DECISIONS OF THE ORDINARY SENATE OF THE „ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA” UNIVERSITY OF IAŞI of January 20, 2022, adopted pursuant to Article 8, para. (91) of the Regulation on the Organization and Functioning of the University Senate, via the ZOOM video teleconferencing system

1. Decision regarding the approval of the composition of the vote counting commission, as follows:
President: – Prof. Costel Istrate, PhD
Members: – Assoc. Prof. Cezar Honceriu, PhD
– Student Alexandra Ioana Popa
– Student Mădălin Florea

2. Decision regarding the validation as members of the Council of the Faculty of Biology of the following students:

• 1st-year student representative: Simona Enișor
• 2nd-year student representative: Cosmin Dumitru Horaicu
• Master’s and doctoral study cycle student representative: Mălina Atodiresei

3. Decision regarding the validation of the election results of student Andra – Maria Dimitriu, from the 3rd year of the Kinetics and Special Motricity bachelor’s study program, as well as student Lucia – Teona Cornea, from the 1st year of the Kinetics in Sports Traumatology master’s study program, to the position of member of the Council of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports.

4. Decision regarding the validation as members of the Council of the Faculty of Geography and Geology of the following students:

• Student representative from the bachelor’s cycle – Geography field: Gabriel Florin Domnica
• Student representative from the bachelor’s cycle – Geology field: Cristina Muraru
• Student representative from the bachelor’s cycle – Environmental Science field: Ruxandra – Miruna Gîmbuță

5. Decision regarding the validation of the election results of student Robert L. Antohi, from the 3rd year of the Computer Science bachelor’s study program, to the position of member of the Council of the Faculty of Computer Science.

6. Decision regarding the validation of the election results of student Sanda A. Belinschi, 2nd year of the Pedagogy bachelor’s study program, as well as student Alis – Mary C. Pîntea, 1st year of the master’s study program, to the position of member of the Council of the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences.

7. Decision regarding the approval of granting merit graduation increments for teaching staff within the structures below, for a period of five years, starting February 1, 2022:
• Faculty of Biology – 9 merit graduation increments
• Faculty of Chemistry – 4 merit graduation increments
• Faculty of Law – 2 merit graduation increments
• Faculty of Economics and Business Administration – 21 merit graduation increments
o Department of Accounting, Economic Informatics and Statistics – 1 merit graduation increment
o Department of Management, Marketing and Business Administration – 7 merit graduation increments
o Department of Economics and International Relations – 6 merit graduation increments
o Department of Finance, Currency and Public Administration – 7 merit graduation increments
• Faculty of Physical Education and Sports – 2 merit graduation increments
• Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences – 9 merit graduation increments
o Department of Communication Sciences and Public Relations – 4 merit graduation increments
o Department of Philosophy – 1 merit graduation increment
o Department of Sociology and Social Work – 1 merit graduation increment
o Department of Political Science, International Relations and European Studies – 3 merit graduation increments
• Faculty of Physics – 3 merit graduation increments
• Faculty of Geography and Geology – 9 merit graduation increments
o Department of Geography – 6 merit graduation increments
o Department of Geology – 3 merit graduation increments
• Faculty of Computer Science – 4 merit graduation increments
• Faculty of Letters – 4 merit graduation increments
o Department of Romanian Studies, Journalism and Communication Sciences and Comparative Literature – 3 merit graduation increments
o Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures – 1 merit graduation increment
• Faculty of Mathematics – 3 merit graduation increments
• Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences – 2 merit graduation increments
• Faculty of Orthodox Theology – 4 merit graduation increments
• Faculty of Roman Catholic Theology – 1 merit graduation increment

8. Decision regarding the approval of granting merit graduation increments for research staff within the structures below, for a period of five years, starting January 1, 2022:

• Institute of Interdisciplinary Research – Department of Exact Sciences and Natural Sciences – 8 merit graduation increments
o Department of Exact Sciences and Natural Sciences – 4 merit graduation increments
o ARHEOINVEST Center – 2 merit graduation increments
o RAMTECH Center – 2 merit graduation increments
• Institute of Interdisciplinary Research – Department of Socio-Human Sciences – 5 merit graduation increments
• Faculty of Law – 1 merit graduation increment

9. Decision regarding the approval of granting the academic performance bonus for teaching staff within the structures below, for a period of one year, starting February 1, 2022:

