The Academic Board exercises ongoing supervision over the Institute’s activities.  It consists of 40 members appointed for a term of four years; sessions are held when necessary, however, at least four times a year.
The Academic Board’s core responsibilities include:

• approving programs for academic research and foreign cooperation;
• approving reports on the Institute’s activities;
• assessing the Academic Board and the activities of other staff engaged in the Institute’s core activities;
• supervising doctoral and post-doctoral (habilitation) studies and filing applications for awarding professorships in the relevant disciplines;
• expressing opinions on the Director’s recommendations for awarding professorships;
• proposing members for the Academy;
• proposing candidates for academic awards;
• passing the Institute’s statutes