Functions and objectives
The Institute’s Academic Secretary has as main responsibility to support the academic personnel and the Directorate of the Institute. Particularly, it is responsible for maintaining updated information on the status of the academic personnel, as well as supporting them in a wide range of academic paperwork and procedures, as the delivery of the annual report, leave of absence requests, and base salary plus commission. Likewise, it organizes open competitive examinations and closed competitive examinations for promotion and permanency. It also summons the meetings of the review committees and PRIDE, and supports at the making of institutional certificates and letters for non-internal entities at UNAM, such as the National System of Researchers (SNI). In addition, convokes and organizes the various elections for members of collegiate bodies, such as the representatives at the Internal Council, and representatives at the Postgraduates and at the Academic Councils.
The Academic Secretary also convenes the Institute’s Internal Council meetings, where the head of the Academic Secretary acts as the secretary of the meeting. It also coordinates the activities of the various Academic Units: Library and Information Unit, Computing and IT Safety Unit, Teaching and Human Resources Unit, Irradiation and Radiation Safety Unit, and Science Communication Unit. In addition, the Academic Secretary supports the Directorate in the making of the Annual Report as well as the Entity Development Plan. The head of the Academic Secretary represents the Director in their absence at the meetings of the Technical Council of Scientific Research. Finally, the Academic Secretary coordinates, alongside the Administrative Secretary, the tasks of the Technical Secretaries that are related to the maintenance and expansion of the Institute’s facilities.
Location of the Academic Secretary
The office of the Academic Secretary it is located in building A, third floor of the Institute of Nuclear Sciences at UNAM, on the Directorate area.
Procedures and services at the Academic Secretary
The following are the requirements to carry out some procedures of interest to the academic community of UNAM, which are completely free of charge.
1. Academic procedures
Here you can find the requirements to make the following:
- Commission for more than 21 days
- Contract over set wor
- Permanence
- Promotion
- Sabbatical year or semester (without scholarship)
- Sabbatical year or semester (with DGAPA scholarship)
- Modification of sabbatical year conditions
- Deferral of sabbatical year
- Sabbatical year report
- Contract renewal
- Open competitive examination
- Postdoctoral fellowship
- Postdoctoral fellowship renewal
2. Evaluation Criteria
Here you can find the following information related to the evaluation criteria for UNAM academic staff:
- Background and objectives
- About hiring, promotion and permanence criteria
- About mechanisms
- About academic technicians
3. CI and CTIC Calendar
Here you will be directed to the Internal Council system where you can find the dates for te following:
- Document reception for the integration to the ICN Internal Council meetings Internal Council meetings
- Internal Council meetings
- Document reception for the CTIC
- CAAA meetings
- CTIC sessions
4. Current calls for proposals
We encourage you to check this link regularly so you can be aware of the calls of proposals from the various governamental and university agencies. As soon as the information is sent, the Academic Secretary’s Office will share on this page the calls for proposals from these agencies.
