Decisions of the University Senate of March 30, 2017

1. Decision regarding the approval of the composition of the vote counting commission, as follows:
President: – Prof. Costel Istrate, PhD
Members: – Lect. Renato – Gabriel Petrea, PhD
– Student Tudor Mugurel Aursulesei
– Student Dana Petronela Oprea

2. Decision regarding the approval of the new amounts of student scholarships, as follows:
  • 1000 RON/month – scientific performance scholarship;
  • 730 RON/month – merit scholarship;
  • 630 RON/month – full study scholarship;
  • 580 RON/month – partial study scholarship;
  • 580 RON/month – social scholarship;
  • 1000 RON/month – performance scholarship for students domiciled in rural areas (the difference between the amount established for this category of scholarship by the Board of Administration and the sum allocated through the study/merit scholarship, supported from budget allocations, is supplemented from the own revenues of the faculties).

3. Decision regarding the approval of the new amounts of doctoral scholarships, as follows:
  • year I of studies – 1450 lei/month;
  • year II of studies – 1450 lei/month;
  • year III of studies – 1680 lei/month.

Furthermore, the new amounts of doctoral scholarships granted from the own revenues of the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași were also approved, as follows:
  • year I of studies – 1050 lei/month;
  • year III of studies – 1050 lei/month.

4. Decision regarding the approval of the status of member in the Specialized Commission of the Senate of the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași for international relations and study and research partnerships, by student Diana Gogan from the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, following the vacancy of a seat designated for student representatives.

5. Decision regarding the approval of the Structure of the 2017–2018 academic year for bachelor’s and master’s university studies – IF, ID, IFR, according to the annex.

6. Decision regarding the approval of amending articles 8 and 13 of the Methodology of competition for filling temporary teaching positions, as follows:
Art. 8
The conditions for registering for the competition for teaching positions are those stipulated in paragraphs 1–2 below:
(1) For the position of teaching assistant:
a) holding a PhD diploma in the specific field of the position or in related fields in the case of interdisciplinary positions, if the scientific contributions are consistent with the position description and the scientific field for which they are applying, or the status of PhD student;
b) fulfillment of the University’s domain standards, provided in Annex 2.
(2) For the position of university lecturer / work lab head:
a) holding a PhD diploma in the specific field of the position or in related fields in the case of interdisciplinary positions, if the scientific contributions are consistent with the position description and the scientific field for which they are applying;
b) fulfillment of the University’s domain standards, provided in Annex 2.

Art. 13
(1) Within each faculty, its management proposes to the Faculty Council the composition of an evaluation commission.
(2) The evaluation commission shall be established by decision of the Faculty Council and shall consist of 3 full members and 2 substitute members, operating continuously for successive competition procedures.
(3) During the registration period for position competitions, the evaluation commission grants for each file an advisory opinion (Annex 5) regarding the fulfillment of the University’s domain standards, taking into consideration the self-evaluation sheet and the sheet regarding the university’s minimal domain standards submitted by the candidate in the competition file.
(4) The evaluation commission has the responsibility to verify, for each candidate registered for the competition, the cumulative fulfillment of the standards provided in Annex 2, respectively whether they hold the PhD title in the specific field of the position or in related fields in the case of interdisciplinary positions, whether the scientific contributions are consistent with the position description and the scientific field for which they are applying. Only published publications shall be taken into consideration, meaning those that have a volume, issue, pages, and/or a digital object identifier (DOI), according to international standards, and in the case of books, those that are published (physically or electronically), in final form or that have proof of receipt by the publishing house of the “ready to print” (bun de tipar) mention.
(5) The fulfillment of legality conditions regarding the competition is certified through the opinion of the Legal Office of the University, based on the verification of documents in the file and the advisory opinion of the commission provided in paragraph 2.
(6) The opinion is communicated to the candidate, according to the Legality Opinion Communication form (Annex 6), within a maximum of 48 hours from its issuance, but no less than 5 working days before the conduct of the first test of the competition. Through the same form, the candidate is invited to take the competition tests.

7. Decision regarding the approval of amending articles 9 and 14 of the Methodology of competition for filling permanent teaching positions, as follows:
Art. 9.
The conditions for registering for the competition are those stipulated in paragraphs 1–5.
(1) For the position of teaching assistant:
a) holding a PhD diploma in the specific field of the position or in related fields in the case of interdisciplinary positions, if the scientific contributions are consistent with the position description and the scientific field for which they are applying;
b) fulfillment of the University’s domain standards, provided in Annex 2.
(2) For the position of university lecturer / work lab head:
a) holding a PhD diploma in the specific field of the position or in related fields in the case of interdisciplinary positions, if the scientific contributions are consistent with the position description and the scientific field for which they are applying;
b) fulfillment of the University’s domain standards, provided in Annex 2.
(3) For the position of associate professor:
a) holding a PhD diploma in the specific field of the position or in related fields in the case of interdisciplinary positions, if the scientific contributions are consistent with the position description and the scientific field for which they are applying;
b) fulfillment of the University’s domain standards, provided in Annex 2.
(4) For the position of university professor:
a) holding a PhD diploma in the specific field of the position or in related fields in the case of interdisciplinary positions, if the scientific contributions are consistent with the position description and the scientific field for which they are applying;
b) fulfillment of the University’s domain standards, provided in Annex 2.

