INTERNAL REGULATION OF JANÁČEK ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND
PERFORMING ARTS IN BRNO
Of 21 August 2017
Statutes of Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno
The Academic Senate approved upon the proposal of His Magnificence Rector prof. Ing.
MgA. Ivo Medek, Ph.D. this internal regulation of Janáček Academy of Music and
Performing Arts in Brno:
PREAMBLE
Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno (JAMU) is a society of
scholars and students who recognize academic freedoms and rights as a prerequisite of their
common path to knowledge on which they are guides to each other.
The main mission of JAMU is to develop artistic talents of its students and to link
education in arts, artistic creation and research and arts as diverse forms of learning and
developing society.
The objective of Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno is to bring up
artists who will define the direction of Czech, European and global music and drama on a
large scale of applications—from work in professional theatres and musical institutions to free
creative forms in all artistic disciplines and genres. In addition, Janáček Academy of Music
and Performing Arts in Brno also offers other forms of education and the opportunity to
acquire, extend, deepen or refresh knowledge in various areas of scholarship and culture.
Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno is the promoter of knowledge
and ethical, aesthetic and general social values which it expands, develops and amplifies
either by itself or in cooperation with partners in the Czech Republic as well as abroad and
which it passes as a reliable and stable partner onto those who are willing to listen. Janáček
Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno is involved in and accepts the responsibility
for the quality and free development for the traditional university-level arts education in the
Czech Republic.
PART ONE
LEGAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
Legal Regulations and Statutes
(1) The Statutes and its essentials are defined in particular in Section 17(2) of Act no.
111/1998 Coll., on Higher Education Institutions and on Amendment and Supplement to
Some Other Acts (Act on Universities), as amended by later regulations.
(2) The Statutes specify the basic information about Janáček Academy of Music and
Performing Arts in Brno (“JAMU”) and in relation to JAMU define the student admission
process, the requirements for studies of foreigners, information about the academic
community, details about the bodies, the organization structure, procedures, lifelong learning
requirements, fees and payments and the JAMU information system.
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TWO
BASIC INFORMATION
Article 2
Legal Personality
JAMU, as a public law corporation, is a legal person.
Article 3
Name, its Translations
(1) The abbreviated name of Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno
is JAMU. In legal acts the school always uses is unabridged name.
(2) JAMU uses the following translations of its name in the following languages
a) in English Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno,
b) in French Académie de musique et d’arts dramatiques de Janáček de Brno,
c) in German Janáček-Akademie für Musik und darstellende Kunst Brno,
d) in Russian Академия музыкальных искусств имени Яначека в Брно,
e) in Spanish Academia Janáček de Música y Artes Escénicas en Brno,
f) in Latin Academiae atrium musicarum Janáčkianae Brunensis.
Article 4
Registered Office
JAMU has its registered office at Beethovenova 650/2, 662 15 Brno.
Article 5
University Type
JAMU is a public university of arts.
Article 6
Establishment and Predecessor
(1) JAMU was established by Act no. 168/1947 Coll., on the Establishment of
Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno.
(2) JAMU does not have a legal predecessor. The actual predecessor of JAMU was
the State Conservatoire of Music and Drama which built its activity on the Organ School of
Leoš Janáček.
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7
Main Activities of JAMU
(1) The main focus of JAMU is educational and creative activities in Arts1
and related
borderline and interdisciplinary areas. JAMU cultivates and develops its main activities
primarily in connection with the creation of works of arts, artistic interpretation performances
and theoretical reflection of these artistic activities in close connection with art sciences.
JAMU views artistic creation as a full-fledged method of understanding the world equivalent
to sciences and research.
(2) Education takes place primarily in degree programmes or lifelong learning
programmes; the degree programmes at JAMU are prepared and implemented at faculties.
Creative activities are realized in all forms chosen to that end.
Article 8
Support for Main Activities
To support its main activities, JAMU in particular
a) creates conditions for education and creative activities under and in connection with the
degree programmes,
b) builds libraries, study rooms and information networks,
c) takes care for the social conditions to the extent of its capabilities, including in particular
student accommodation and catering for its employees,
d) carries out editorial and publishing activities,
e) ensures the effective use of its assets,
f) promotes scholarships, organizes national and international conferences, seminars,
contests, festivals and workshops,
g) creates conditions for international cooperation, participation in national university and
professional institutions, for mobility of students, academic employees and other
employees,
h) develops relationships with other higher education and professional institutions, JAMU
graduates and public authorities,
i) carries out activities to fulfil the mission ensuing for JAMU from Section 1 of Act on
Universities, the traditions of JAMU and academic practices,
j) to the extent of fulfilling its main objectives, JAMU supports the activity of artistic,
scientific, professional and student societies.
Article 9
Supplementary Activity
(1) Supplementary activity is an activity performed for consideration which is linked
to the main activity or an activity which is to achieve a more effective use of human resources
and assets.
1
Government Order no. 275/2016 Coll., on Fields of Education in Higher Education
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The supplementary activity must not jeopardize the quality, scope and availability
of the activities the implementation of which is the objective for which JAMU has been
established.
PART THREE
ACADEMIC FREEDOMS AND ACADEMIC RIGHTS
Article 10
The following academic freedoms and academic rights are guaranteed at JAMU:
a) the freedom of science, research and artistic creation and publication of the results,
b) the freedom of education, involving in particular its openness to various scientific
opinions, scientific and research methods and artistic trends,
c) the freedom to learn, including the freedom to choose the field of study within the
degree programmes and the freedom to express one's opinion in classes,
d) the right of academic community members to elect representative academic bodies,
e) the right to use academic insignia and perform academic ceremonies.
Article 11
It is inadmissible to set up and organize the activity of political parties or political
movements at JAMU.
Article 12
Within its accreditation JAMU has the right to award academic degrees, perform
habilitation procedure and professor appointment procedure.
Article 13
Academic Insignia and Academic Ceremonies
(1) The academic insignia of JAMU and the rules for their use are laid down in
Appendix no. 1 to this internal regulation.
(2) The academic ceremonies of JAMU and the rules for their performance are laid
down in Appendix no. 2 to this internal regulation.
PART FOUR
ADMISSION TO STUDIES
TITLE I
FRAMEWORK ADMISSION CONDITIONS
Article 14
Talent and Personal Requirements
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at JAMU is available to all applicants who demonstrate talent in the relevant
field and personal traits for its development.
Article 15
Previous Education
(1) The prerequisite for the admission to studies
a) in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programme is the achievement of secondary
education with graduation exam,
b) in a long-cycle Master’s degree programme is due completion of studies in any type of
degree programme,
c) in a doctoral degree programme is due completion of studies in a Master’s degree
programme and the achievement of an academic degree for the admission to arts
programmes.
(2) Admitted to studies under clause (1) letter a) or b) in arts programmes may also be
applicants with a higher vocational education at conservatoire or exceptionally also applicants
without a secondary education with graduation exam or without a higher vocational education
at conservatoire.
Article 16
Additional Conditions for Admission
(1) A faculty may lay down additional conditions for admission to studies
a) regarding certain knowledge, abilities or talents,
b) regarding the results achieved in a secondary school, higher vocational school or
university,
c) in a long-cycle Master’s degree programme, conditions regarding the relevance of
degree programmes and the number of credits obtained during the studies in selected
types of courses,
d) regarding applicant’s physical fitness for studies, if required by the nature of the
degree programme.
(2) A faculty may specify the highest possible number of admitted applicants who
have met the prescribed requirements; should there be more applicants that have met these
requirements, their admission is based on the order of the best applicants. The decision on the
number of the applicants admitted to studies by a faculty is made by the dean of the faculty
upon prior approval by the rector.
Article 17
Different Conditions for Admission
A faculty may stipulate different conditions for the admission of applicants who have
completed a degree programme or a part thereof or who study in some other degree
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at a higher education institution in the Czech Republic or abroad or who have
completed an accredited educational programme or a part thereof at a higher vocational
school or who study an accredited educational programme at a higher vocational school in the
Czech Republic or abroad.
Article 18
Approval of Admission Conditions
The conditions for admission to studies in the degree programmes offered by a faculty
are approved by the academic senate of the faculty.
Article 19
Conditions Fulfilment Verification
The fulfilment of additional or different conditions is verified as a rule by an entrance
examination.
TITLE II
ADMISSION PROCEDURE
Division 1
First-instance Procedure
Article 20
Announcement of Information on Admission Procedure
(1) A faculty shall announce sufficiently in advance, however not later than four
months before the actual event,
a) the number and the title of the degree programme,
b) the deadline for the submission of entrance applications,
c) the manner of submission of entrance applications,
d) the required annexes to the applications,
e) additional or different conditions for admission,
f) the date and method for verifying the satisfaction of the conditions for admission,
g) where the verification requires an entrance examination, also the form and the general
content of the examination and the criteria for its evaluation,
h) where the condition for admission to studies is the applicant's physical fitness for the
studies, also the physical fitness requirements to study in the relevant degree
programme,
i) the highest number of applicants admitted to studies in the relevant degree
programme,
j) the amount, form of payment and payment terms of the fees for the acts relating to the
admission procedure,
k) reference to the provisions on the admission procedure in the JAMU Statutes.
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The facts under clause (1) must be announced in the public section of the faculty
website. In cases defined by law the deadline for the announcement may be shortened.
Article 21
Opening of Admission Procedure
The admission procedure begins with the delivery of the entrance applications to JAMU
in the electronic form.
Article 22
Participant in Admission Procedure
Only the applicant whose application is considered is regarded as the participant in the
procedure.
Article 23
Application Essentials
(1) In the application the applicant shall always state
a) his or her first name(s) and surname,
b) the birth certificate number, if any,
c) the address of his or her permanent residence on the territory of the Czech Republic or
the place of residence outside the Czech Republic,
d) delivery address and electronic address,
e) the degree programme in which the applicant wants to be enrolled.
(2) A foreign student shall also state his or her date of birth, sex, place of residence in
the Czech Republic and citizenship in the application.
Article 24
Submission of Application
(1) The application is submitted in the electronic form by completing and sending the
relevant form, including the insertion of all required attachments, in the JAMU Information
System.
(2) A faculty may specify that the applicant is obligated to deliver to the faculty the
application printed from the JAMU Information System and signed, together with the print of
all required attachments.
(3) An application shall not be considered
a) if it is not possible to find out who the applicant is
b) if it was not submitted in the electronic form.
Article 25
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of Application
Where an application has any defects, the dean shall call on the applicant to remove the
defects and shall grant the applicant for this purpose an adequate time limit, however, not
more than 10 days from the delivery of the call; in the call the applicant must be warned that
unless the defects are removed within the stipulated time limit, the procedure will be
terminated.
Article 26
Invitation to Entrance Examination
The faculty shall deliver to the applicant an invitation to the entrance examination
within no later than 20 days before the date of the examination and 3 days in advance in the
case of an alternate examination date.
Article 27
Entrance Examination Committee
(1) The dean shall appoint the examination committee for the entrance examination, in
the case of a doctoral degree programme upon the proposal of the doctoral board. The
examination committee shall have an odd number of members, one of them being the chair.
The chair manages the activity of the examination committee and may delegate the
managerial authority to another member.
(2) For a decision of the committee to be adopted the approval of the majority of the
committee members is required. If a member does not express his or her approval, it is
assumed that such member disagrees with a proposal. During the written parts of the entrance
examination the committee does not have to be present.
(3) Immediately after the result of the vote is known, the chair shall announce to the
present persons whether the decision was adopted.
Article 28
Entrance Examination
(1) As a rule the admission procedure involves an entrance examination, usually
practical.
(2) The entrance examination is written, oral, practical or combined. An entrance
examination may have one or more parts, may take place on one or several days and in one or
several rounds.
(3) Before the start of the entrance examination or a part thereof, the identity of the
applicants is verified.
Article 29
Alternate Examination Date
(1) If an applicant was not able to take the entrance examination at the standard date
for serious and substantiated reasons, in particular for medical reasons, he or she may within 3
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from the standard examination date apply to the dean for an alternate entrance
examination date. The applicant is not entitled to an alternate examination date. If the request
is accepted, the dean shall determine an alternate date for the entrance examination; if the
request is dismissed, the dean shall briefly state the reasons. The applicant shall be informed
on the decision on the application. No appeal against the decision is admissible.
(2) If any circumstances occur on the part of JAMU for which the entrance
examination could not take place at the standard date, the dean shall determine an alternate
date for the entrance examination.
