Disciplinary Committee
The UCM Disciplinary Committee for Students (hereinafter referred to as the “DC”) is, pursuant to Section 7(2)(d) of the Higher Education Act, a body of UCM’s academic self-government. The DC hears cases involving disciplinary offenses committed by UCM students who are enrolled in a program at UCM. A proposal to impose a disciplinary measure is submitted to the Rector. The DC has fourteen members, seven of whom are from the faculty of the UCM academic community and seven of whom are from the student body of the UCM academic community. Each UCM faculty/institute is represented in both sections of the UCM DC. The Chair of the Disciplinary Committee is the UCM Vice Rector for Education.
doc. JUDr. Bystrík Šramel, PhD.,
Mgr. Jana Polášová
Mgr. Juliána Mináriková, PhD. (Faculty of Mass Media Communication)
RNDr. Vanda Adamcová, PhD. (Faculty of Natural Sciences)
PhDr. Ján Demčišák, PhD. (Faculty of Arts)
doc. PhDr. Ján Machyniak, PhD. (Faculty of Social Sciences)
PhDr. Jana Stanová (Faculty of Health Sciences)
doc. PhDr. Michal Lukáč, PhD. (Institute of Management)
Branko Jozef Bujnovský (Faculty of Health Sciences)
Mgr. Peter Hafner (Faculty of Natural Sciences)
Mgr. Ľubomír Haršány (Faculty of Arts)
Mgr. Peter Vojtík (Faculty of Social Sciences)
Tamara Miklenčičová (Institute of Management)
Viktória Lojová (UCM Academic Senate)
Mgr. Tomáš Tinák (Faculty of Mass Media Communication)
The Disciplinary Committee shall initiate disciplinary proceedings upon a motion submitted by the rector. Disciplinary proceedings shall commence upon delivery of the motion to initiate disciplinary proceedings to the chair of the Disciplinary Committee.
Request to Initiate Disciplinary Proceedings may be filed by any UCM employee, student, or other person who has become aware of a student’s conduct that may constitute a disciplinary offense, by submitting a report to the rector.
A motion to initiate disciplinary proceedings is generally filed in writing, although it may also be submitted by email. A motion or request to initiate disciplinary proceedings must generally include:
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a detailed description of the student’s conduct that is considered a disciplinary offense, specifying the relevant provisions of the regulations that were violated, including the time and place where the disciplinary offense is alleged to have been committed;
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the evidence on which the proposal is based;
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a justification explaining why the conduct is considered a disciplinary offense;
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the name of the student alleged to have committed the disciplinary offense.
Proceedings regarding a disciplinary offense before the Disciplinary Committee are oral and public, in the presence of the student who committed the disciplinary offense; if the student fails to appear at the Disciplinary Committee meeting without a written excuse, the Disciplinary Committee may proceed even in the student’s absence. The Chair of the Disciplinary Committee may invite other persons to the hearing as necessary.
Disciplinary measures
Disciplinary measures are imposed by the rector upon the recommendation of the Disciplinary Committee. The rector may not impose a disciplinary measure more severe than that recommended by the Disciplinary Committee. In the case of a minor offense, and if it can be assumed that the Disciplinary Committee’s review of the offense alone will lead to a remedy, the Rector may decide not to impose a disciplinary measure or to impose a less severe disciplinary measure than that proposed by the Disciplinary Committee. The Rector shall decide on the imposition of a disciplinary measure based on the Disciplinary Committee’s proposal no later than 30 days after the submission of the Disciplinary Committee’s proposal for a decision.
For a disciplinary offense, the rector may impose any of the following disciplinary measures:
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reprimand,
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suspension from studies with a specified period and conditions, upon fulfillment of which the suspension will be lifted,
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expulsion from studies.
A reprimand may be imposed on a student for a minor disciplinary offense or a disciplinary offense committed through negligence.
In the case of conditional suspension from studies, the duration and conditions under which the suspension will be lifted are specified. When imposing this measure, the severity of the disciplinary offense is taken into account. The duration of conditional expulsion from studies is two months to one year. If the student commits another disciplinary offense, even a less serious one, before the expiration of this period, they may be expelled from studies.
The decision imposing a disciplinary measure also includes the revocation of the decision imposing conditional expulsion from studies. The duration of the conditional expulsion begins on the day following the date on which the decision imposing the disciplinary measure becomes final. If the student has complied with the conditions of the decision on conditional expulsion throughout the entire probationary period and has proven themselves, the rector shall revoke the conditional expulsion by decision. If the student has not complied with the conditions, the rector shall issue a decision revoking the conditional expulsion and simultaneously deciding on expulsion from the program. If the rector does not make a decision within 30 days of the expiration of the probationary period, it shall be deemed that the student has proven themselves and the conditional expulsion has been revoked.
A student may be expelled from the program if:
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intentionally committed a serious disciplinary offense,
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repeatedly committed a disciplinary offense,
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was lawfully convicted of an intentional criminal offense,
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committed another disciplinary offense while the period of conditional suspension from studies was in effect.
When imposing a disciplinary measure, consideration is given to the nature and severity of the disciplinary offense, the circumstances under which it occurred, the degree of fault, the consequences of the disciplinary offense, and the student’s prior conduct.