The tasks of the scientific discipline council are regulated in the statutes of the University of Wrocław (para. 29)

The tasks of the board of scientific discipline include in particular:

1. awarding of degrees in a given discipline;
2. nostrification of diplomas for the award of degrees;
3. cooperating with deans in striving for the highest quality of research in a given discipline;
4. cooperating with deans in the evaluation of scientific activity in a given discipline;
5. proposing criteria for the employment of academic teachers in a given discipline;
6. proposing criteria for the scientific evaluation of academic teachers in a given discipline in research and research and teaching staff groups;
7. proposing a strategy for the development of the discipline at the University;
8. overseeing the training of doctoral students in the doctoral school in the discipline, including:
9. proposing recruitment criteria,
10. proposing training programmes,
11. ensuring that the college complies with the requirements for the evaluation of doctoral schools;
12. appointing committees to carry out certain activities in proceedings for the award of the doctoral degree;
13. taking decisions and other actions in matters concerning postdoctoral proceedings, including identifying candidates for postdoctoral committees;
14. giving opinions on applications for the conferment of powers equivalent to those conferred by the degree of doktor habilitowany in a given discipline;
15. giving its opinion on the employment of academic staff in research and research and teaching positions;
16. nominating a candidate for the selection committee referred to in § 172 of the Statutes.