of the Teaching University, controls their implementation, and submits a report to the meeting of partners;
G) in accordance with the internal normative acts of the Teaching University, determines and approves the tuition fee, the amount of the grant, and the scholarship;
H) within the scope of its competence, make decisions, sign contracts, and ensure their execution regarding the issues that require the undertaking and/or fulfillment of financial and/or other property obligations from the University;
I) Implements the charter of the Teaching University, this statute, official instructions, and other internal normative acts Defined powers.

The management of the University's finances, cash, material-technical, or any other

Prof. Dr. Şenay Yalçın

The authority of management and representation in the educational and scientific-research direction of the Teaching University is given to the Rector, who appoints and dismisses the position in agreement with the Academic Council and dismisses it by the meeting of partners.

The Rector, within the scope of his / her competence, directs the administrative, educational, and scientific-research activities of the Teaching University, in connection with which he/she approves the regulatory acts in relation to the issues within his / her competence. Rector:

• Without additional power of attorney, in the field of education and science, represents the teaching university in relations with third parties and concludes relevant transactions;
• Makes a decision on the creation, abolition, merger, and division of the organizational-structural unit of the teaching university and, if necessary, submits it to the director for approval;
• Within the scope of its competence, approves the regulations, job instructions, internal regulations, ethical norms, and amendments to the teaching university and organizational-structural units;
• Within its competence, controls the implementation of the charter, regulations, internal regulations, and other internal normative acts of the Teaching University;
• Chairs the Academic Council and signs, as well as, if necessary, send to the Director for additional signature the minutes and resolutions of the meeting of the Academic Council;
• submits to the Director for approval the decisions made by the Rector, the Academic Council, and/or other organizational-structural units of the University, which require the University to take and/or fulfill any financial and/or other property obligations;
• submits the strategic development and action plan for the development of the teaching university to the Academic Council for approval;
• submits reports on the work done to the meeting of partners and the Academic Council;
• In accordance with the legislation of Georgia and the internal normative acts of the Teaching University, makes a decision on granting, suspending, terminating, and restoring the student status;
• Approves and signs the documents certifying higher education (certificate, diploma, diploma attachment, etc.);
• Establishes and approves the academic calendar, which defines the beginning, end of the academic year, academic and financial registration, examination period, and other terms related to the study process;
• sets the deadlines for announcing internal mobility in the teaching university and, in agreement with the school and the quality assurance service, approves the number of students to be admitted;
• Approves the official seal, letterhead, logo, and other attributes of the Teaching University;

The Rector is accountable to the Assembly of Partners for the strategic and organizational activities of the Teaching University, and to the Academic Council for the academic, scientific, and educational activities of the University.