(3) The alternate entrance examination date must be scheduled within no later than 3
weeks from the last day on which the standard examination took or was supposed to take
place.
Article 30
Report
The examination committee shall draw up a report on the progress, result and material
circumstances of the entrance examination which the members of the examination committee
shall sign.
Article 31
First-instance Body
The decision on the admission to studies in a degree programme in the first instance is
made by the dean.
Article 32
Time Limit for Decision
(1) The decision must be made within 30 days from the verification of the conditions
for admission to studies.
(2) Before the decision on the merits is made, the faculty is not obligated to inform the
applicant on the possibility to make a statement on the ground of the decision.
Article 33
Decision
(1) The decision is given in the written form with the stamp of JAMU and the
signature of the person who made the decision. The decision contains the operative part, the
grounds and instruction on the possibility of filing for appeal.
(2) The operative part shall state whether the applicant is admitted, specify the legal
provision based on which the decision was made and the first name, surname, date of birth
and the permanent residence of the applicant.
(3) The grounds shall contain the reasons for the verdict of the decision, the materials
for such verdict, the reasoning during the assessment of the materials and the interpretation of
the legal and internal regulations. No grounds for the decision are required if the dean fully
upholds the applicant’s proposal.
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The instruction shall state that the decision may be appealed within the time limit
of 30 days from the day of its announcement, that the decision on the appeal is made by the
rector and that the appeal is submitted to the rector through the dean.
Article 34
Inspection of File
The applicant has the right to inspect the file after the announcement of the decision.
Instead of inspecting the file the faculty may provide the applicant with a copy of the file.
Article 35
Termination of Admission Procedure
(1) The admission procedure shall be terminated by resolution if
a) the application was submitted after the deadline,
b) the applicant has withdrawn the application,
c) the applicant failed to remove the defects of the application within the granted
deadline,
d) the applicant failed to pay the fee for the acts connected with the admission procedure,
e) the applicant failed to appear for the entrance examination or an application for an
alternate examination date was dismissed,
f) another admission procedure for the admission of the same applicant to the same
studies has been commenced or decided,
g) the applicant committed fraud during the admission procedure,
h) the applicant has died.
(2) The provisions on a decision shall apply mutatis mutandis to a resolution; the
resolution under clause (1)h) shall only be recorded in the file.
Article 36
Obstacles to Admission Procedure
(1) The commencement of an admission procedure precludes the commencement of
another admission procedure for the admission of the same applicant to the same studies.
(2) Only a person who is not a student or a graduate of the same studies may be
admitted to the studies.
Article 37
New Decision
If an applicant was not admitted to studies based on the order of the best applicants and
subsequently it turns out that the applicant may be admitted, in particular if any of the
admitted applicants looses the right to be enrolled, the dean may by no later than the
beginning of the study period in the next academic year re-open such applicant's admission
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and render a new decision which will cancel the original decision and uphold the
application to studies which had been dismissed.
Division 2
Appellate Procedure
Article 38
Submission of Appeal
(1) The applicant may file an appeal against the decision within 30 days from the
announcement of the decision unless he or she has waived this right in writing after the
announcement of the decision. The failure to file the appeal within the deadline may not be
excused.
(2) The appeal may contest the operative part of the decision. An appeal against the
grounds for the decision only is inadmissible.
(3) The appeal must state
a) the first name, surname, date of birth and the permanent residence of the applicant,
b) the matter to which it relates,
c) the decision which is appealed, the scope to which the decision is contested and why
the decision is deemed to be in conflict with legal or internal regulations or why the
decision or the prior procedure is considered incorrect. If the appeal does not specify
the scope to which the decision is contested, it is assumed that the appellant seeks the
cancellation of the entire decision.
Article 39
Appeal Submission Procedure
(1) The dean may cancel or change the decision challenged by the appeal if the appeal
is fully upheld by such procedure. This decision may be appealed.
(2) If the dean does not find that the conditions for the procedure under clause 1 have
been satisfied, the dean shall pass the file with his or her statement to the rector within 30
days from the day of the delivery of the appeal.
Article 40
New Facts
New facts or proposals for producing new evidence specified in the appeal or in the
course of the appellate procedure shall be taken into account only if the applicant was not able
to use such facts or evidence earlier. Where the applicant objects that he or she was not
allowed to perform a certain act during the first-instance procedure, such act must be made
together with the appeal.
Article 41
Appellate Body
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appellate body is the rector.
Article 42
Scope of Review
(1) The rector shall review the compliance of the contested decision and the procedure
preceding the issue of the decision with legal and internal regulations and the conditions for
the admission to studies laid down by the faculty.
(2) Procedural errors which may not be reasonably believed to have influenced the
compliance of the contested decision with legal and internal regulations and the conditions for
the admission to studies laid down by the faculty or its correctness shall not be taken into
account.
Article 43
Decision on Appeal
(1) The rector shall issue the decision on the appeal within the time limit of 30 days.
The time limit starts to run on the day when the file is delivered to the rector for decision.
(2) If the rector reaches the conclusion that the contested decision made by the dean is
in conflict with legal or internal regulations, the conditions for the admission to studies laid
down by the faculty or if it is incorrect,
a) the rector shall cancel the contested decision or part thereof and
1. shall stay the procedure, or
2. refer the matter back to the dean for reconsideration; in the ground of this decision
the rector shall specify the legal opinion by which the dean is bound during the
reconsideration, or
b) the rector shall change the contested decision or part thereof.
(3) If the rector finds out that there exists a fact which gives reason for termination of
the procedure, the rector shall automatically cancel the contested decision and terminate the
procedure. Late or inadmissible appeal shall be dismissed by the rector.
(4) If the rector does not find any reason to proceed pursuant to clause (2) or (3), he
shall dismiss the appeal and uphold the contested decision. If the rector changes or cancels the
contested decision partially, he shall uphold the remaining parts of the decision.
(5) Applicable to a decision in an appellate procedure is Article 33(1) and (3). The
operative part shall specify the manner in which the decision was reached and the instruction
shall state that there is no appeal admissible against the decision in an appellate procedure.
Division 3
Joint Provisions
Article 44
Principles
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basic principles of the activity of administrative bodies2
also apply to the admission
procedure.
Article 45
Delivery
(1) In the admission procedure JAMU delivers written communications to applicants
for studies using its own capacities or via a postal operator.
(2) If a decision rendered in the admission procedure accepts the application of an
applicant for admission to studies, the decision may be delivered to the applicant through the
JAMU Information System, provided that the applicant consented in advance to this manner
of delivery in the application; regarded as the day of the delivery and announcement of the
decision in such case is the first day following the day when the decision is made accessible
for the applicant in the JAMU Information System.
Article 46
Progress Report
Within 15 days from the end of the admission procedures of all applicants for studies
the faculty shall publish a report on the progress of the admission procedure.3
If the admission
procedure involves written entrance examination as well, the report shall state the basic
statistical characteristics of all parts of the examination.
PART FIVE
STUDY CONDITIONS FOR FOREIGN CITIZENS
Article 47
(1) The conditions for admission of foreign citizens to studies in a degree programme
must enable the fulfilment of the obligations ensuing from international treaties which are
binding on the Czech Republic. Unless a special reason requires otherwise, the same
conditions for admission to studies shall apply to foreign citizens as are applicable to Czechs;
however, foreign citizens may only be admitted to studies in a degree programme
implemented in the Czech language only if they demonstrate a sufficient knowledge of the
Czech language for the studies.
(2) Foreign citizens may participate in the studies at JAMU also on the basis of
a) an international treaty,
b) international mobility programmes,
c) cooperation agreements between JAMU and some other higher education institution,
d) an agreement on participation in a part of a degree programme at JAMU.
2
Sections 2 to 8 of Administrative Procedure Code
3
Decree no. 343/2002 Coll., on the Procedure and Conditions of Announcements during Admission Procedure
and Universities, as amended by Decree no. 276/2004 Coll.
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SIX
ACADEMIC COMMUNITY
TITLE I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 48
Academic Community
The JAMU academic community consists of JAMU academic employees and students.
Article 49
Status of Academic Community Members
(1) A member of the academic community has the right to
a) elect and be elected in the Academic Senate under the conditions laid down by the
electoral code of the Academic Senate,
b) participate at the meetings of the Academic Senate and the meetings of other JAMU
bodies, if they are public,
c) have access to the minutes of meetings of JAMU bodies,
d) address academic self-government bodies of JAMU,
e) participate in meetings of academic community members,
f) the adoption of necessary and available measures to ensure equal opportunities.
(2) A member of the academic community is obligated to
a) respect freedom, equality and human dignity,
b) act honestly and fairly towards himself or herself, JAMU as well as other persons,
c) fulfil the obligations ensuing from the legal order and the JAMU Code of Ethics,
d) maintain collegial relationships with other members of the academic community,
e) respect JAMU internal code, including in particular compliance with internal
regulations of JAMU and its units and other standards of JAMU,
f) refrain from abusing the voting right to the detriment of JAMU as a whole,
g) protect good reputation of JAMU.
TITLE II
STUDENTS
Article 50
Enrolment in Studies
A person becomes a student on the day of his or her enrolment in studies. The
enrolment procedure takes place at the faculty. The right to be enrolled for studies arises
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to an applicant upon the delivery of the decision on the admission to studies,
b) to other person on the day of the entry into effect of the decision on the invalidity of
the state examination prescribed for the completion of studies in a degree programme
or a part of such examination or doctoral thesis defence, if so decided by the rector in
the given decision.
Article 51
Deadline for Enrolment in Studies
(1) Persons must enrol in studies within the deadline specified by the faculty. If they
fail to do so, their right for enrolment in studies ceases to exist.
(2) If a person fails to enrol in studies within the specified deadline, he or she may
within 7 days after the expiry of the deadline request remission of the failure to enrol with
specification and substantiation of the reason. A person is not entitled to the remission of the
failure to enrol. If the dean accepts the request, he shall grant the person an extraordinary time
limit for the enrolment in studies; if the request is dismissed, the dean shall briefly state the
reasons. The person shall be notified on the clearance of the request. No appeal is admissible
against the notification.
Article 52
Student Rights
(1) A student has the right to
a) study in one or several degree programmes,
b) choose courses and create a study plan according to the rules of the degree
programme,
c) choose the teacher of a certain course taught by several teachers,
d) take examinations under the conditions specified by the degree programme or the
Study and Examination Regulations,
e) enrol in the next part of the degree programme after fulfilling the duties defined by the
degree programme or the Study and Examination Rules.
f) propose topics for his or her Bachelor’s, Master’s or doctoral thesis,
g) use the devices and information technologies necessary for the studies in the degree
programme in compliance with the rules determined by JAMU,
h) elect and be elected in the academic senate,
i) a scholarship from JAMU funds if the student meets the conditions set out in the
Scholarships and Bursary Regulations,
j) interruption of studies if allowed by law or the Study and Examination Regulations,
k) right to suitable measures for studies during parental leave under the conditions set out
in the Study and Examination Regulations,
l) a decision on his or her rights and obligations which is fair and without undue delay,
m) certificates of studies.
Article 53
Student Obligations
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The study obligations of a student follow from the degree programme and the
Study and Examination Regulations. A student is obligated to respect the internal regulations
of JAMU and its units.
(2) A student is further obligated to
a) pay the fees connected with the studies and disclose facts relevant for their amount,
b) report via the Information System of JAMU or the JAMU unit in which the student is
enrolled the address for deliveries or the address of his or her data box and changes in
the first name, surname and place of permanent residence,
c) report to JAMU the loss of physical fitness for studies if such fitness was a condition
for admission to the studies,
d) appear upon an invitation of the rector, the dean or a JAMU employee authorized by
them to discuss issues regarding the progress or termination of studies.
(3) Intentional or negligent non-fulfilment of an obligation specified in clause (2)
gives rise to student’s obligation to compensate JAMU for the expenses caused by such act.
Article 54
Certificates of Studies
The certificates of studies the sample of which was prescribed by the rector are unified
for the entire JAMU.
Article 55
Study file
(1) A separate study file is kept for each studies of a student, which file always
includes
a) certificates on the admission procedure,
b) certificate on the enrolment in studies or part thereof,
c) certificates on the decisions on the rights and obligations of a student,
d) other certificates on the progress of studies,
e) certificates on the completion of studies.
(2) A study file may be kept entirely or partially in the electronic form.
