Key Institutions Report final 15 December 2011 - Unmit

GOVERNANCE OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF TIMOR-LESTE - ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF KEY INSTITUTIONS
3.7. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TIMOR LOROSA’E [UNIVERSIDADE NACIONAL DE TIMOR LOROSA’E]
“The National University of Timor Lorosa’e, hereinafter referred to as UNTL, shall be a public
establishment of higher education, of a national scope, adapted to the innovation and evolution
of knowledge and shall promote the interdisciplinarity of knowledge, founded on firm first
cycles and with second and third cycles to be competitive at national and international level.”
Source: Article 1 of the Decree-Law no. 16/2010 of 20 October 2010 on the organic structure of the
National University of Timor Lorosa’e
INSTITUTION ESTABLISHED BY
Mário Viegas Carrascalão, under Indonesian rule in 1986
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Aurélio Guterres
OTHER LEGAL REFERENCES
Decree-Law 02/2008 of 09 January 2008 approving the Organic Structure of the Ministry of
Education
Decree-Law no. 16/2010 of 20 October 2010 on the Organic Structure of the National
University of Timor Lorosa’e
Government Resolution 47/2010 of 15 December 2010 appointing the Rector of the
National University of Timor Lorosa’e
RECTOR OF NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TIMOR LOROSA’E
Aurélio Guterres
APPOINTED ON ELECTED BY 124
15 December 2010 General Council
DURATION OF MANDATE
5 years (may be re-elected once)
MAIN MANDATE / COMPETENCIES
“As a State Institution of Higher Education UNTL shall undertake to:
124 “In 2010, for the purposes of the first statutory election of the Dean of UNTL, given that the General
Council has not yet been constituted and installed on the date of entry into force of the present statutes,
the outgoing Dean shall put forward, to the member of the Government responsible for higher education,
a list of three candidates to be presented to the Council of Ministers for appointment.” (Source: Article 56
of the Decree-Law no. 16/2010 of 20 October 2010 on the Organic Structure of the National University of
Timor Lorosa’e)