Governance and Compliance

Find out about our Governance and Compliance structure:

• How UCL’s governance structure works, including information on:
  - Council, UCL’s governing body
  - Academic Board, which advises the Council on all academic matters and questions affecting the educational policy of UCL
  - University Management Committee, which is responsible for the operational management of UCL
  - UCL’s other formal committees.
   
• The academic structure and heads of academic departments of UCL and our constitutional documents.
   
• How UCL discharges its responsibilities to ensure compliance with its legal obligations, as well as how UCL engages with the Office for Students’ regulatory framework.
   
• UCL’s charitable status.
   
• Research governance policies and procedures, the expectations for the conduct of research and action to be taken in response to alleged research misconduct.
   
• UCL’s Honorary awards, including UCL’s Honorary Fellows and Graduates and details of nomination and award criteria.
   
• The procedure for professorial appointments at UCL.

For details, visit Governance and Compliance