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Theoretical and Applied Geopolitical Analysis in International Relations and Strategy

STRUCTURE AND GOVERNING BODIES OF THE IPGS

Competent bodies for the operation of the IPGS, in accordance with Law 4957/2022, are:

2.1. At NKUA level, competent bodies are the Committee for Graduate Studies and the Senate.

2.2. At the Department level, competent bodies are:

2.2.1. Committee of the Program of Studies

The Committee of the Program of Studies (CPS) has a two-year term and consists of five (5) members, of whom four (4) come from the Department of Turkish Studies and Modern Asian Studies of NKUA and one (1) from the School of Rural, Surveying and Geoinformatics Engineering of NTUA.

The CPS is established by decision of the Senate of NKUA following recommendations of the Assemblies of the competent bodies of the institutions that participate in the operation of the IPGS. Members of the CPS come from DEP members, researchers and Professors Emeriti of the institutions participating in the operation of the IPGS.

The CPS is responsible for:

    1. recommending to the Senate, through the Committee for Graduate Studies, the necessity of amending the IPGS, as well as extending the duration of the IPGS,
    2. designating the Director and the members of the Steering Committee of the IPGS,
    3. setting up committees for the evaluation of the applications of prospective graduate students and approving their registration in the IPGS,
    4. assigning teaching work among members of the teaching staff of the IPGS, being able to assign auxiliary teaching work at the IPGS to doctoral candidates of the cooperating institutions under the supervision of a member of the teaching staff of the IPGS,
    5. setting up committees for the examination of diploma dissertations of graduate students and designating the supervisor of each dissertation,
    6. certifying the successful completion of the course and awarding the Diploma of Graduate Studies,
    7. approving the report of the IPGS, following the recommendation of the Steering Committee,
    8. exercising any other legal authority.

The CPS assigns the exercise of the powers of paragraphs c) and e) to the Steering Committee of the IPGS.

 

2.2.2. Steering Committee

The Steering Committee (SC), which has a two-year term, consists of five (5) members, one

  1. of whom is the Director of the IPGS and the remaining four (4) are appointed by the members of the CPS.

The SC is responsible to monitor and coordinate the program, especially for:

    1. preparing the initial annual budget of the IPGS and its amendments and recommending its approval to the Special Account for Research Grants,
    2. drawing up the report of the program and recommending its approval to the CPS,
    3. approving the expenditure of the IPGS,
    4. approving the award of scholarships, remunerative or non-remunerative, in accordance with what is defined in the founding decision of the IPGS and the Regulations of Graduate and Doctoral Studies of NKUA,
    5. recommending to the CPS the distribution of teaching work, as well as the assignment of teaching work,
    6. recommending to the CPS the invitation of Visiting Professors to meet the teaching needs of the IPGS,
    7. preparing a plan for the modification of the curriculum, which it submits to the CPS,
    8. recommending to the CPS the redistribution of courses among academic semesters, as well as on issues related to the quality upgrade of the curriculum.

2.2.3. Director

The Director has a two-year term, renewable without limitation. The CPS designates one of its members as Director of the IPGS.

The Director is responsible for:

  1. chairing the SC, as well as the CPS, drawing up the agenda and convening its meetings,
  2. recommending on issues related to the organization and operation of the IPGS to the CPS,
  3. recommending to the SC and other bodies of the IPGS and NKUA on matters related to the effective operation of the IPGS,
  4. being Scientific Manager of the program and exercising the corresponding responsibilities,
  5. monitoring the implementation of the decisions of the governing bodies of the IPGS and the Internal Regulations of graduate and doctoral study programs, as well as monitoring the implementation of the budget of the IPGS,
  6. exercising any other authority defined in the decision establishing the IPGS.

The Director of the IPGS, as well as the members of the SC and the CPSΟ, are not entitled to remuneration or any compensation for the performance of the responsibilities assigned to them and related to the performance of their duties.

2.3. Secretarial support

  1. The Secretariat of the Department of Turkish Studies and Modern Asian Studies of NKUA is responsible for the secretarial and administrative support of the IPGS.
  2. The Secretary of the Department designates an employee or employees – depending on the number of Programs of Graduate Studies and the workload – as responsible for the Programs of Graduate Studies of the Department.
  3. As the IPGS has its own resources, it can hire, in accordance with current legislation, external collaborators for secretarial and administrative support, who are again under the supervision of the Department's Secretariat.