Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997)NoticesStandard Institutional Statute, 2018Chapter 6 : Senate34. Faculties |
| (1) | At the University there shall be such faculties, schools and departments (whether subdivisions of faculties or not) as the Council, after consultation with the Senate, may from time to time establish. |
| (2) | The faculty board of each faculty is a committee of the Senate. |
| (3) | The following matters concerning the faculty boards are defined in the Institutional Rules— |
| (a) | the constitution of such boards: Provided that only academic employees of the University may serve on faculty boards; |
| (b) | their powers and functions; |
| (c) | their procedures; |
| (d) | the selection of candidates for the position of Dean, Deputy Dean or persons of similar status; |
| (e) | the appointment of committees of the faculty as well as the manner in which their functions are determined; and |
| (f) | their authority to delegate. |
| (4) | The Dean of the faculty concerned is ex officio the Chairperson of the faculty board meeting. |
| (5) | In the absence of the Dean, the acting Dean or the Deputy Dean shall act as the Chairperson: Provided that if the Dean and the Deputy Dean or the acting Dean are absent, the members present at the faculty board meeting shall elect a Chairperson for the particular meeting from their own ranks. |
| (6) | Each faculty may have an advisory committee operating in terms of the Institutional Rules. |