Governance Principles — the Obligation of Publicity
The core of university compliance is the governance principles of Article 16 of the Law on Higher Education. The institution ensures the publicity and accessibility of decisions, reports of governing bodies and legal acts to every interested person; by the same norm the institution must have developed transparent procedures of decision-making.
On a state-founded non-profit legal entity the norms on freedom of information of the General Administrative Code apply — publicity is thus reinforced by a separate legal regime.
The Principle of Equality and Academic Freedom
By the same article the institution ensures the academic freedom of academic staff, scientific staff and students, their participation in decision-making, and equal treatment irrespective of the person's ethnic origin, sex, social origin, political or religious views and otherwise.
The charter and the regulations of structural units may not establish norms restricting these principles — internal acts cannot set a boundary around lawful principles.
The Internal System of Quality Assurance
Article 25 regulates the quality regime: the institution's teaching and research work, and the quality of its personnel's professional development, are subject to systematic assessment in which students also participate and whose results are public. For the purpose of systematic assessment there must exist a quality assurance mechanism, including in the basic educational unit.
The institution also ensures a high level of teaching quality through the introduction of modern methods and the preparation of self-assessment for the authorisation and accreditation process — quality is thus not only an internal system but stands in connection with external assessment.