TITLE III
ACADEMIC EMPLOYEES
Article 56
Academic Employees
JAMU academic employees include professors, associate professors, adjunct professors,
assistant professors, instructors, lecturers and scientific, research and development workers
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as employees in labour-law relationships with JAMU and conducting pedagogical
and creative activities according to the agreed type of work.
Article 57
Pedagogical Activities
Pedagogical activities of academic employees include in particular
a) direct participation at the implementation of degree programmes in the forms defined
by the Study and Examination Regulations and faculty deans,
b) acting as supervisors and reviewers of Bachelor’s and Master’s theses,
c) acting as supervisors or reviewers in doctoral degree programmes,
d) participation in the development of degree programmes and membership in the
doctoral boards of doctoral degree programmes,
e) preparation of newly introduced courses or modernization of existing courses,
f) preparation of study materials and documents.
Article 58
Creative Activities
Creative activities of academic employees include in particular
a) acting as investigators and co-investigators of projects,
b) participation in project investigation teams based on the results of public tenders,
c) participation in the design and implementation of significant artistic or scientific
works,
d) acting as reviewers in habilitation procedures and professor appointment procedures,
e) artistic and reviewed publishing activities.
Article 59
Selection Procedure
Academic employee positions are filled strictly on the basis of selection procedures
according to the Selection Procedure Regulations for Filling Academic Employee Positions,
except for cases where it is possible to refrain from the selection procedure.
Article 60
Habilitation and Professor Appointment
The details of the habilitation procedure and the professor appointment procedure are
specified in the Habilitation Procedure and Professor Appointment Procedure Regulations.
Article 61
Visiting Professors
(1) A visiting professor is an academic employee
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whose admission as a visiting professor is approved by the relevant artistic board,
b) whose scope of activity corresponds to that of an associate professor or a professor,
c) with an employment contract for a definite period of time from the minimum of 4
months to the maximum of 2 years, and
d) who is a professor or an associated professor or has a comparable position abroad or is
a recognized artist or specialist.
(2) The employment of a visiting professor at JAMU may last in total for the
maximum of 6 years.
Article 62
Professors Emeritus
(1) Professor emeritus is an honorary degree. JAMU professors emeritus are appointed
by the rector after discussing the JAMU Artistic Board. Only a person who worked at JAMU
as an academic employee on the position of a professor for the minimum period of 10 years
may be appointed professor emeritus.
(2) JAMU may present JAMU affairs to the professor emeritus with his or her consent
for comments, objectives and statements. For such activity JAMU shall create adequate
conditions for the professor emeritus and enable him or her to use JAMU facilities based on
agreement.
(3) Appointment as professor emeritus does not give rise to the membership in the
academic community; however, professor emeritus has the right to participate in the meetings
of academic community members.
Article 63
Remuneration for Work
The remuneration for work is regulated by the Internal Wage Regulation.
Article 64
Creative Leave
(1) An academic employee is entitled to be granted upon his or her request a sixmonth
creative leave once in seven years unless precluded by serious circumstances regarding
the fulfilment of the educational objectives of JAMU. The creative leave is intended to be
used for work on extraordinary tasks therefore the academic employee is entitled to salary
over the period of the creative leave.
(2) The application for the creative leave is filed with the dean of the faculty where the
academic employee works or with the rector in other cases. Reasons must be given if the
application is dismissed.
PART SEVEN
BODIES
- 19 TITLE
I
SELF-GOVERNMENT ACADEMIC BODIES
Division 1
JAMU Academic Senate
Article 65
(1) The number of the members of the JAMU Academic Senate, the incompatibility of
the membership in the JAMU Academic Senate with the performance of other offices, the
election of the members of the JAMU Academic Senate, the creation of membership in the
JAMU Academic Senate, the term of office of the JAMU Academic Senate members and the
reasons for and the day of loss of the membership in the JAMU Academic Senate are
specified in the JAMU Academic Senate Electorate Code.
(2) The scope of the competence of the JAMU Academic Senate is summarized and
the election of the chair, vice-chairs and the secretary of the JAMU Academic Senate and the
manner of acting of the JAMU Academic Senate are provided for by the JAMU Academic
Senate Rules of Procedure.
(3) Upon the proposal of the JAMU Academic Senate the rector may give the
members of the senate remuneration for the performance of the office of a member of the
JAMU Academic Senate; the remuneration offered by the JAMU Academic Senate to the
individual members must correspond to the scope and quality of the performance of the
office.
Article 66
Date of Sending
The day of the transmission of the proposals for which after their approval by the
JAMU Academic Senate the approval by the Management Board is required under Section
15(2)b) and c) of the Act on Universities is the 7th day following the day then the rector sends
the proposal to spravnirada@jamu.cz via the JAMU Information System.4
Division 2
Rector
Article 67
(1) JAMU is headed by the rector who acts and decides on the affairs of JAMU unless
stipulated otherwise by law. Where a special regulation assumes the capacity of a statutory
body, it is the rector who acts in such capacity.
(2) The rector’s term of office is four years. The office of the rector may be performed
at JAMU by the same person for two consecutive terms of office at the maximum.
Article 68
Vice-rectors
4
Section 14(5) of Act on Universities
- 20 Rector
is represented by vice-rectors in the activity segments designated by the rector;
the rector shall appoint a vice-rector who shall represent the rector in full. Vice-rectors are
appointed and dismissed by the rector after the JAMU Academic Senate has given its
statements on the intention to do so.
Division 3
JAMU Artistic Board
Section 1
Competence and Acting
Article 69
The competence of the JAMU Artistic Board is summarized and the manner of acting is
regulated by the JAMU Artistic Board Rules of Procedure.
Section 2
Membership in JAMU Artistic Board
Article 70
Number of Members and Composition of Artistic Board
(1) The JAMU Artistic Board has 21 members; at least one third of the members of
the JAMU Artistic Board are persons other than members of JAMU academic community.
(2) The JAMU Artistic Board is headed by the rector. Upon prior approval by the
JAMU Academic Senate the rector appoints and dismisses the other members of the JAMU
Artistic Board from among the important representatives of the disciplines in which JAMU
carries out its educational and creative activities.
Article 71
Acquisition of Membership
Other members in the JAMU Artistic Board acquire membership on the day of
appointment unless a different date is specified in the appointment.
Article 72
Termination of Membership
Membership in the JAMU Artistic Board becomes terminated on the day of
a) resignation,
b) death,
c) dismissal,
d) the acquisition of membership in the JAMU Artistic Board by a person from the
JAMU academic community if such membership results in a situation when the
number of JAMU Artistic Board members from among persons other than members of
the JAMU academic community is below the required minimum.
Division 4
Internal Evaluation Board
- 21 Article
73
(1) Established is the Internal Evaluation Board. The Internal Evaluation Board has
competences defined by Act on Universities and
a) evaluates the objective of an application for institutional accreditation,
b) gives statement on the proposals of the evaluation committee members,
c) performs continual and summary evaluation of the quality of a degree programme,
d) considers an approved degree programme proposal,
e) defines measures to remove the deficiencies in the quality of a degree programme or,
if necessary, corrective measures,
f) gives statement on other matters submitted by the rector.
(2) The competence of the Internal Evaluation Board is summarized, the membership
in the board and the manner of acting are regulated by the Internal Evaluation Board Rules of
Procedure.
Division 5
JAMU Disciplinary Committee
Article 74
(1) The JAMU Disciplinary Committee deals with the disciplinary offences of JAMU
students who are not enrolled with any of JAMU faculties (“non-faculty student”) and submits
proposal for decision to the rector.
(2) The disciplinary rules for students define the liability of non-faculty students for a
disciplinary offence, the position, composition and manner of acting of the JAMU
Disciplinary Committee and the disciplinary procedure in matters of non-faculty students.
Article 75
Non-establishment
The JAMU Disciplinary Committee is not established.
TITLE II
OTHER BODIES
Division 1
Management Board
Article 76
The mission and the competence of the Management Board are summarized in the
Management Board Statutes which also specify the details of the membership in the
Management Board and regulate the election of the chair and vice-chairs and the manner of
acting of the Management Board.
- 22 Division
2
Bursar
Article 77
(1) The bursar is responsible for the management and internal administration of
JAMU and represents JAMU to the extent delimited by rector’s measure.
(2) The bursar further
a) prepares and submits to the rector a draft budget and mid-term outlook,
b) prepares and submits to the rector materials relating to financial management for the
meetings of the Management Board,
c) monitors the use of the budget funds and notifies the rector if there is a risk of budget
overrun and proposes necessary measures,
d) methodically manages the finances and internal administration of JAMU and its units
by directives and is responsible for their correctness.
(3) The bursar is appointed and dismissed by the rector.
TITLE III
COMMON PROVISIONS ON BODIES
Article 78
Common Objective
(1) The bodies of JAMU and its units aim to fulfil the preamble of this internal
regulation, protect the academic freedoms and academic rights and protect the status of the
members of the academic community.
(2) When performing their office the members of JAMU bodies
a) within the limits of the legal regulations and internal regulations of JAMU are
bound by their conscience only,
b) are obligated to promote the interests of JAMU as a whole, not interests of their
own or partial interests of certain JAMU units.
Article 79
Rectification of Errors
Should it turn out that a body of JAMU or any of its units acted in conflict with legal
regulations or the internal regulations of JAMU, JAMU bodies have the obligation to rectify
the situation.
Article 80
Incompatibility of Offices
The following offices are mutually incompatible: rector, vice-rector, bursar, dean, vicedean,
faculty secretary and director of a unit.
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EIGHT
ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE
TITLE I
DIVISION OF JAMU
Article 81
Units
(1) JAMU is divided into units. Units do not have legal personality.
(2) The basic units of JAMU are faculties which include
a) the Faculty of Theatre,
b) the Faculty of Music.
(3) other units of JAMU are
a) other workplaces for educational and creative activity or for the provision of
information services or transfer of the technologies, which include
1. Orlí Street Theatre,
2. publishing house,
3. library.
b) Facilities for cultural activities and sports, accommodation and catering services in
particular for the members of the academic community or for the operation of JAMU,
which include
1. Astorka centre,
2. Rector’s Office.
Article 82
Establishment of Joint Workplaces of Units
For the purposes of the decision-making on the establishment of joint workplaces of
JAMU units the persons heading the facilities concerned shall be regarded as the managers of
JAMU.
TITLE II
FACULTIES
Article 83
Faculty Activities
(1) A faculty implements at least one accredited degree programme and carries out
creative activity. A faculty may perform supplementary activity.
(2) The dean is responsible to the rector for due activity of the faculty.
Article 84
Rights of Faculties
- 24 (1)
Faculty bodies have the right, unless otherwise stipulated by law, to decide or act
for JAMU in the following matters concerning the faculty
a) appointment of self-governing academic bodies of the faculty,
b) internal organization of the faculty,
c) habilitation procedure and professor appointment procedure,
d) management of the finances allocated to the faculty,
e) labour-law relationships.
(2) Faculty bodies also have the right, unless otherwise stipulated by law, to fully
decide or act for JAMU in the following matters concerning the faculty
a) preparation and implementation of degree programmes,
b) strategic focus of creative activity,
c) foreign relations and activities,
d) supplementary activity and management of the finances obtained through this activity.
(3) Faculty bodies decide on the following additional matters of JAMU
a) on the conditions for admission to studies in a degree programme implemented by the
faculty; the number of the applicants admitted to studies after prior approval by the
rector,
b) on the procedure for admission to studies in a degree programme implemented by the
faculty, in the first instance,
c) on the rights and obligations of the students enrolled at the faculty in the first instance,
except for
1. charging fees for prolonged studies,
2. awarding scholarship by the rector in a procedure initiated of the rector’s own
motion.
d) on the cooperation with other higher education institutions and persons,
e) on other matters of JAMU where they have been given the decision-making authority
on such matters by this internal regulation.
(4) Material changes in the matters mentioned in clause (2) letters a) to c) are subject
to prior discussion with the rector.
(5) In matters not specified in clauses (1) to (3) faculties are subordinated to the rector.
Article 85
Faculty Academic Insignia and Academic Ceremonies
A faculty has the right to use its own academic insignia and perform academic
ceremonies; the rules for the use of academic insignia and for the performance of academic
ceremonies are laid down in faculty statutes.
Article 86
Discussion of Labour-law Relationships
- 25 Labour-law
relationships shall be discussed in advance by a faculty body with the
rector. The rector and the faculty body may agree on the limitation of the scope of the matters
to be discussed in this manner.
