Within its jurisdiction, the higher department proposes the program of teaching subjects and considers issues of educational, professional and scientific research work. Also, he proposes to the Teaching and Research Council the program of scientific research and gives an opinion on the scientific works in which the teachers and associates of the department participate. In the procedure for selecting teachers and associates, he proposes to start a procedure for filling a position or selection for a higher position. As part of the implementation of teaching, he monitors the progress of lectures, exercises and other forms of teaching. The department's responsibility is to consider proposals for the topics of final and master's theses, as well as proposals for topics for doctoral dissertations in the scientific fields for which it is competent. The work of the department is managed by the head of the department, who is appointed and dismissed by the dean of the Faculty on the proposal of the Council of the Department and the Teaching and Research Council.