Boards, Committees, and Councils

Board of Trustees

The University of Chicago is governed by the Board of Trustees. The Trustees are responsible for ensuring the capacity of the University to fulfill its mission for current and future generations.

• The University of Chicago Board of Trustees
  • Visiting Committees

The University of Chicago Medical Center is governed by a separate Board of Trustees.

The University Senate and the Ruling Bodies

The University Senate consists of Professors, Associate Professors, and Assistant Professors who have completed one year's full-time service on academic appointment at whatever rank; the President; the Provost; and the Vice Presidents.

All advisory, legislative, and administrative powers in the University concerning its educational work, except those vested in the President by the Board of Trustees, shall be exercised by, or be under the authority of, the Ruling Bodies specified in Section 12 of the Statutes of the University of Chicago, according to their respective jurisdictions.

The Ruling Bodies consist of:

• The Council of the University Senate
  • The Committee of the Council*
• The Faculty of the College
• The Faculty of the Division of the Humanities
• The Faculty of the Division of Physical Sciences
• The Faculty of the Division of Social Sciences
• The Faculty of the Booth School of Business
• The Faculty of the Divinity School
• The Faculty of the Law School
• The Faculty of the Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies
• The Faculty of the School of Social Service Administration
• The Faculty of the Oriental Institute
• The Faculty of the Institute for Molecular Engineering
• The University Boards, consisting of:
  • The Board of Campus and Student Life
  • The Board of Computing Activities and Services
  • The Board of the Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies
  • The Board of the Library
  • The Board of University Publications

* Not a Ruling Body

Additional Governance Structures Within the College

• The College Council
  • The Committee of the College Council
• The Biological Sciences Collegiate Division
• The Humanities Collegiate Division
• The New Collegiate Division
• The Physical Sciences Collegiate Division
• The Social Sciences Collegiate Division

University-wide Standing Boards, Committees, and Councils

• Academic Fraud, Committee on
• Adler Planetarium Committee
• Appointment Inequities—Faculty, The Committee on
• Appointment Inequities—Other Academic Appointees, The Committee on
• Awards and Prizes, The Committee on
• Benefits Committee
• Campus Planning, The Committee on
• Court Theatre, The Board of
• Data Stewardship Council
• David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art Board of Governors
• Diversity Leadership Council
• Faculty Retirement and Oversight Committee
• Honorary Degrees, Committee on
• Individual Conflict of Interest Committee
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee 
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• Institutional Biosafety Committee
• Institutional Review Board (IRB)–BSD
• Institutional Review Board (IRB)—Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Intellectual Property, The Committee on
• Pozen Family Center for Human Rights Faculty Board
• Radiation Safety Committee
• University and University Hospitals Combined Human Use of Radioisotopes and Radioactive Drug Research Advisory Committee
• University-wide Student Disciplinary Committee
• University Police Department, Independent Review Committee for the
• Unlawful Harassment, Panel on

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