Article 87
Faculty of Theatre
(1) The core of the educational and creative activities of the Faculty of Theatre is
dramatic arts, particularly in the following areas5
a) theatre arts,
b) radio, television and multi-medial production,
c) organization and management of artistic performances, and
d) pedagogy and didactics of arts.
(2) The Faculty of Arts uses the JAMU building located at Mozartova 647/1, Brno and
is responsible for its usual operation.
Article 88
Faculty of Music
(1) The core of the educational and creative activities of the Faculty of Music is
musical arts, particularly in the following areas5)
a) musical arts,
b) multi-medial production,
c) organization and management of artistic performances, and
d) pedagogy and didactics of arts.
(2) The Faculty of Music uses the JAMU building located at Komenského náměstí
609/6, Brno and is responsible for its usual operation.
TITLE III
OTHER UNITS
Article 89
Joint Provision
Other units are headed by directors who are appointed by and who are subordinated to
the rector. The director decides and acts for JAMU within the scope delimited by the
organizational regulations of the relevant unit.
Article 90
Orlí Street Theatre
5
Government Order no. 275/2016 Coll., on Fields of Study in Higher Education
- 26 (1)
Orlí Street Theatre is a musical and dramatic laboratory of JAMU with state-ofthe-art
stage and recording technologies. It gives JAMU students the opportunity to practice
and prepare for their professional careers in an environment meeting the current global trends.
(2) Orlí Street Theatre uses the JAMU building located at Orlí 522/19, Brno and is
responsible for its usual operation.
Article 91
Publishing House
(1) The publishing house provides for the publication activities of JAMU.
(2) The publishing house uses spaces in the Astorka centre.
Article 92
Library
(1) The library provides library and information services.
(2) The library uses spaces in the Astorka centre.
Article 93
Astorka
(1) Astorka is an information, educational, and accommodation facility of JAMU.
(2) Astorka uses the JAMU building located at Novobranská 691/3, Brno and is
responsible for its operation.
Article 94
Rector’s Office
(1) The Rector’s Office is responsible for
a) the operation of JAMU, in particular by performing the decision-making, organization,
coordination, consultation, recording and controlling activities in the areas of
accreditation, studies, creative activities, external relations, foreign relations, finance,
human resources, law, administration, information technologies and investments.
b) the material and administrative aspects of the activities of JAMU bodies and vice-
rectors.
(2) The Rector’s Office is headed by the rector. The Rector’s Office uses spaces in the
JAMU registered office and is responsible for its operation.
PART NINE
JAMU MANAGEMENT
TITLE I
DECISION-MAKING AND ACTING FOR JAMU
Article 95
- 27 Deciding
and Acting for JAMU
(1) The bodies which decide and act for JAMU are
a) a faculty body in matters delegated to the faculty by law or a JAMU internal
regulation,
b) the rector in other matters, unless stipulated otherwise by law or a JAMU internal
regulation.
(2) Other persons may only decide and act for JAMU to the extent delimited by law or
a JAMU internal regulation.
(3) Where the consent of the Management Board is required by the Act on
Universities6
for a legal act on behalf of JAMU, it is always the rector who decides for JAMU
based on a statement given by the JAMU Academic Senate.
Article 96
Announcement of Decision
(1) If necessary, the person who made a decision shall announce it to those who are
affected by it.
(2) The announcement may be made individually or by way of publishing the decision
in the form of a measure or a communication in the JAMU Journal. A measure defines the
procedure in a certain matter, a communication communicates some other information.
Article 97
Financial Management Rules
The financial management rules are set out in Appendix no. 3 to this internal regulation.
Article 98
Signing for JAMU
The person who signs for JAMU shall attach his or her signature, office or job position
and, if required, the stamp of JAMU next to the name of JAMU.
Article 99
Use of the Coat of Arms
(1) The coat of arms of the Czech Republic is attached to the university diploma and
the diploma supplement.
(2) The small coat of arms of the Czech Republic7
may only be used on decisions and
other deeds certifying important facts issued during the exercise of state power which was
consigned to JAMU by law or on the basis of law.8
6
Section 15(1) of Act on Universities.
7
Section 2 of Act 3/1993 Coll., on the National Symbols of the Czech Republic, as amended by later regulations.
8
Act no. 352/2001 Coll., as amended by later regulations.
- 28 (3)
The stamp that bears the small coat of arms, has round shape, with the diameter of
20 mm, 25 mm or 36 mm; the small coat of arms appears in a circle with the name of JAMU
and possibly also the name of the unit and the registered office written on its circumference
(hereinafter the “official stamp”). If JAMU uses several official stamps, these stamps must
also contain serial numbers. The official stamp is a single-colour stamp.9
TITLE II
ADVISORY COUNCILS AND WORKING GROUPS
Division 1
Advisory Councils
Article 100
(1) Advisory councils are established for regular and long-term work.
(2) An advisory council is chaired by the founder of the council or a person appointed
by the latter.
Article 101
Establishment of Advisory Councils
(1) Permanent advisory councils include
a) JAMU management
b) rector’s council
c) JAMU editorial council.
(2) Other advisory councils with university-wide competence may be established by
the rector, a vice-rector or the bursar.
Article 102
JAMU Management
The management of JAMU consists of the rector, who chairs the management, and vicerectors,
the bursar and other persons designated by the rector.
Article 103
Rector’s Council
The rector’s council consists of the rector, who chairs it, and vice-rectors, the bursar,
deans and other persons designated by the rector.
Article 104
JAMU Editorial Council
9
Section 6 of Act no. 352/2001 Coll., as amended by later regulations.
- 29 (1)
The JAMU editorial council is composed of deans, the Publishing House director
and other persons designated by the rector.
(2) The JAMU editorial council coordinates the editorial activities of JAMU.
Division 2
Working Groups
Article 104
(1) Working groups are set up for conceptual and important tasks where it can be
assumed that the solution will not require the setting up of an advisory council.
(2) A working group is chaired by its founder or a person appointed by the latter.
Article 106
Setting up of Working Groups
Working groups may be set up by the rector and a vice-rector, the bursar and the
managers of JAMU within the scope of their competences.
Division 3
Joint Provision
Article 107
The activity in advisory councils and working groups constitutes part of the work
obligations of the JAMU employees who are the members of these councils and groups.
TITLE III
NORMATIVE ACTS
Division 1
Internal Regulations
Article 108
Internal Regulations of JAMU
(1) Under the Act of Universities JAMU is obligated to have the following internal
regulations in place
a) JAMU Statutes,
b) JAMU Academic Senate Electoral Code,
c) JAMU Academic Senate Rules of Procedure,
d) Internal Wage Regulation,
e) JAMU Artistic Board Rules of Procedure,
f) Selection Procedure Regulations for Filling Academic Employee Positions,
g) Study and Examination Regulations,
h) Scholarships and Bursary Regulations,
- 30 i)
Disciplinary Rules for Students,
j) Rules for assurance of the quality of educational, creative and related activities and
internal evaluation of the quality of educational, creative and related activities of a
public higher education institution.
(2) Other internal regulations of JAMU include
a) Internal Evaluation Board Rules of Procedure,
b) Habilitation Procedure and Professor Appointment Procedure Regulations.
Article 109
Internal Regulations of Faculties
(1) Under the Act of Universities a faculty is obligated to have the following internal
regulations in place
a) Faculty Statutes,
b) Faculty Academic Senate Electoral Code,
c) Faculty Academic Senate Rules of Procedure,
d) Faculty Artistic Board Rules of Procedure,
e) Disciplinary Rules for Students,
(2) Other internal regulations of a faculty are those which are specified in the Faculty
Statutes.
Article 110
Approval of Internal Regulations
Internal regulations are approved by the JAMU Academic Senate.
Division 2
Internal Standards
Article 111
(1) Internal standards of JAMU include
a) directives applicable to the entire university,
b) decrees applicable to units,
(2) Directives are issued within the scope of JAMU internal regulations by the rector,
a vice-rector and the bursar. Decrees are issued within the scope of internal regulations and
internal directives by the head of a unit.
(3) A decree of a unit always is the Organizational Rules of the unit issued by the head
of the unit after approval by the rector.
Division 3
JAMU Journal
Article 112
- 31 (1)
The JAMU Journal is a platform for the publishing of the binding texts of those
acts the publication of which is required by an internal regulation of JAMU or its unit.
(2) The JAMU Journal is kept in the electronic and documentary form; both forms
have the same effects.
(3) The JAMU Journal is issued by the JAMU Rector’s Office.
Article 113
Published Acts
(1) The following acts are published in the JAMU Journal
a) internal regulations of JAMU,
b) JAMU directives,
c) internal regulations of JAMU units,
d) decrees of JAMU units.
(2) The following additional acts are also published in the JAMU Journal
a) the announcement and the results of the election in the JAMU Academic Senate,
b) decisions in the form of a communication or a measure (Article 96),
1. on the schedule of the academic year,
2. on the schedule of the academic year of a faculty,
3. other decisions if the JAMU body that has made the decision decides on its
publication,
c) other acts the publication of which is required by an internal regulation of JAMU or its
unit.
Article 114
Citation
In citations of published acts the abbreviation “LJ” is used.
Article 115
JAMU Journal Administration
(1) The JAMU Journal is published in files. Each file contains one published act.
(2) The Rector’s Office keeps a print of a file in documentary form.
Article 116
Reference to File and Act
(1) The header of a file contains
a) words “JAMU Journal”,
b) JAMU logo,
c) the serial number of the published act,
- 32 d)
the date when the file is published in the public section of the JAMU website.
(2) Acts are numbered from the start of a calendar year with Arabic numerals in a
continuous series which ends with the end of each calendar year.
Article 117
Manner of Publication of an Act
(1) Acts are published in the Czech language.
(2) If the published act is an amendment, text of the act after the amendment shall be
published in an annex to the file.
(3) The signature of the person who signed the act shall be substituted in a file with
the abbreviation “v.r.” (in his/her on hand) coming after the name of such person.
Article 118
Validity and Effectiveness of an Act
(1) An internal regulation of JAMU becomes valid upon registration; other acts
become valid upon publication.
(2) Unless a later effectiveness date is specified, a published act becomes effective at
the beginning of the fifteenth day following the day of its publication. If required by an urgent
interest, an earlier effectiveness date of an act may be stipulated which, however, may fall on
the beginning of the day following the day of its publication, at the earliest.
(3) Where the effectiveness date falls on a day that comes before the day of the
validity of a published act, such act becomes effective on the beginning of the fifteenth day
following the validity date.
(4) Where one act was published first and the other acts has become effective first, the
rule is that the act which was published later is regarded as more recent and therefore,
depending on the will expressed in such act, it is necessary to decide whether the changes
introduced by this act are only intended until such time as the first act becomes effective or
whether they are supposed to survive.
Article 119
Publication of an Act
(1) The publication of an act in the JAMU Journal means giving access to the file
containing the act in the public section of the JAMU website.
(2) If there is an obstacle preventing the publication of an act pursuant to clause (1)
and if the act has to be published without delay, files are issued in documentary form. The
Rector's Office shall send the file to JAMU units and shall make it accessible to the public in
a suitable manner.
(3) The Rector’s Office shall ensure without delay after the obstacle preventing the
publication of the act pursuant to clause (1) has disappeared the publication of the files issued
in documentary form in the public section of the JAMU website; this shall not be regarded as
official publication of the act.
Article 120
Legislative and Technical Processing
- 33 (1)
The Rector’s Office shall ensure the legislative and technical processing of the text
of the act which does not make any material changes in the content of the act.
(2) The text of an act processed under clause (1) shall be presented for review to the
person who submitted the act for publication.
Article 121
Correction of Errors
(1) If the publisher finds an error in the publication of an act, such person shall
without delay after such finding publish a correction by a communication on the correction of
an error.
(2) The communication on the correction of an error shall be presented for review to
the person who submitted the act for publication.
Article 122
Inspection of JAMU Journal
The members of the JAMU academic community and JAMU employees have the right
to inspect the JAMU Journal in its documentary form at the Rector’s Office for the duration
of an obstacle precluding the publication of acts in the public section of the JAMU website.
PART TEN
CONDITIONS FOR LIFELONG LEARNING
Article 123
Lifelong Learning Programmes
(1) Within the scope of its educational activities JAMU may provide for free or for a
fee lifelong learning programmes focused on professional or special-interest education.
Lifelong learning programmes give opportunity to obtain, extend, deepen or renew the
knowledge in various areas of scholarship and culture.
(2) The approval of a lifelong learning programme is defined by the Rules for
assurance of the quality of educational, creative and related activities and internal evaluation
of the quality of educational, creative and related activities.
