Elections for Dean and Director

This information and the regulations are in the process of being updated as from the date when the new UAB Statutes come into force (14 March 2025).

Given that the new UAB Statutes were approved by the Senate in June 2024 and entered into force on 14 March 2025 with their publication in the DOGC, the elections for Dean of Faculty, or School Director, are regulated, transitional basis (from the entry into force of the LOSU), by Title II of the Electoral Regulations (elections for Rector) and by Instruction 1/2025, of the secretary general, on the adaptation to the Statutes for the elections for Deans and School Directors.

Weighting of the vote by sector

The procedure applicable to the elections for Dean of Faculty and Director of School is that provided for in the Electoral Regulations of the UAB, which in short is as follows:

The percentages that must be applied to make the weighted vote effective in the election for Deans or Directors of a university Faculty or School are as follows:

• 51,5% permanent academic staff (sector A) 
• 6% non-permanent teaching and research staff, non-permanent research staff and adjunct teaching staff (sector B) 
• 27,7% Bachelor's and Master's degree students (sector C) 
• 14,8% technical, management and administrative and service staff (government and non-government employees) (sector D)

Declaration of Dean

First round

The General Electoral Board declares as Dean the candidate who has obtained an absolute majority of the weighted votes following the procedure determined in articles 29 to 32 of the Electoral Regulations.

Second round

In the event that no candidate has obtained an absolute majority of the weighted votes, the General Electoral Board shall put in place the relevant mechanisms for proceeding with a second vote between the two candidates who have obtained the most weighted votes.

In the second round, the candidate who obtains a simple majority of votes is declared Dean, according to the same weightings established in the Electoral Regulations.

In the case of a single candidacy, only the first round must be held.

Electoral Regulations

The elections for Rectors are regulated by Title II of the Electoral Regulationsl.

You can also consult the full text of the UAB Electoral Regulations.

Elections for Deans have been held via the electronic voting system since 2024.