Management and Organisations The governing bodies of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts

The President is entrusted with the following core duties and competencies: 

• Chairing the Executive Board.
• Providing leadership to the Deans of the Schools, the Dean of Finance and Services, the staff of the President's Office and the University's support services. 
• Preparing the affairs of the Governing Council and providing leadership to its secretariat. 
• Representing the University on cantonal, intercantonal, national and international committees. 
• Fostering interdisciplinary collaboration between the Schools. 
• Fostering collaboration with other universities and institutions. 
• Fostering the exchange of knowledge and technology with the scientific and business communities, civil society and culture.

Together with his staff the President oversees the University's ability to fulfil its four areas of mandated activity in accordance with its strategy: education, continuing and executive education, research and services.

The President can call on the services of the Quality Management and Legal Services staff (systematic legal archive – in German).

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The Executive Board reflects the multidisciplinary culture of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts with its Schools of Engineering and Architecture, Business, Computer Science and Information Technology, Social Work, Art and Design and Music. The Executive Board is involved in developing and implementing the strategy, and in the decisions of the Governing Council and the President.

The Deans of the Schools are additionally responsible for running the standing committees on education, continuing and executive education and research and development, as well as the International Department and Interdisciplinarity Department. 

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The Governing Council is responsible for fulfilling the mandate of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. It monitors the quality of the education provision, determines the organisation and selects the Executive Board. It approves the budget, the annual report and the annual financial statement on behalf of the Intercantonal Council and, upon formal request of the President, authorises the mission, the vision, the overall strategy and the framework of values of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.

The Governing Council adopts the provisions that regulate the rights and obligations of the students, the disciplinary measures and the relevant division of responsibility.

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The Intercantonal Council is composed of one member of each government of the six central Swiss cantons, Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden, Nidwalden and Zug. Its duties include selecting the chairperson of the Governing Council and its other members and approving the four-year mandate, budget, annual report and annual financial statement of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.

The Intercantonal Council is currently composed of the following cantonal councillors representing their governments:

Canton Lucerne: Armin Hartmann (Chair) 
Canton Uri: Beat Jörg 
Canton Schwyz: Michael Stähli
Canton Obwalden:Christian Schäli
Canton Nidwalden: Res Schmid 
Canton Zug: Silvia Thalmann-Gut

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The Interparliamentary Commission is currently composed of the following twelve members representing their cantonal parliaments:

Canton Lucerne: Peter Fässler, Barbara Lang
Canton Uri: Cornelia Gamma, Daniel Müller 
Canton Schwyz: Thomas von Euw, Mathias Bachmann (president)
Canton Obwalden: Annemarie Schnider, Dominik Imfeld
Canton Nidwalden: Franziska Rüttimann,  Klaus Waser (vice president)
Canton Zug: Jörg Villiger, Luzian Franzini

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School of Engineering and Architecture: Thomas Wüest
School of Business: Madeleine Grauer
School of Computer Science and Information Technology: Nina Blättler (Co-President of the Co-Determination Council)
School of Social Work: Nicole Buzzi di Marco  (Co-President of the Co-determination Council)
School of Design, Film and Art: Roland Hausheer
School of Music: Yannick Wey
President’s Office and Services: Birgit Böhringer

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