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The Faculty Board is overall responsible for mission and vision, long-term strategy, funding and allocation of resources, recruitment and staffing, educational portfolio, quality of teaching, and research issues. Within the budget the School has autonomy to decide on its organisational structure, educational portfolio, recruitment, staffing, and outreach activities.
A number of sub-committees reports to the Board, e.g. the Appointments Council, the Promotion Committee, the Affirmative Action Committee, the Postgraduate Council, the Health, Environment & Security Committee, and the Library Committee.
The Management Team of the School consists of the Dean, two vice Deans and the Head of Dean's Office. The Dean is responsible for the School's strategy (including its implementation) and the School's relationship with the society and business community. The Dean also has the formal responsibility for staffing, financial administration, infrastructure etc.
The Management Team is advised and supported by the Senior Management Council, composed of Heads of departments and research centres. Each department elects its own Department Board. Responsibility for budgets is delegated to the Heads of department who report to the Dean.
The School is working in a matrix structure with on the one hand departments, and on the other hand activity spheres (e.g. undergraduate programmes, master's programmes, PhD programmes, and Centres of Excellence). A number of sub-committees prepare and discuss concerns in educational and research questions before such questions are decided either by the Faculty Board, by the Dean, or the Management team, i.e. the Education Council, the Postgraduate Council, and the Research Committee.
In order to make sure that the School has a sounding board of input from society and from the business sector at large, the School also has an Advisory Board. The Advisory Board meets twice a year and discusses and provides input on strategically important issues. The Scientific Advisory Board deals exclusively with questions regarding the strategy of the School's research portfolio.
Lund University is a public authority in Sweden and as such the University is responsible to the Ministry of Education and Research. The University is funded from both government money and funding raised elsewhere.
The University Board is the University's highest decision-making body. The Board comprises the Vice-Chancellor, representatives of the core faculty and students, and representatives of the community and the business sector.
The University is divided into eight faculties. The faculties are led by faculty boards, which have overall responsibility for the activities in the faculties.