The Senate is the highest academic authority of the Central University of Technology, Free State. It leads and oversees the university’s academic programmes, ensuring the highest standards of teaching, learning, research, and innovation.

Composition of Senate

In terms of the CUT Statute, the Senate consists of:

• The Vice-Chancellor and Principal;
• The Deputy Vice-Chancellors (DVCs);
• The professors and associate professors;
• The deans and acting deans, the assistant deans, and any acting deans who are not professors or associate professors;
• The heads and acting heads of academic departments who are not professors or associate professors, and departmental managers;
• Two members of the non-professorial academic staff, elected by these academic staff;
• The University Librarian, and the head of the university’s information technology (IT) service (CIO);
• Two members of the professional, administrative, support and service staff elected by these staff;
• Four students, appointed by the Students’ Representative Council (SRC), at least two of whom must be students who have obtained a degree or diploma, and who are registered at HEQSF levels 8, 9 or 10;
• Two external members of Council, appointed by Council;
• Up to ten additional members co-opted by Senate; and
• As assessor members without voting rights, managers responsible for academic support, student services, IT services, risk management, marketing, institutional planning, and student administration, as decided by the Vice-Chancellor and Principal after consultation with the Registrar.