Article 124
Form
A lifelong learning programme is implemented in the form of full-time or distance
studies or a combination thereof.
Article 125
Promoter
(1) The promoter of a lifelong learning programme is JAMU or its faculty or in
cooperation with some other unit of JAMU or person. The promoter
- 34 a)
appoints the guarantor of the lifelong learning programme,
b) defines the description and the conditions of the programme, including also the
maximum number of participants and the amount of the fee, the manner of and the
time allowed for its payment,
c) may reduce or waive the payment in justified cases,
d) is responsible for due course of the programme in all its aspects.
(2) The promoter keeps record of the description and the conditions of a lifelong
learning programme and the material facts and documents relating to the implementation of
the lifelong learning programme; the records are kept in the JAMU Information System.
Article 126
Applicant and Participant
(1) Persons interested in participating in a lifelong learning programme must be made
familiar with this part of the JAMU Statutes.
(2) Participant in a lifelong learning programme is a person who has expressed interest
in the programme and who has fulfilled the conditions laid down for the participation in a
given lifelong learning programme.
Article 127
Rights and Obligations of Participant
(1) Under the stipulated conditions a participant in a lifelong learning programme has
the right to
a) use the services of the Library,
b) use other information services and equipment of JAMU.
(2) A participant in a lifelong learning programme has the obligation to
a) respect the conditions laid down by the given lifelong learning programme,
b) pay duly and in time the prescribed fee for the participation in the given lifelong
learning programme; the fee once paid is non-refundable,
c) refrain from breaching the obligations laid down by legal or internal regulations.
(3) Education in a lifelong learning programme is based on a contract and does not
give its participants the status of a student under Act on Universities.
Article 128
Termination of Participation
A participant may be expelled from a lifelong learning programme if he or she violates
regardless of the fault some of the obligations of a participant in a lifelong learning
programme.
- 35 Article
129
Graduate
(1) A participant who has successfully completed the prescribed minimum scope of a
lifelong learning programme is a graduate of the lifelong learning programme.
(2) JAMU shall issue certificates to the graduates on the completion of the studies in a
lifelong learning programme.
PART ELEVEN
STUDY-RELATED FEES AND PAYMENTS
TITLE I
STUDY-RELATED FEES
Division 1
Amount, Form and Term of Payment
Article 130
Base for Determining Fees
The base for determining the amount of the study-related fees is announced by the
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (hereinafter the “Ministry”) by the end of January of
a calendar year; the base is applicable for the academic year that has commenced in that
calendar year.
Article 131
Admission Procedure Fees
(1) An admission procedure fee amounts to 20% of the base rounded down to tens of
CZK.
(2) An admission procedure fee is payable before the last day of the deadline for the
submission of the entrance application.
Article 132
Fees for Extension of Study
(1) If a student studies in a degree programme for a period longer than the standard
duration of studies increased by one year in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programme,
JAMU shall charge a study fee; added to the duration of time spent studying in the current
degree programme shall be the duration of time spent in all previous Bachelor’s and Master’s
degree programmes terminated otherwise than in accordance with Section 45(3) or Section
46(3) of Act on Universities, unless these studies constitute previous studies after which the
student successfully completed a degree programme of the same type. The period for which a
student was enrolled in such degree programmes or simultaneously in such degree
programmes and in the current degree programme shall be added only once. However, at first
it is necessary to subtract recognized parental leave from the total duration of studies
calculated according to this paragraph.
- 36 (2)
The fee for the extended study amounts for each additional commenced six months
of studies to four and a half times the base rounded down to CZK hundreds. The fee for the
extension of the studies of a student whose only requirement to successfully complete the
studies in the given degree programme as of the first day of the additional six-month period is
to take the final state examination or a part thereof amounts for each additional commenced
six months of studies to one and a half times the base rounded down to CZK hundreds.
(3) The fee for extended study is due by 91st day following the day when the decision
charging the fee was issued.
Article 133
Fees for Studies in a Foreign Language
(1) The fee for the studies in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programme conducted in
a foreign language amounts to thirty times the base for a commenced academic year rounded
down to CZK thousands. The fee for the studies in a doctoral degree programme conducted in
a foreign language amounts to eight times the base for a commenced academic year rounded
down to CZK thousands.
(2) JAMU may waive the fee for the studies conducted in a foreign language entirely
or partially in case of an exceptionally talented student; the decision on the waiver is made by
the rector based on dean’s proposal. JAMU shall waive the fee for the studies conducted in a
foreign language if charging such fee is in conflict with the obligations of JAMU.
(3) The fee for the studies in a foreign language is payable before the enrolment in
studies and for each additional commenced academic year in which the studies are continued
before the beginning of the academic year.
Article 134
Assessment and Announcement of Fees
JAMU shall assess and announce the amount of the study-related fees for the upcoming
academic year in the public section of its website by no later than the last day of the time limit
prescribed for the submission of entrance applications; if JAMU assesses and announces the
amount of the fees for the upcoming academic year at a later time, the applicants admitted to
studies commencing with the upcoming academic year may not be charged for their studies in
the upcoming academic year any study-related fee which is higher than the amount that was
applicable for the academic year in which the entrance application was filed.
Article 135
Joint Provisions on Study-related Fees
(1) The study-related fees shall be paid by wired transfer to the bank account of
JAMU.
(2) The study-related fees are non-refundable.
Division 2
Procedure for Assessment of Fee for Extended Studies
Section 1
First instance procedure
- 37 Article
136
Authority Competent in First Instance
The authority competent in the first instance to decide on matters of assessment of the
fee for extended study is the rector, represented as a rule by a vice-rector.
Article 137
Participant in Procedure
The participant in the procedure for the assessment of the fee for extended studies can
only be the student whose studies are the subject-matter of the procedure.
Article 138
Initiation of Procedure
(1) The procedure for the assessment of the fee for extended studies is initiated ex
officio if JAMU finds out that the conditions for the assessment of the fee have been met.
(2) Decision is the first act made by JAMU within the procedure for the assessment of
the fee for extended studies.
Article 139
Decision
(1) Decision is given in the written form with the stamp of JAMU and the signature of
the person who made the decision. The decision contains the operative part, the grounds and
instruction on the possibility of filing for appeal.
(2) The operative part shall state whether and in what amount the fee for extended
studies is charged, specify the legal provision based on which the decision was made and the
first name, surname, date of birth and the permanent residence of the student.
(3) The grounds shall contain the reasons for the verdict of the decision, the materials
for such verdict, the reasoning during the assessment of the materials and the interpretation of
the legal and internal regulations.
(4) The instruction shall state that the decision may be appealed within the time limit
of 30 days from the day of its publication, that the decision on the appeal is made by the
rector and that the appeal is submitted to the rector. Suspensive effect of an appeal cannot be
ruled out.
Article 140
Termination of Procedure
The rector shall terminate a procedure by resolution if the reason for the procedure has
ceased to exist, in particular in the event of the death of the participant. This resolution shall
only be noted in the file.
Section 2
Appellate Procedure
Article 141
- 38 Submission
of Appeal
(1) A student may file an appeal against the decision within 30 days from the
announcement of the decision unless he or she has waived this right in writing after the
announcement of the decision. The failure to file the submission within the deadline may not
be excused.
(2) The appeal may contest the operative part of the decision. An appeal against the
grounds for the decision only is inadmissible.
(3) The appeal must state
a) the first name, surname, date of birth and the permanent residence of the student,
b) the matter to which it relates,
c) the decision which is appealed, the scope to which the decision is contested and why
the decision is deemed to be in conflict with legal or internal regulations or why the
decision or the prior procedure is considered incorrect. If the appeal does not specify
the scope to which the decision is contested, it is assumed that the appellant seeks the
cancellation of the entire decision.
Article 142
Appeal Submission Procedure
(1) The first instance authority may cancel or change the decision challenged by the
appeal if the appeal is fully satisfied by such act. This decision may be appealed.
(2) If the first instance authority does not find that the conditions for the procedure
under clause (1) have been satisfied, it shall pass the file with its statement to the appellate
body within 30 days from the day of the delivery of the appeal.
Article 143
New Facts
New facts or proposals for producing new evidence specified in the appeal or in the
course of the appellate procedure shall be taken into account only if the student was not able
to use such facts or evidence earlier. Where the student objects that he or she was not allowed
to perform a certain act during the first-instance procedure, such act must be made together
with the appeal.
Article 144
Appellate Body
The appellate body is the rector.
Article 145
Scope of Review
(1) The appellate body shall review the compliance of the contested decision and the
procedure preceding the issue of the decision with the legal and internal regulations and its
correctness.
- 39 (2)
Procedural errors which may not be reasonably believed to have influenced the
compliance of the contested decision with the legal and internal regulations or its correctness
shall not be taken into account.
Article 146
Right of Adjustment
(1) When deciding on an appeal against the decision on the assessment of a studyrelated
fee the appellate body may reduce or waive the assessed fee or postpone the payment
deadline in particular with regard to the study results or the social situation of a student.
(2) The use of the right of adjustment shall be subject to the following principles
a) if the assessed fee seems with regard to the circumstances like harshness of law, the
appellate body shall either waive or reduce the fee to an amount which is fair and
adequate with regard to the circumstance of the case,
b) the appellate body shall waive the fee if the student receives benefits in material need,
c) the appellate body may reduce the fee by as much as 50%, if student’s social situation
does not allow him or her to pay the assessed fee, in particular in the case of an
adverse financial situation of his or her family,
d) if the student commits a selfless act of civic courage, the appellate body may reduce
the assessed fee by as much as 50%,
e) in other cases, if there is a reason, the appellate body shall postpone the payment
deadline.
Article 147
Decision on Appeal
(1) The appellate body shall issue the decision on the appeal within the time limit of
30 days. The time limit starts to run on the day when the file is delivered to the rector for
decision. The appellate body may not change the contested decision to the detriment of the
appellant unless the contested decision is in conflict with legal regulations or internal
regulations.
(2) If the appellate body reaches the conclusion that the contested decision is in
conflict with legal or internal regulations of JAMU or a faculty or if the appellate body uses
its right of adjustment,
a) the appellate body shall cancel the contested decision or part thereof and
1. shall stay the procedure, or
2. refer the matter back to the first instance body for reconsideration; in the grounds
of this decision the rector shall specify the legal opinion by which the first instance
body who had issued the contested decision is bound during the reconsideration of
the matter, or
b) the appellate body shall change the contested decision or part thereof.
(3) If the appellate body finds out that there exists a fact which gives reason for
termination of the procedure, the appellate body shall automatically cancel the contested
decision and terminate the procedure. Late or inadmissible appeal shall be dismissed by the
appellate body.
(4) If the appellate body does not find any reason to proceed pursuant to clause (2) or
(3), he shall dismiss the appeal and uphold the contested decision. If the appellate body
- 40 changes
or cancels the contested decision partially, he shall uphold the remaining parts of the
decision.
(5) Applicable to a decision in an appellate procedure is Article 139(1) and (3). The
operative part shall specify the manner in which the decision was reached and the instruction
shall state that there is no appeal admissible against the decision in an appellate procedure.
Article 148
Follow-up Measures
If needed, bodies of JAMU or of a faculty shall adopt in connection with the decision of
the appellate body such measures which will ensure that the rights of the student are restored
and the consequences caused by the defective decision are removed or at least mitigated.
Section 3
Joint Provisions
Article 149
Delivery
(1) The decision in the procedure for assessment of the fee for extended studies may
be delivered to the student in person. If the student has reported a data box address, the
decision shall be delivered to the data box. If the student has reported a postal address only,
the decision shall be delivered for his or her attention to the postal address.
(2) If a written communication in the procedure for assessment of the fee for extended
studies is not delivered because the student failed to fulfil the obligation to report his or her
postal address or data box address or if the written communication is not delivered to the
postal address reported by the student, the written communication shall be delivered in the
form of an announcement; JAMU is not obligated to appoint a custodian for the student.
(3) Non-fulfilment by a student of the obligation to report a postal address or a data
box address gives rise to such student’s obligation to compensate JAMU for the costs incurred
by the non-fulfilment.
Article 150
Principles
The basic principles of the activity of administrative bodies10
shall be also applied in the
procedure for the assessment of the fee for extended studies.