• Faculty of Biology – 3 academic performance bonuses
• Faculty of Chemistry – 2 academic performance bonuses
• Faculty of Law – 4 academic performance bonuses
• Faculty of Economics and Business Administration – 15 academic performance bonuses
o Department of Accounting, Economic Informatics and Statistics – 6 academic performance bonuses
o Department of Management, Marketing and Business Administration – 3 academic performance bonuses
o Department of Economics and International Relations – 2 academic performance bonuses
o Department of Finance, Currency and Public Administration – 4 academic performance bonuses
• Faculty of Physical Education and Sports – 3 academic performance bonuses
• Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences – 5 academic performance bonuses
o Department of Communication Sciences and Public Relations – 1 academic performance bonus
o Department of Philosophy – 1 academic performance bonus
o Department of Sociology and Social Work – 3 academic performance bonuses
• Faculty of Physics – 3 academic performance bonuses
• Faculty of Geography and Geology – 5 academic performance bonuses
o Department of Geography – 4 academic performance bonuses
o Department of Geology – 1 academic performance bonus
• Faculty of Computer Science – 4 academic performance bonuses
• Faculty of History – 2 academic performance bonuses
• Faculty of Litere (Letters) – 4 academic performance bonuses
o Department of Romanian Studies, Journalism, Communication Sciences and Comparative Literature – 1 academic performance bonus
o Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures – 3 academic performance bonuses
• Faculty of Mathematics – 2 academic performance bonuses
• Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences – 8 academic performance bonuses
o Department of Psychology – 3 academic performance bonuses
o Department of Education Sciences – 3 academic performance bonuses
o Department for Teacher Training – 2 academic performance bonuses
• Faculty of Roman Catholic Theology – 1 academic performance bonus

10. Decision regarding the approval of granting merit graduation increments for auxiliary teaching staff within the structures below, for a period of five years, starting January 1, 2022:

• Service for the Management of Scientific Research Activities – 2 merit graduation increments
• Quality Management Office – 1 merit graduation increment
• International Relations Service – 2 merit graduation increments
• Service for Students, Career Guidance and Professional Insertion and Alumni – 1 merit graduation increment
• Rector’s Chancellery – 1 merit graduation increment
• General Secretariat of the University – 1 merit graduation increment
• Bureau for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Didactic Programs – 1 merit graduation increment
• Study Documents Office – 2 merit graduation increments
• Educational Marketing, Events and Academic Image Service – 2 merit graduation increments
• Internal Public Audit Office – 1 merit graduation increment
• Research-Development Station for Aquaculture and Aquatic Ecology Iași – 1 merit graduation increment
• Museum of Natural History – 1 merit graduation increment
• University Publishing House – 5 merit graduation increments
• Botanical Garden – 5 merit graduation increments
• Development Projects Office – 3 merit graduation increments
• Directorate of Economics and Human Resources – 1 merit graduation increment
• Accounting Service – 5 merit graduation increments
• Financial Service – 3 merit graduation increments
• Budgets and Own Revenues Office – 2 merit graduation increments
• Personnel and Professional Development Service – 3 merit graduation increments
• Payroll Service – 3 merit graduation increments
• Faculty of Biology – Auxiliary Teaching Staff – 3 merit graduation increments
• Faculty of Chemistry – Auxiliary Teaching Staff – 3 merit graduation increments
• Faculty of Law – Auxiliary Teaching Staff – 4 merit graduation increments
• Faculty of Economics and Business Administration – Auxiliary Teaching Staff – 7 merit graduation increments
• Faculty of Physical Education and Sports – Auxiliary Teaching Staff – 1 merit graduation increment
• Faculty of Physics – Auxiliary Teaching Staff – 2 merit graduation increments
• Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences – Auxiliary Teaching Staff – 1 merit graduation increment
• Faculty of Geography and Geology – Auxiliary Teaching Staff – 2 merit graduation increments
• Faculty of Computer Science – Auxiliary Teaching Staff – 2 merit graduation increments
• Faculty of History – Auxiliary Teaching Staff – 1 merit graduation increment
• Faculty of Letters – Auxiliary Teaching Staff – 3 merit graduation increments
• Faculty of Mathematics – Auxiliary Teaching Staff – 1 merit graduation increment
• Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences – Auxiliary Teaching Staff – 3 merit graduation increments
• Faculty of Orthodox Theology – Auxiliary Teaching Staff – 2 merit graduation increments
• Faculty of Roman Catholic Theology – Auxiliary Teaching Staff – 1 merit graduation increment
• General Administrative Directorate – 1 merit graduation increment
• Digital Communications, Statistics and Informatization Directorate – 2 merit graduation increments
• Investments and Works Monitoring Office – 1 merit graduation increment
• Public Procurement Service – 3 merit graduation increments

11. Decision regarding the validation of Prof. Nicu Gavriluță, PhD, to the position of Director of the Council for Doctoral University Studies at IOSUD – “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, based on the result of the competition for filling this position. Appointment shall be made starting January 21, 2021.

