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Announcement of Elections to the Chamber of Academic Staff of the FM MU Academic Senate 2024
Elections to the Chamber of Academic Staff of the FM MU Academic Senate will take place from 15 to 29 April.
Based on the decision of the Chairman of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Medicine, Associate Professor Josef Tomandl, of 12 March, and in accordance with the valid Election Regulations, elections to the Chamber of Academic Staff of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Medicine of Masaryk University were announced. They will take place from 15 to 29 April 2024, exclusively in electronic form, via the E-voting application in the MU Information System.
Important dates:
- Candidate registration: from the day following the announcement of the election until 27 March 2024 inclusive. Candidates may only submit their candidacy electronically through the Masaryk University Information System.
- Election date: from 15 April to 29 April 2024.
- Announcement of results: the results of the elections will be announced without undue delay, but no later than 6 May 2024.
Distribution of seats by constituency
The constituencies have been divided into four sections, with each section allocated a number of seats according to the needs and representation of staff.
- I. constituency: MU Faculty of Medicine in Brno (7 seats)
- II. constituency: MU Faculty of Medicine workplaces at the St. Anne's Hospital, the Trauma Hospital and the joint clinics of MU Faculty of Medicine and the Masaryk Institute of Oncology (6 seats)
- III. constituency: workplaces of FM MU departments (2 seats)
- IV. constituency: workplaces of theoretical institutes of FM MU, centres of excellence and other workplaces for educational, scientific, research and development activities (7 seats)
The Electoral and Mandate Committee of the AS FM MU will organise and supervise the elections in accordance with the Electoral Regulations of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Medicine of Masaryk University. Due to the electronic form of voting, the district election commissions will not be staffed.
