A group of seventy members of the academic community of the University of Montenegro has sent the Parliament of Montenegro an initiative to amend the proposed Law on Higher Education in the part that regulates how the rector is elected.

The essence of the Initiative is a direct and democratic election of the rector, in which the rector would be elected by members of the academic community: professors, researchers, teaching assistants, non-academic staff and students.

The proposers believe this model would be an important step towards democratisation, stronger autonomy for the academic community and less influence for informal interest groups within the higher education system.

In the media (in Montenegrin):
  • Dan„Inicijativa Skupštini: Rektora da bira akademska zajednica”, 9 August 2026
  • Portal Analitika„Ovo su potpisnici inicijative koji traže da izbor rektora UCG ubuduće bude neposredan”, 10 August 2026

Academic Forum of Montenegro

English translation of the original statement in Montenegrin. Read the original