12. Decision regarding the approval of the composition of the competition commissions for filling the following positions within the RECENT AIR research project, MySIMS – 127324:
• ACS, position 1, fixed-term, full-time of 8 hours/day (RA – 09 Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory for Marine Environment and Terrestrial Marine Atmosphere);
• ACS, position 3, fixed-term, full-time of 8 hours/day (RA – 07 Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory in the Geochemistry of Rural Areas);
• ACS, position 6, fixed-term, full-time of 8 hours/day (RA – 05 Laboratory of Applied Meteorology and Climatology);
• ACS, position 7, fixed-term, full-time of 8 hours/day (RA – 05 Laboratory of Applied Meteorology and Climatology);
• ACS, position 11, fixed-term, part-time of 4 hours/day (RA – 01 Laboratory of Applied Chemistry in Atmospheric Aerosol Science);
• ACS, position 11, fixed-term, part-time of 4 hours/day (RA – 02 Urban Air Quality Testing and Monitoring Laboratory);
• ACS, position 12, fixed-term, part-time of 4 hours/day (RA – 01 Laboratory of Applied Chemistry in Atmospheric Aerosol Science);
• ACS, position 11 [note: position 12 in text], fixed-term, part-time of 4 hours/day (RA – 03 Laboratory for the Investigation of Physico-Chemical Processes in the Gas Phase with Implications in the Formation of Secondary Organic Aerosols).

13. Decision regarding the approval of the composition of the competition commissions for filling the following positions within the RaaS-IS research project, SMIS 124759:
• ACS, position 1, fixed-term, full-time of 8 hours/day
• ACS, position 2, fixed-term, full-time of 8 hours/day.

14. Decision regarding the approval of the Regulation on the organization and conduct of bachelor’s/diploma, dissertation, and graduation exams (sessions: June–July 2022, September 2022, and February 2023).

15. Submission for approval of the revision of the names of the Senate’s specialized commissions:
• Commission 1 shall change its name to Commission for bachelor’s, master’s programs and training activities for pre-university education teaching staff;
• Commission 2 shall change its name to Commission for doctoral studies, quality management, UAIC Branches and Extensions.

16. Decision regarding the approval of verifying compliance with the procedures established by the specific methodology and approval of the synthesis reports on the competitions for filling the positions of experienced researcher (SR III / CS III), position no. 2, fixed-term, put up for competition within the research project “Household Saving Behavior – A Socio-Economic Analysis from the Perspective of Households, Banks and Regulators”, with the acronym SAVEBEHAVE, Project code PN-III-P4-ID-PCE-2020-0929.

17. Decision regarding the approval of initiating the external evaluation procedure by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ARACIS) for the Law bachelor’s study program, full-time learning, taught in Romanian, within the Faculty of Law, Law field, in the 2022 calendar year.

18. Decision regarding the approval of initiating the external evaluation procedure by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education for the Sport and Motor Performance bachelor’s study program, full-time learning, taught in Romanian, within the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, Physical Education and Sports field, in the 2022 calendar year.

19. Decision regarding the approval of initiating the external evaluation procedure by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education for the Management bachelor’s study program, distance learning, taught in Romanian, within the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Management field, in the 2022 calendar year.

20. Decision regarding the approval of initiating the external evaluation procedure by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education for the Public Administration bachelor’s study program, distance learning, taught in Romanian, within the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Administrative Sciences field, in the 2022 calendar year.

21. Decision regarding the approval of initiating the external evaluation procedure by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education for the Economics of Commerce, Tourism and Services bachelor’s study program (Bălți – Republic of Moldova), full-time learning, taught in Romanian, within the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Business Administration field, in the 2022 calendar year.

22. Decision regarding the approval of initiating the external evaluation procedure by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education for the International Relations and European Studies bachelor’s study program, full-time learning, taught in Romanian, within the Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences, International Relations and European Studies field, in the 2022 calendar year.

23. Decision regarding the approval of initiating the external evaluation procedure by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education for the Biophysics bachelor’s study program, full-time learning, taught in Romanian, within the Faculty of Physics, Physics field, in the 2022 calendar year.

24. Decision regarding the approval of initiating the external evaluation procedure by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education for the Medical Physics bachelor’s study program, full-time learning, taught in Romanian, within the Faculty of Physics, Physics field, in the 2022 calendar year.

