The Faculty Council discusses matters of fundamental importance to the Faculty; it is the Faculty's highest decision-making body.
According to § 50 of the Hess. Higher Education Act, it is responsible for
- Issuing examination and study regulations after consultation with the student council,
- Deciding on appointment proposals for professorships,
- Decisions on the establishment or abolition of working groups,
- coordinating the Faculty's research projects,
- Proposals for the establishment or discontinuation of degree programs,
- Proposals for the Faculty's development planning,
- Proposals for the establishment or abolition of academic facilities of the Faculty,
- Regulation of the use of departmental facilities within the framework of user regulations,
- commenting on target agreements between the Faculty and the university management.
