Mauricio Robalino – Decano de la Facultad de Ingeniería
Juan David Bernal - Dean of the International School of Communication and Cultural Industries
Alicia Urgellés – Directora de las carreras de la Facultad Internacional de Comunicación e Industrias Culturales
Esteban Santos – Decano de la Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas, Políticas y Relaciones Internacionales
Pablo Begnini – Director de la Carrera de Relaciones Internacionales
José Luis Acosta – Director General de la Escuela de Educación Online
Chef Giovanni Barba – Director de la Carrera de Gastronomía
Michelle Cervantes – Directora de las Carreras de Negocios Internacionales y Administración de Empresas
María Soledad Peñaherrera – Directora de Posgrados de Ciencias de la Salud
Jenny Collantes – Directora de la Carrera de Odontología
Iván Pérez – Director de la Carrera de Enfermería
Cristina Vega – Directora del Instituto de Lenguas Extranjeras y Dialectos Ancestrales
Universidad Hemisferios, in the formation of its collegiate bodies, ensures the principles of affirmative action by guaranteeing freedom of thought and expression to all its members. In particular, it promotes the values of equality, pluralism, tolerance, critical spirit and compliance with the law. By virtue of this, it does not admit discrimination derived from ideological position, religion, ethnicity, gender, economic position, political affiliation or any other of similar nature.
Board of Regents
Its main function is to ensure compliance with the mission, vision and founding principles of the University and the orientation and fulfillment of institutional strategic planning.
Members: Chancellor of the University, the members appointed by the University Council upon proposal of the Rector, in a number not exceeding six, of which, no more than two may be founding members and the remaining shall be ordinary members.
University Council
The University Council is the highest Academic and Administrative Collegiate Body of Co-Government of the University, which exercises the government of the University respecting and enforcing the Organic Law of Higher Education and its General Regulations, as well as the Statute, regulations, norms and instructions. It also ensures the permanence of the Educational Project and the principles that define the University.
Members: Rector, General Vice Rector, Academic Vice Rector, Administrative-Financial Vice Rector, a Dean representing the others (appointed by the Rector), five representatives of the professors, Representative/s of the students in the percentage determined in the LOES; and at least one representative of the employees and workers who will be incorporated for the treatment of administrative issues.
Academic Council
The Academic Council hears and resolves academic matters, approves and oversees compliance with the University's educational model, projects for the creation or elimination of third level careers, graduate programs and continuing education programs proposed by the faculties, approves requests for public competitive examinations and merit-based examinations, and the granting of third enrollments, among other duties.
Members: Academic Vice Rector (who presides), one or more Deans (summoned by the Academic Vice Rector according to the matters to be discussed), Director of Humanistic Education, Director of Teaching, Director of Curriculum, Director of Research and Director of Liaison.
Faculty Council or Academic Unit
It is a collegiate body that assists the Dean or Director in the academic management of its Unit.
Members: Dean or Director (who chairs it), Career Directors, Academic Coordinators acting as Secretaries, one professor and one student.
Administrative-Financial Committee
The Administrative Finance Committee reviews the proposed institutional strategic plan, the multi-year plan and the annual institutional operating plan, as well as the proposed annual budget of the University and each of its academic and administrative units.
Members: Rector (presiding), Academic Vice Rector, Administrative-Financial Vice Rector, Administrative-Financial Director, Director of Quality Management.
Research, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer Board
The Research, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer Council is a non-collegiate academic body responsible for issuing research policies, approving research programs and projects of the Science, Technology, Innovation and Ancestral Knowledge system of Hemisferios University.
Postgraduate Council
The Graduate Council establishes policies for the operation and development of graduate programs and continuing education projects, appoints project or thesis directors for graduate program students, among other activities.
Evaluation and Accreditation Committee
The Evaluation and Accreditation Committee is in charge of developing policies of excellence in the University through academic quality and administrative management processes. It guides the institutional accreditation processes.
Court of Honor
The function of the Honor Tribunal is to analyze offenses against university coexistence and recommend their respective sanctions to the University Council.
This body is made up of the persons designated by the Rector for each specific case.
Society Liaison Committee
The Society Liaison Committee is responsible for establishing relations between the University and society, so that this linkage is expressed in mutual collaboration and benefits.
Scholarship Committee
The Scholarship Committee is the collegiate body of the University in charge of evaluating and approving applications for the granting or renewal of scholarships according to the academic performance and merits of the students, and affirmative action policies.