Division 3
Collection of Other Study-related Fees
Article 151
Collection of Fee Associated with Admission Procedure
10
Sections 2 to 8 of Administrative Procedure Code
- 41 If
an applicant fails to pay the fee associated with the admission procedure in time, the
faculty shall call on the applicant to do so within 5 days from the day when the faculty made
the call; together with the call the faculty shall warn the applicant that if he or she fails to pay
the fee, the admission procedure will be terminated.
Article 152
Collection of Fee for Studies in a Foreign Language
If a person fails to pay the fee for studies in a foreign language in time, JAMU shall call
on the person to do so within 5 days from the day when the call was made; together with the
call JAMU shall warn the person that if the fee is not paid the person shall not be enrolled in
the studies or the next part thereof.
TITLE II
PAYMENTS FOR STUDY-RELATED SERVICES
Article 153
The rector may stipulate payments for the study-related services which students are not
entitled to receive for free by law or on the basis of an internal regulation.
PART TWELVE
FEE FOR ACTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROCEDURE FOR APPLICATION FOR
RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION AND
QUALIFICATIONS
Article 154
(1) The fee for acts associated with the procedure for application for the recognition of
foreign university education and qualifications is prescribed by Section 90a of Act on
Universities.
(2) The fee for acts associated with the procedure for application for the recognition of
foreign university education and qualifications is an income of JAMU, is paid by wired
transfer to the bank account of JAMU, is non-refundable and is payable upon request.
(3) If the applicant fails to pay the fee for acts associated with the procedure for
application for the recognition of foreign university education and qualifications in time,
JAMU shall call on the applicant to do so within 5 days from the day when the call was made;
together with the call JAMU shall warn the application that if the fee is not paid, the
procedure shall be terminated.
PART THIRTEEN
JAMU INFORMATION SYSTEM
Article 155
- 42 (1)
JAMU Information System means the electronic information system providing for
the information services required for the activities and management of JAMU and its units.
(2) JAMU Information System ensures in particular
a) the processing of information required for the performance of activities of JAMU and
its units,
b) mutual communication of the members of academic community and the members of
the bodies of JAMU and its units via the university electronic mail, electronic notice
boards and possibly also in other ways,
c) the access for the employees and students to information necessary for the
performance of their rights and obligations, in particular through study rooms, the
library, local and global information networks and sources,
d) provision of information about JAMU to the public.
Article 156
Security
When using the JAMU computer system, all the units and their workplaces are
obligated to follow the standards and security measures defined by an internal directive.
Article 157
Mutual Communication
Employees, students and members of the bodies of JAMU and its units are obligated to
make themselves familiar with the content of their electronic mail box in the JAMU
Information System at least once in a week.
PART FOURTEEN
JOINT, INTERIM AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 158
Joint Provisions
(1) Relevant faculty means the faculty that implements the relevant degree
programme.
(2) Appointed as a member of the review committee under Section 47c(6) or Section
74a(6) of Act on Universities must not be a person who was
a) a member of the committee for the relevant state examination or any part thereof,
b) a member of the committee for the defence of the relevant doctoral thesis,
c) the reviewer or the supervisor of a person whose state examination or any part thereof
or doctoral thesis defence is at issue,
d) a member of the relevant habilitation committee, or
e) the reviewer of the relevant habilitation thesis.
Article 159
- 43 Interim
Provisions
(1) Where information on admission procedures was published before the
effectiveness of this internal regulation, such admission procedures shall be finished pursuant
to the previously applicable regulations.
(2) Persons who became members of JAMU bodies before the effectiveness of this
internal regulation shall continue to be members under this internal regulation as well; their
term of office is not affected.
(3) The publishing house under this internal regulation means the Editorial Centre
under the previous regulations; the publishing house shall adapt to this internal regulation by
31 December 2017.
(4) Faculties shall submit to the JAMU Academic Senate for approval the drafts of
their internal regulations modified according to the internal regulations modified under Act
no. 137/2016 Coll. by no later than 30 April 2018. Should any of the provisions of a faculty
internal regulation be in conflict with legal regulations or JAMU internal regulations, such
provision is ineffective.
Article 160
Repeal Provisions
(1) The Statutes of Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno of 28
March 2012, registered by the Ministry on 11 April 2012 under ref. no. 14 466/2012-30, are
hereby abolished.
(2) As of 31 December 2018 all existing normative acts of JAMU and its units which
have not been published in the JAMU Journal shall be repealed, regardless of their
designation.
Article 161
Effectiveness
This internal regulation becomes valid on the day of its registration by the Ministry and
effective on the first day of the second month following the month in which it has become
valid.
prof. Ing. MgA. Ivo Medek, Ph.D., in his own hand
Rector
prof. PhDr. Silva Macková, in her own hand
Chair of the JAMU Academic Senate
- 44 Appendix
no. 1 to JAMU Statutes
JAMU Insignia
Article 1
List of JAMU Insignia
JAMU insignia include the rector’s mace and rector’s chain of Leoš Janáček, the chains
of František Kudláček, Jiří Mahen, Jan Skácel and Ferdinand Vach and gowns.
Article 2
Rector’s Mace
The rector’s mace has a unique visual design by academic sculptor Otmar Oliva. The
mace has a distinctly decorated base, central ring and head. The core idea of these
components is a system of metal plates forming twists and spatial overlaps. Mace length 147
cm, base width 15 cm, ring 15 cm, head 11 cm. Metal: stainless steel, palladiated and gilded
bronze, the head features golden letters JAMU. The author of the leather sheath with abstract
ornament is Ladislav Vyskočil. The mace is chiselled by Jiří Severin. All works completed in
2000.
Article 3
Rector’s Chain
The rector’s chain has the shape of a wide decorative leather collar, total height 48 cm
and width 37 cm, with a central opening 31 cm by 21 cm. Its length is increased with a leather
square-shaped sling with a brass engraving of the portrait of Leoš Janáček. The design and
drawings of the portraits by Eduard Milén, crafted by Jindřich Svoboda. The engraving of the
portrait made by Jindřich Svoboda in 1960. Placed above the engraving is the national coat of
arms of the Czechoslovak Republic used in 1960. On the reverse side of the engraving in the
centre of a green field in a golden frame 6.7 cm by 33.2 cm is the inscription JANÁČEK
ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS IN MEMORY OF LEOŠ JANÁČEK.
The words of this inscription are each placed separately one under the other. Above and
below the inscription are golden squares, 6 x 6 cm. The central green field is edged both
lengthwise and breadthwise with a golden stripe 1 cm in width, with oblong fields on each
side, 1.5 cm wide, decorated with golden horizontal lines, 7 and 7 against each other, with a
golden triangle in the centre. The collar is made of marocain. On the obverse it is richly
decorated with stylized music-related ornaments in the central part and on edges it is
delimited with decorative stripes. The predominating colour is red with finely contrasting
areas of golden, green, blue and black. The collar is fastened at the top with two metal clips in
a metal buckle. The reverse side of the collar is made of pure natural leather, red-hemmed
along the circumference. Glued at the bottom is a red-leather tag 3.2 cm by 2.5 cm featuring
the inscription: Portrait design and drawings by EDUARD MILÉN Crafted by JINDŘICH
SVOBODA Portrait engravings by FRANTIŠEK SIGMUND BRNO 1960.
Article 4
- 45 Other
Chains
(1) The “Chain of František Kudláček” has the shape of a wide decorative leather
collar with a brass engraving of František Kudláček. Designed by Eduard Milén, crafted by
Jindřich Svoboda, Brno 1979. Portrait drawing by Vojtěch Štolfa 1991. Placed above the
engraving in a red field are two golden triangles, one bigger, one smaller. On the reverse side
of the engraving in the centre of a red field 6.7 cm by 4.8 cm in a golden frame is the
inscription: IN MEMORY OF JIŘÍ MAHEN. The words of this inscription are each placed
separately one under the other. The collar is made of marocain, total length 48 cm and width
37 cm, with a central opening 31 cm by 21 cm, richly decorated on the obverse with stylized
music-related ornaments which are hemmed on edges with decorative stripes. The
predominating colour is green with finely contrasting areas of golden, red, blue and black.
The collar is fastened at the top with two metal clips in a metal buckle. The reverse side of the
collar is made of pure natural leather, green-hemmed along the circumference. Glued at the
bottom is a green-leather tag 3.9 cm by 3.7 cm featuring the inscription: Designed by
EDUARD MILÉN Crafted by JINDŘICH SVOBODA BRNO 1979 Portrait drawing by
VOJTĚCH ŠTOLFA 1991.
(2) The “Chain of Jiří Mahen” has the shape of a wide decorative leather collar with a
brass engraving of Jiří Mahen. Design and drawings of portraits by Eduard Milén, crafted by
Jindřich Svoboda. Portrait engraving by František Sigmund Brno 1960. On the reverse side of
the engraving in the centre of a red field 6.7 cm by 4.8 cm in a golden frame is the inscription:
JANÁČEK ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS IN MEMORY OF
FRANTIŠEK KUDLÁČEK. The words of this inscription are each placed separately one
under the other. The collar is made of marocain, total length 48 cm and width 37 cm, with a
central opening 31 cm by 21 cm, richly decorated on the obverse with stylized music-related
ornaments which are hemmed on edges with decorative stripes. The predominating colour is
green with finely contrasting areas of golden, red, blue and black. The collar is fastened at the
top with two metal clips in a metal buckle. The reverse side of the collar is made of pure
natural leather hemmed along the circumference. Glued at the bottom is a green-leather tag
3.2 cm by 2.6 cm featuring the inscription: Portrait design and drawings by EDUARD
MILÉN Crafted by JINDŘICH SVOBODA Portrait engravings by FRANTIŠEK SIGMUND
BRNO 1960.
(3) The “Chain of Jan Skácel” has the shape of a wide decorative leather collar with a
brass engraving of Jan Skácel. Designed by Eduard Milén, crafted by Jindřich Svoboda,
portrait drawing by Vojtěch Štolfa, Brno 1991. The collar is made of marocain, total length 48
cm and width 37 cm, with a central opening 30 cm by 19 cm, richly decorated on the obverse
with stylized music-related ornaments which are hemmed on edges with decorative stripes.
The predominating colour is green with finely contrasting areas of golden, red, blue and
black. The collar is fastened at the top with two metal clips in a metal buckle. The reverse side
of the collar is made of pure natural green-impregnated leather hemmed along the
circumference. Glued at the bottom is a dark green-leather tag 4 cm by 3.6 cm featuring the
inscription: Designed by EDUARD MILÉN Crafted by JINDŘICH SVOBODA Portrait
drawing by VOJTĚCH ŠTOLFA BRNO 1991.
(4) The “Chain of Ferdinand Vach” has the shape of a wide decorative leather collar
with a brass engraving of Ferdinand Vach. Design and drawings of portraits by Eduard Milén,
crafted by Jindřich Svoboda. Portrait engraving made by Jindřich Svodoba in 1960. Placed
above the engraving in a red field is a symbolically stylized eighth note with stem and hook in
gold. On the reverse side of the engraving in the centre of a red field 6.7 cm by 4.8 cm in a
golden frame there is the inscription: JANÁČEK ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND
PERFORMING ARTS IN MEMORY OF FERDINAND VACH. The words of this
- 46 inscription
are each placed separately one under the other. The collar is made of marocain,
total length 48 cm and width 37 cm, with a central opening 31 cm by 21 cm. On the obverse it
is richly decorated with stylized music-related ornaments which are hemmed on edges with
decorative stripes. The predominating colour is green with finely contrasting areas of golden,
red, blue and black. The collar is fastened at the top with two metal clips in a metal buckle.
The reverse side of the collar is made of pure natural leather, green-hemmed along the
circumference. Glued at the bottom is a green-leather tag 3.2 cm by 2.6 cm featuring the
inscription: Portrait design and drawings by EDUARD MILÉN Crafted by JINDŘICH
SVOBODA Portrait engravings by FRANTIŠEK SIGMUND BRNO 1960.
Article 5
Gowns
(1) The rector’s gown—the primary colour is claret. Straight cut with press studs in
front and a pocket in the side seam. Shoulders are covered with a firmly sown black squareshaped
cape with a stand-up neck. Attached to the cape on both sides are firmly sown black
oblong pieces covering the sleeves from the back side, inserted in the seam of the sleeves.
(2) Vice-rector’s gown—the primary colour is claret with streaked with black. Placed
on the basic straight cut with shoulder darts and a stand-up collar are asymmetrical black
semi-gowns, firmly sown onto one shoulder and fastened with four press studs to the other.
The gown is lined with black fabric.
