Board of Governors

The Board is the supreme governing body of the University and is therefore collectively accountable for all institutional activities, taking final decisions where required and after full consultation with the Vice-Chancellor on matters of fundamental concern within its remit. It consists at present of eleven members, comprising the Vice-Chancellor, the Director of Education, the University’s financial comptroller, the elected staff representative, the elected student representative, and six other non-executive members.

The University of Gibraltar Act 2015 provides that the Minister with responsibility for the University may appoint up to two persons to the Board, and the Board may also appoint up to two persons. The Act also provides that the Minister may increase the number of Board members at the request of the Board, and any such additional members must be appointed by the Board alone. The Board is obliged to meet at least once every three months and three members constitute a valid quorum.

A code of practice was adopted by the Board in October 2016. Board members, other than the staff representative and the student representative, are also directors of the University’s wholly owned operational entity The University of Gibraltar Limited, a company limited by guarantee and having a share capital. The Board has established an Audit Committee that reports directly to it.