The faculty is a statutory body comprising all full-time members of the teaching staff. The responsibility for making decisions in the faculty lies with the faculty board, which comprises heads of schools, departments and divisions, representatives of the full-time teaching staff, four student members (one graduate and three undergraduate), representatives of other faculties and the library, and members from outside the university representing industry and the engineering profession.
The student members are elected during April each year by students enrolled for the degrees taught by the faculty. Except in certain matters on which it has power to act, the faculty board makes recommendations to the Academic Board or through the Academic Board to the Council.
Within the framework provided by the degree regulations and any other conditions which may be agreed upon from time to time by the faculty board, the conduct of teaching and research rests with the heads of schools and departments who act in consultation with other members of the schools and departments.
The chief officers of the faculty are the dean and the head of administration. The dean provides academic leadership to the faculty, presides over meetings of the faculty board and its committees and is concerned with staffing and finance. The head of administration is responsible for the administration of the faculty with a particular concern for matters relating to university statutes and faculty regulations and the provision of advice on policy to faculty board and its related committees. The head of administration, together with the school executive officer at Caulfield and the faculty administrative officers, are available to attend to the needs of both undergraduate and postgraduate students within the faculty and should be consulted whenever possible.