(3) The bursar’s gown—the primary colour is light grey. Primary straight cut, fastened
on the inside with buttons in front, with an inner pocket on the right seam. The rear piece has
a vent at the bottom. The gown includes an atypical scarf-like square-shaped collar. The gown
is lined with black fabric.
(4) Academic Senate Chair’s gown—the primary colour is black. Primary straight cut,
fastened on the inside with buttons in front, with an inner pocket on the right seam.
(5) Bedel’s gown—a three-quarter-length gown in claret colour with streaks. Widened
cut towards the bottom with inner folds, pulled over the head. The gown includes a separate
stand-up collar and three press studs, pulled over the head. The entire gown is lined with
black fabric.
(6) Accessories of the gown include caps. The rector’s cap is in black and vicerector’s
caps are in velvet and claret colours, round in shape with sharp edges and flat roof.
The bursar’s cap and the academic senate chair’s cap have the shape of a beret. The bedel’s
cap has a cone-shaped roof and is in velvet and claret colours.
Article 6
The Use of JAMU Insignia
(1) The insignia are used during academic ceremonies and exceptional festive
occasions.
(2) The rector’s mace, the rector’s chain and the rector’s gown may only be used by
the rector; they are always used together. Vice-rectors, deans and vice-deans use their chains
and gown always together. The bursar, faculty secretaries and the chairs of academic senates
use gowns only. The bedel uses the gown and is the guard of the rector’s mace during its use.
A gown may be lent to a person who is awarded an honorary doctoral degree. Other persons
may not use the insignia.
(3) The insignia may not be used if their use is degrading.
- 47 Appendix
no. 2 to JAMU Statutes
Article 1
Academic Ceremonies
(1) Academic ceremonies are attended by the rector, deans, vice-rectors, vice-deans
and during graduation ceremonies by the promoter.
(2) Academic ceremonies include in particular the inauguration of the rector and a
dean, matriculation, graduation, doctoral graduation, award of an honorary doctoral degree,
festive meeting of the Artistic Board, festive gathering of the academic community and
festive completion of studies in a life-long learning programme.
(3) Matriculation is an academic ceremony during which students ceremonially
confirm their enrolment in studies and their admission to the academic community by taking
the matriculation oath.
(4) Graduation is an academic ceremony during which the graduates of degree
programmes after taking an oath receive their university diplomas and diploma supplements.
(5) Doctoral graduation is an academic ceremony during which the graduates of
doctoral degree programmes after taking an oath receive their university diplomas and
diploma supplements.
(6) Honorary doctoral degree (“doctor honoris causa”; abbreviated as “Dr.h.c.”) may
be awarded by the JAMU rector to an important Czech or foreign figure who has contributed
to a significant degree to the enrichment of culture in the field of music and dramatic arts; the
award of an honorary doctoral degree requires the prior approval by the JAMU Artistic Board.
(7) The text of the oath is provided in the statutes of the relevant faculty; in other
cases the text is prescribed by rector’s measure, if necessary.
Article 2
Addressing during Academic Ceremonies
During academic ceremonies and graduations the traditional Latin addresses of
academic officials are used:
a) Address of the rector is “Your Magnificence”,
b) Address of a vice-rector is “Maiestas” (dignified),
c) Address of a dean is “Spectabilis” (respectable),
d) Address of a vice-dean is “Honorabilis” (honourable).
Article 3
Language of Academic Ceremonies
Academic ceremonies are held in Czech; the honourable doctoral degree award
ceremony may be held in a foreign language as well.
- 48 Appendix
no. 3 to JAMU Statutes
JAMU Management Rules
Article 1
Initial Provision
The management of JAMU is governed primarily by Act on Universities, internal
regulations and standards of JAMU and the conditions laid down in the decisions of the
Ministry on the provision of contributions and subsidies from the national budget.
Article 2
General Rules of Management
(1) JAMU is obligated to use its assets for the fulfilment of tasks in educational and
creative activities; the assets may also be used for supplementary activities in compliance with
Act on Universities.
(2) JAMU shall manage its assets with the care of due manager and, as regards
controls, is obligated to manage its assets correctly, reasonably, efficiently and purposefully.
(3) Responsible to the minister for an efficient use of contributions and subsidies and
for the settlement of subsidies with the national budget and for proper management of JAMU
assets is the rector.
Article 3
Prohibition of Certain Legal Acts
(1) JAMU may not
a) stand surety for a monetary debt of another person,
b) set up lien over real estate,
c) become a partner in a general partnership or a limited partner in a limited partnership,
d) alienate the academic insignia.
(2) JAMU may not invest into a corporation or a cooperative
a) movable assets acquired into ownership from the state,
b) received contribution from the national budget for educational and creative activities,
or
c) received subsidy from the national budget.
Article 4
Conditions for Investments in Legal Entities
(1) The conditions for investments in legal entities include
a) a prior written approval by the JAMU Management Board,
b) the line of business of the legal entity is directly related to the activity of JAMU,
c) the investment will not jeopardize activities of JAMU.
- 49 (2)
The activity and management of the legal entity into which JAMU has invested is
monitored by the rector or an employee designated by the latter.
Article 5
Economic Management
(1) JAMU’s economic management is based on its budget of expenses and revenues
prepared for a calendar year; the budget must not be prepared with a deficit. After the end of a
calendar year JAMU performs the accounting of its profits or losses and the settlement of its
financial relationships with the national budget and shall submit these documents within the
deadlines laid down by the Ministry.
(2) Until the approval of the budget JAMU works with a provisional budget; the
provisional budget is proposed by the rector, in the first quarter of a calendar year the limit for
expenditures is set at one quarter of the contribution and subsidy from the national budget for
the previous calendar year and subsequently in each additional calendar month at one twelfth
of the contribution and subsidy from the national budget for the previous calendar year.
(3) Responsible to the rector for a reasonable, efficient and purposeful use of funds
and proper management of assets are deans and the heads of the other JAMU units.
Article 6
Limits on Use of Funds
(1) The funds from the JAMU budget are only used to finance the activities for which
JAMU has been established and to finance supplementary activities.
(2) JAMU is obligated to ensure that
a) the funds generated by the transfer of the balance from the state budget contribution
for educational and creative activities are used in accordance with the rules of the
European Union for the provision of public support so that there is no disruption and
no risk of disruption of economic competition,
b) the funds obtained from the profit generated by basic research, applied research or
experimental development and the dissemination of its results through education,
publishing activities or technology transfer which were supported from public funds
are used retrospectively for these activities only or for the dissemination of their
results or for education.
Article 7
Sources of Funds
(1) The sources of current funds to finance the activities of JAMU include in
particular
a) contribution from the national budget for educational and creative activities,
b) support for research, experimental development and innovations from public funds
c) subsidies from the national budget,
d) study-related fees,
e) revenues from assets,
- 50 f)
revenues or contributions other than those listed in letter (a) from the national budget,
state funds, the National Fund and from the budgets of regions and municipalities and
the budget of the European Union,
g) revenues from supplementary activities,
h) revenues from main activity,
i) income from donations and inheritance,
j) income from foundations and endowment funds,
k) income from deposition of financial means,
l) credits and loans from financial institutions unless their acceptance gives rise to
entitlement towards to the national budget.
(2) The sources of capital funds to finance the activities of JAMU include
a) individual and system capital transfers (capital subsidies) from the national budget,
b) public budgets, state funds, budgets of municipalities and regions and the budget of
the European Union,
c) capitalized portion of a contribution or subsidy from the national budget,
d) repayable financial assistances from the national budget,
e) aggregated financial means,
f) credits and loans from financial institutions unless their acceptance gives rise to
entitlement towards the national budget,
g) financial donations intended for the acquisition of fixed assets,
h) internal sources from the investment assets reproduction fund,
i) transfers between individual funds.
(3) The capital funds obtained from individual and system capital transfers from the
national budget or other financial means from public budgets and state funds are provided to
JAMU on the basis of a decision on the provision of a contribution and a subsidy from the
national budget or a subsidy contract; these are funds assigned to a special purpose and are
subject to annual settlement.
Article 8
Sources of Funds
JAMU creates these funds
a) reserve fund,
b) investment assets reproduction fund,
c) scholarships fund,
d) salary fund,
e) purpose assigned fund,
f) social fund,
g) operating fund.
Article 9
General Provision on Funds
- 51 (1)
The decision on the allocation of the profit to the funds is made by the JAMU
Academic Senate. Profit after tax may be distributed to the funds only if any loss for past
period has been covered.
(2) Mutual transfers between funds may be made on the instruction of the bursar at
any time during a calendar year; this is without prejudice to the rules for the transferability of
the financial means.
(3) The balances of the funds as of 31 December of a current year shall be transferred
to the next budget year.
Article 10
Reserve Fund
(1) The sources of the reserve fund include
a) allocations from profit after tax,
b) means transferred from the investment assets reproduction fund, the salary fund and
the operating fund.
(2) The resources on the reserve fund may be used in particular to
a) cover losses from previous accounting periods,
b) pay penalties and cover temporary lack of financial means,
c) cover damages caused to JAMU by its employees or third parties if decided by the
bursar, in particular if the compensation of the damage is hardly collectible or not at
all.
(3) The resources on the reserve fund may be transferred to
a) the investment assets reproduction fund,
b) salary fund, and
c) the operating fund.
Article 11
Investment Assets Reproduction Fund
(1) The sources of the investment assets reproduction fund include
a) allocations from profit after tax,
b) balance of the contribution for educational and creative activity from the national
budget as of 31 December of a current year,
c) from depreciations of tangible and intangible assets which were not acquired from a
national budget contribution or subsidy,
d) revenues from the sale and liquidation of fixed assets which were not acquired from a
national budget contribution or subsidy, up to the residual value,
e) means transferred from the reserve fund, the salary fund and the operating fund.
(2) The resources on the investment assets reproduction fund may be used in
particular to
a) acquire fixed assets,
- 52 b)
provide funds to other persons under a signed contract on associated investment
activity,
c) pay instalments on investment loans and credits used for the acquisition or technical
improvement of fixed assets,
d) as a supplementary source for financing extensive repairs and maintenance of fixed
assets.
(3) The use of the investment assets reproduction fund for repairs of fixed assets is
accounted to the debit of this fund and credited to JAMU revenues and value added tax.
(4) The resources on the investment assets reproduction fund may be transferred to
a) the reserve fund,
b) salary fund, and
c) the operating fund.
Article 12
Scholarships Fund
(1) The sources of the scholarships fund include
a) the transfers of the fees for extended studies under Section 58(3) of Act on
Universities,
b) the transfers of tax-recognizable expenses under a special legal regulation.11
(2) The resources on the scholarships fund may be used for the payment of
scholarships under the Scholarships and Bursary Regulations.
Article 13
Salary Fund
(1) The sources of the salary fund include
a) allocations from profit after tax,
b) means transferred from the reserve fund, investment assets reproduction fund and the
operating fund.
(2) The resources on the salary fund may be used to
a) to pay salaries and thereto related statutory insurance in accordance with the Internal
Wage Regulation,
b) as a supplementary source of financing salaries and thereto related statutory insurance
in accordance with the Internal Wage Regulation,
(3) The resources of the salary fund may be transferred to
a) the reserve fund,
b) investment assets reproduction fund, and
c) the operating fund.
11
Section 24(2)zr) of Act no. 586/1992 Coll., on Income Tax, as amended by later regulations.
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14
Purpose Assigned Fund
(1) The sources of the purpose assigned fund include
a) purpose assigned donations, except for donations for the acquisition and technical
improvement of fixed assets,
b) purpose assigned funds from abroad,
c) purpose assigned public funds, including means of special-purpose and institutional
support of research, experimental development and innovations from public funds
which could not be used by JAMU during the budget year in which they were
provided to JAMU.
(2) The resources on the purpose assigned fund may only be used by JAMU for the
purpose for which they were provided, unless stipulated otherwise.
Article 15
Transfers of Purpose Assigned Resources
(1) The purpose assigned resources under Article 14 (1) c) may be transferred to the
purpose assigned fund
a) up to the amount of 5% of the volume of the assigned public funds granted to JAMU
for individual research, experimental development and innovation project in a given
calendar year;
b) as regards other support from public funds, up to the amount of 5% of this support
granted to JAMU in a given calendar year,
c) as regards subsidy for the development of JAMU under Section 18(5) of Act on
Universities without a limit.
(2) JAMU shall announce the transfer of purpose assigned resources to their provider.
Article 16
Social Fund
(1) The basic source for the social fund is an allocation of 2% of the annual volume of
the costs of JAMU accounted for salaries, salary compensations and remuneration for on-call
time.
