Universities Law · Article 37

Each college, deanship, or institute shall have one or more vice-deans from among faculty members, nominated by the dean and appointed pursuant to a decision by the university president for a renewable period of two years. The vice-deans shall assist the dean in the discharge of his duties; the most senior of them shall assume the position of the dean in his absence or upon the vacancy of his position; and one of them shall serve as the secretary of the college or institute council.