25. Decision regarding the approval of initiating the external evaluation procedure by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education for the Technological Physics bachelor’s study program, full-time learning, taught in Romanian, within the Faculty of Physics, Applied Engineering Sciences field, in the 2022 calendar year.

26. Decision regarding the approval of initiating the external evaluation procedure by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education for the History bachelor’s study program, full-time learning, taught in Romanian, within the Faculty of History, History field, in the 2022 calendar year.

27. Decision regarding the approval of initiating the external evaluation procedure by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education for the Classical Philology (Latin Language – Ancient Greek Language) bachelor’s study program, full-time learning, taught in Romanian, within the Faculty of Letters, Language and Literature field, in the 2022 calendar year.

28. Decision regarding the approval of initiating the external evaluation procedure by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education for the Mathematics-Informatics bachelor’s study program, full-time learning, taught in Romanian, within the Faculty of Mathematics, Mathematics field, in the 2022 calendar year.

29. Decision regarding the approval of initiating the external evaluation procedure by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education for the Psychology bachelor’s study program, full-time learning, taught in Romanian, within the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Psychology field, in the 2022 calendar year.

30. Decision regarding the approval of initiating the external evaluation procedure by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education for the Primary and Preschool Education Pedagogy bachelor’s study program, full-time learning, taught in Romanian, within the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Education Sciences field, in the 2022 calendar year.

31. Decision regarding the approval of initiating the external evaluation procedure by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education for the Special Psycho-pedagogy bachelor’s study program, full-time learning, taught in Romanian, within the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Education Sciences field, in the 2022 calendar year.

32. Decision regarding the approval of initiating the external evaluation procedure by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education for the Psycho-pedagogical Training for Certifying Competencies for the Teaching Profession – DPPD study program, full-time learning, taught in Romanian, within the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Education Sciences field, in the 2022 calendar year.

33. Decision regarding the approval of initiating the external evaluation procedure by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education for the Sacred Art bachelor’s study program, full-time learning, taught in Romanian, within the Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Visual Arts field, in the 2022 calendar year.

34. Decision regarding the approval of initiating the external evaluation procedure by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education for the Didactic Orthodox Theology bachelor’s study program, full-time learning, taught in Romanian, within the Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Theology field, in the 2022 calendar year.

35. Decision regarding the approval of initiating the external evaluation procedure by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education for the Pastoral Orthodox Theology bachelor’s study program, full-time learning, taught in Romanian, within the Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Theology field, in the 2022 calendar year.

36. Decision regarding the approval of initiating the external evaluation procedure by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education for the master’s university study field of European Studies and the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood – in English, full-time learning, taught in English, within the Faculty of Law – Center for European Studies, International Relations and European Studies field, in the 2022 calendar year.

37. Decision regarding the approval of the faculties’ proposals for the leave periods in 2022 for the teaching staff in the university.

38. Decision regarding the approval of modifying the tuition fee of the Faculty of Letters from 3000 lei/year to 3500 lei/year, applicable to students enrolled in bachelor’s and master’s university studies starting with the 2022–2023 academic year, 1st year of study.

39. Decision regarding the approval of establishing the master’s university study program Joint Master Program: Lifelong Well – Being and Healthy Ageing / Starea de bine pe parcursul vieții și îmbătrânirea sănătoasă, in the accredited master’s university study field of Social Work, full-time learning, 120 credits, taught in English, starting with the 2022–2023 academic year, within the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași.

40. Decision regarding the approval of initiating evaluation procedures by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ARACIS) for the master’s university study program Joint Master Program: Lifelong Well – Being and Healthy Ageing / Starea de bine pe parcursul vieții și îmbătrânirea sănătoasă, in the accredited master’s university study field of Social Work, full-time learning, 120 credits, taught in English, starting with the 2022–2023 academic year, within the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași.

41. Decision regarding the approval of transmitting to the National Authority for Qualifications the request for validation and enrollment of the qualification Joint Master Program: Lifelong Well – Being and Healthy Ageing / Starea de bine pe parcursul vieții și îmbătrânirea sănătoasă, in the accredited master’s university study field of Social Work, full-time learning, 120 credits, taught in English, starting with the 2022–2023 academic year, within the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași.

42. Decision regarding the approval of the request to extend doctoral university studies, fee-paying, starting January 1, 2022, for a period of one year, until December 31, 2022, for Mr. Yu Hak Je, PhD student within the Doctoral School of Economics and Business Administration.