(2) The social fund resources may be used in particular for the payment of the costs of
the catering services for JAMU employees, supplementary pension insurance or payment of
costs connected with maintaining or improving the health of employees. The amount and the
use of the funds for a given calendar year are determined by JAMU budget.
Article 17
Operating Fund
- 54 (1)
The sources of the operating fund include
a) allocations from profit after tax,
b) balance of the unused contribution from the national budget as of 31 December of a
current year,
c) means transferred from the reserve fund, investment assets reproduction fund and the
salary fund.
(2) The resources on the operating fund may be used
a) as a supplementary fund to finance the needs of JAMU,
b) for transfers to the reserve fund, the investment assets reproduction fund and the salary
fund.
Article 18
Bookkeeping, Accounting Vouchers
(1) JAMU is obligated to comply with generally binding accounting regulations and
the internal regulation applied by JAMU to its accounting. JAMU acts as a single accounting
unit. Responsible to the rector for the factual and formal correctness of accounting vouchers
and their timely submission for accounting are the heads of JAMU units, except for the
Rector's Office.
(2) JAMU’s accounting books are prepared collectively and in a unified manner in the
accounting department of the Rector’s Office for all units of JAMU. Accounting records are
kept, stored and archived in the accounting department of JAMU Rector’s Office.
(3) In its accounting JAMU is obligated to systematically separate the costs and
revenues connected with supplementary activities as well as economic and non-economic
activities.
Article 19
Supplementary Activity of JAMU
The supplementary activity in a calendar year for each JAMU unit must not generate a
loss.
Article 20
Provision of Contributions to Employees
JAMU may pay its employees contributions to boarding and a supplementary pension
insurance; if possible, the contribution is paid to employees as a tax expense (cost).
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Contents
PREAMBLE
PART ONE ............................................................................................ LEGAL PROVISIONS
Article 1...................................................................................Legal Regulations and Statutes
PART TWO......................................................................................... BASIC INFORMATION
Article 2........................................................................................................Legal Personality
Article 3................................................................................................Name, its Translations
Article 4........................................................................................................Registered Office
Article 5..........................................................................................................University Type
Article 6...................................................................................Establishment and Predecessor
Article 7...........................................................................................Main Activities of JAMU
Article 8........................................................................................Support for Main Activities
Article 9..............................................................................................Supplementary Activity
PART THREE...................................ACADEMIC FREEDOMS AND ACADEMIC RIGHTS
Article 10
Article 11
Article 12
Article 13........................................................Academic Insignia and Academic Ceremonies
PART FOUR.............................................................................. ADMISSION TO STUDIES
TITLE I ......................................................... FRAMEWORK ADMISSION CONDITIONS
Article 14........................................................................... Talent and Personal Requirements
Article 15...................................................................................................Previous Education
Article 16...................................................................... Additional Conditions for Admission
Article 17.........................................................................Different Conditions for Admission
Article 18..........................................................................Approval of Admission Conditions
Article 19.......................................................................... Conditions Fulfilment Verification
TITLE II ........................................................................................ ADMISSION PROCEDURE
Division 1 .......................................................................................... First-instance Procedure
Article 20.........................................Announcement of Information on Admission Procedure
Article 21............................................................................ Opening of Admission Procedure
Article 22......................................................................... Participant in Admission Procedure
Article 23.............................................................................................. Application Essentials
Article 24....................................................................................... Submission of Application
Article 25..............................................................................................Defects of Application
Article 26..........................................................................Invitation to Entrance Examination
Article 27............................................................................Entrance Examination Committee
Article 28...............................................................................................Entrance Examination
Article 29..................................................................................... Alternate Examination Date
Article 30....................................................................................................................... Report
Article 31...................................................................................................First-instance Body
Article 32...........................................................................................Time Limit for Decision
Article 33....................................................................................................................Decision
Article 34......................................................................................................Inspection of File
Article 35.......................................................................Termination of Admission Procedure
Article 36...........................................................................Obstacles to Admission Procedure
Article 37........................................................................................................... New Decision
Division 2 ................................................................................................ Appellate Procedure
Article 38...............................................................................................Submission of Appeal
Article 39..................................................................................Appeal Submission Procedure
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40................................................................................................................. New Facts
Article 41.........................................................................................................Appellate Body
Article 42.......................................................................................................Scope of Review
Article 43.................................................................................................. Decision on Appeal
Division 3 ....................................................................................................... Joint Provisions
Article 44.................................................................................................................. Principles
Article 45.................................................................................................................... Delivery
Article 46........................................................................................................ Progress Report
PART FIVE............................................. STUDY CONDITIONS FOR FOREIGN CITIZENS
Article 47
PART SIX .................................................................................ACADEMIC COMMUNITY
TITLE I .............................................................................................GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 48..............................................................................................Academic Community
Article 49...............................................................Status of Academic Community Members
TITLE II ...................................................................................................................STUDENTS
Article 50................................................................................................ Enrolment in Studies
Article 51........................................................................... Deadline for Enrolment in Studies
Article 52.......................................................................................................... Student Rights
Article 53.................................................................................................. Student Obligations
Article 54...............................................................................................Certificates of Studies
Article 55.................................................................................................................. Study file
TITLE III........................................................................................ ACADEMIC EMPLOYEES
Article 56............................................................................................... Academic Employees
Article 57..............................................................................................Pedagogical Activities
Article 58....................................................................................................Creative Activities
Article 59..................................................................................................Selection Procedure
Article 60..................................................................Habilitation and Professor Appointment
Article 61....................................................................................................Visiting Professors
Article 62..................................................................................................Professors Emeritus
Article 63............................................................................................Remuneration for Work
Article 64..........................................................................................................Creative Leave
PART SEVEN................................................................................................................BODIES
TITLE I ............................................................SELF-GOVERNMENT ACADEMIC BODIES
Division 1 ......................................................................................... JAMU Academic Senate
Article 65
Article 66........................................................................................................ Date of Sending
Division 2 ...................................................................................................................... Rector
Article 67
Article 68.............................................................................................................. Vice-rectors
Division 3 .............................................................................................. JAMU Artistic Board
Section 1.............................................................................................Competence and Acting
Article 69
Section 2....................................................................... Membership in JAMU Artistic Board
Article 70........................................Number of Members and Composition of Artistic Board
Article 71......................................................................................Acquisition of Membership
Article 72.....................................................................................Termination of Membership
Division 4 ........................................................................................Internal Evaluation Board
Article 73
Division 5 ...............................................................................JAMU Disciplinary Committee
Article 74
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75....................................................................................................Non-establishment
TITLE II .......................................................................................................... OTHER BODIES
Division 1 ..................................................................................................Management Board
Article 76
Division 2 ...................................................................................................................... Bursar
Article 77
TITLE III.....................................................................COMMON PROVISIONS ON BODIES
Article 78...................................................................................................Common Objective
Article 79.............................................................................................. Rectification of Errors
Article 80........................................................................................ Incompatibility of Offices
PART EIGHT........................................................................ ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE
TITLE I .................................................................................................... DIVISION OF JAMU
Article 81......................................................................................................................... Units
Article 82............................................................ Establishment of Joint Workplaces of Units
TITLE II ..................................................................................................................FACULTIES
Article 83......................................................................................................Faculty Activities
Article 84....................................................................................................Rights of Faculties
Article 85...........................................Faculty Academic Insignia and Academic Ceremonies
Article 86..................................................................Discussion of Labour-law Relationships
Article 87.....................................................................................................Faculty of Theatre
Article 88.......................................................................................................Faculty of Music
TITLE III............................................................................................................OTHER UNITS
Article 89..........................................................................................................Joint Provision
Article 90.................................................................................................... Orlí Street Theatre
Article 91......................................................................................................Publishing House
Article 92...................................................................................................................... Library
Article 93..................................................................................................................... Astorka
Article 94......................................................................................................... Rector’s Office
PART NINE ........................................................................................ JAMU MANAGEMENT
TITLE I ..................................................... DECISION-MAKING AND ACTING FOR JAMU
Article 95............................................................................... Deciding and Acting for JAMU
Article 96...................................................................................... Announcement of Decision
Article 97................................................................................... Financial Management Rules
Article 98.................................................................................................... Signing for JAMU
Article 99...........................................................................................Use of the Coat of Arms
TITLE II ...............................................ADVISORY COUNCILS AND WORKING GROUPS
Division 1 ...................................................................................................Advisory Councils
Article 100
Article 101......................................................................Establishment of Advisory Councils
Article 102............................................................................................... JAMU Management
Article 103.....................................................................................................Rector’s Council
Article 104.........................................................................................JAMU Editorial Council
Division 2 ...................................................................................................... Working Groups
Article 104
Article 106................................................................................Setting up of Working Groups
Division 3 .........................................................................................................Joint Provision
Article 107
TITLE III...................................................................................................NORMATIVE ACTS
Division 1 .................................................................................................Internal Regulations
Article 108............................................................................... Internal Regulations of JAMU
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109............................................................................Internal Regulations of Faculties
Article 110........................................................................... Approval of Internal Regulations
Division 2 ....................................................................................................Internal Standards
Article 111
Division 3 ......................................................................................................... JAMU Journal
Article 112
Article 113........................................................................................................Published Acts
Article 114................................................................................................................... Citation
Article 115............................................................................... JAMU Journal Administration
Article 116.......................................................................................Reference to File and Act
Article 117............................................................................ Manner of Publication of an Act
Article 118......................................................................Validity and Effectiveness of an Act
Article 119..............................................................................................Publication of an Act
Article 120.....................................................................Legislative and Technical Processing
Article 121................................................................................................Correction of Errors
Article 122...................................................................................Inspection of JAMU Journal
PART TEN........................................................CONDITIONS FOR LIFELONG LEARNING
Article 123..............................................................................Lifelong Learning Programmes
Article 124....................................................................................................................... Form
Article 125................................................................................................................. Promoter
Article 126....................................................................................... Applicant and Participant
Article 127.....................................................................Rights and Obligations of Participant
Article 128...................................................................................Termination of Participation
Article 129..................................................................................................................Graduate
PART ELEVEN ................................................STUDY-RELATED FEES AND PAYMENTS
TITLE I .............................................................................................STUDY-RELATED FEES
Division 1 ......................................................................Amount, Form and Term of Payment
Article 130..................................................................................... Base for Determining Fees
Article 131..................................................................................... Admission Procedure Fees
Article 132................................................................................... Fees for Extension of Study
Article 133................................................................. Fees for Studies in a Foreign Language
Article 134................................................................ Assessment and Announcement of Fees
Article 135...................................................................Joint Provisions on Study-related Fees
Division 2 ..........................................Procedure for Assessment of Fee for Extended Studies
Section 1.........................................................................................First instance procedure
Article 136................................................................... Authority Competent in First Instance
Article 137..........................................................................................Participant in Procedure
Article 138............................................................................................Initiation of Procedure
Article 139..................................................................................................................Decision
Article 140.......................................................................................Termination of Procedure
Section 2.............................................................................................. Appellate Procedure
Article 141.............................................................................................Submission of Appeal
Article 142................................................................................Appeal Submission Procedure
Article 143............................................................................................................... New Facts
Article 144.......................................................................................................Appellate Body
Article 145.....................................................................................................Scope of Review
Article 146............................................................................................... Right of Adjustment
Article 147................................................................................................ Decision on Appeal
Article 148............................................................................................... Follow-up Measures
Section 3..................................................................................................... Joint Provisions
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149.................................................................................................................. Delivery
Article 150................................................................................................................ Principles
Division 3 ................................................................... Collection of Other Study-related Fees
Article 151...................................... Collection of Fee Associated with Admission Procedure
Article 152.............................................Collection of Fee for Studies in a Foreign Language
TITLE II ...................................................PAYMENTS FOR STUDY-RELATED SERVICES
Article 153
PART TWELVE .................... FEE FOR ACTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROCEDURE FOR
APPLICATION FOR RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION AND
QUALIFICATIONS
Article 154
PART THIRTEEN .......................................................... JAMU INFORMATION SYSTEM
Article 155
Article 156...................................................................................................................Security
Article 157..........................................................................................Mutual Communication
PART FOURTEEN......................................... JOINT, INTERIM AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 158...................................................................................................... Joint Provisions
Article 159.................................................................................................. Interim Provisions
Article 160................................................................................................... Repeal Provisions
Article 161...........................................................................................................Effectiveness