Art. 14.
(1) Within each faculty, its management proposes to the Faculty Council the composition of an evaluation commission.
(2) The evaluation commission shall be established by decision of the Faculty Council and shall consist of 3 full members and 2 substitute members, operating continuously for successive competition procedures.
(3) During the registration period for position competitions, the evaluation commission grants for each file an advisory opinion (Annex 5) regarding the fulfillment of the University’s domain standards, taking into consideration the self-evaluation sheet and the sheet regarding the university’s minimal domain standards submitted by the candidate in the competition file.
(4) The evaluation commission has the responsibility to verify, for each candidate registered for the competition, the cumulative fulfillment of the standards provided in Annex 2, respectively whether they hold the PhD title in the specific field of the position or in related fields in the case of interdisciplinary positions, whether the scientific contributions are consistent with the position description and the scientific field for which they are applying. Only published publications shall be taken into consideration, meaning those that have a volume, issue, pages, and/or a digital object identifier (DOI), according to international standards, and in the case of books, those that are published (physically or electronically), in final form.
(5) The fulfillment of legality conditions regarding the competition is certified through the opinion of the Legal Office of the University, based on the verification of documents in the file and the advisory opinion of the commission provided in paragraph 2.
(6) The opinion is communicated to the candidate, according to the Legality Opinion Communication form (Annex 6), within a maximum of 48 hours from its issuance, but no less than 5 working days before the conduct of the first test of the competition. Through the same form, the candidate is invited to take the competition tests.

8. Decision regarding the approval of establishing the professional master’s program Optics and Optometry, in the field of Physics, within the Faculty of Physics, starting with the 2017–2018 academic year.

9. Decision regarding the approval of amending the nominal composition of the Board of Directors of the Alumni Foundation – “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, as follows:
President: Accounting Officer, Prof. Mihaela Onofrei, PhD
Members: Prof. Gheorghe Iacob, PhD
Prof. Cătălin Tănase, PhD
Prof. Ionel Mangalagiu, PhD
Prof. Corneliu Iaţu, PhD
Prof. Henri Luchian, PhD
Ec. Costel Palade

10. Decision regarding the approval of the composition of the competition commission for filling the position of scientific research assistant, part-time working schedule of 80 hours/month, included in the job description of the research project code PN-II-PT-PCCA-2013-4-1878, financing contract no. 4/01.07.2014, entitled MappingBooks – Enter the book!, acronym MappingBooks.

11. Decision regarding the approval of the composition of the competition commission for filling the position of scientific research assistant, position no. 4, temporary with a part-time working schedule, occupying 3 fractions of a norm of 2 hours each, included in the job description of the research project “Development and validation of a temperature-controlled reaction chamber for the study of atmospheric oxidation mechanisms and processes”, financing contract no. 78PED/ 03/01/2017, acronym DEV-TREC.

12. Decision regarding the approval of affiliation as a PhD supervisor of Assoc. Prof. Gabriela Borcia, PhD, Habil., in the field of Physics, to the Doctoral School of Physics.

13. Decision regarding the approval of the participation fee for the International Summer Courses “Romania – Language and Civilization”, organized within the Faculty of Letters for trainees coming on their own foreign currency account, in the amount of 900 euros.

14. Decision regarding the granting of the right to conduct teaching activities at the “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacău to Lect. Elena Seghedin, PhD, in the second semester of the 2016–2017 academic year.

15. Decision regarding the granting of the right to conduct teaching activities at the “Vasile Lupu” Normal School of Iași to Lect. Rev. Iosif Iacob, PhD, in the second semester of the 2016–2017 school year.

16. Decision regarding the granting of the right to conduct teaching activities at the Faculty of Horticulture within the “Ion Ionescu de la Brad” University of Life Sciences of Iași to Lect. Mirela Goanţă, PhD, in the 2016–2017 academic year.

17. Decision regarding the validation of the election of student Valentin Nicolae Coţac, Environmental Geochemistry specialization, year I of master’s studies, as student representative for master’s university studies in the Council of the Faculty of Geography and Geology, starting with the 2016–2017 academic year.

18. Decision regarding the approval of the Strategic plan for institutional development of the Faculty of Mathematics 2017–2020.

19. Decision regarding the approval of the Operational plan for institutional development of the Faculty of Mathematics for 2017.

20. Decision regarding the approval of the Strategic development plan 2016–2020 of the Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences.

21. Decision regarding the approval of the Operational plan of the Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences for 2017.