The Faculty Board is constituted according to the regulations laid down in the Statutes and Ordinances of the University of Cambridge:
- Statute A, Chapter V (Statutes and Ordinances, 2019)
- Ordinances Chapter IX, Constitution of the Faculty Boards (Statutes and Ordinances, 2019)
Members include the Heads of the Departments, members appointed by the University Council, members elected by the Faculty at its annual meeting, co-opted members and three student members (two undergraduates and one graduate) who are elected, one year at a time, by the student body. The Board meets six times a year.
Meetings
The unreserved agendas and minutes of the Faculty Board can be inspected from Cambridge (cam.ac.uk) Systems only. See left hand menu for links.
Membership
Members serve until the end of the Calendar Year unless otherwise stated.
| Class a(i): 2 Heads of Department | ||
| Professor C-c P Caulfield | 30/09/2025 | |
| Professor I Smith | 30/09/2027 | |
| Class a(ii): 3 Professors elected by the Faculty for 4 years | ||
| Professor R J Samworth | 2025 | |
| Professor B C Allanach | 2025 | |
| Professor I Grojnowski | 2024 | |
| Class b: 2 members appointed by the Council after consultation with the General Board for 2 years | ||
| Professor R Shah | 2025 | |
| Dr A I Pesci | 2024 | |
| Class c: 8 members elected by the Faculty for 4 years | ||
| Dr S Cowley | 2027 | |
| Professor H Krieger | 2026 | |
| Professor G Ogilvie | 2026 | |
| Dr O Rath-Spivack | 2024 | |
| Dr R Reid-Edwards | 2026 | |
| Professor E P S Shellard | 2025 | |
| Professor P Varju | 2027 | |
| Professor P Haynes | Chair | 2024 |
| Class d: Up to 5 members co-opted for one calendar year at a time | ||
| Dr M Tehranchi | Director of Undergraduate Education | 2024 |
| Professor T Fisher | Chair, Teaching Committee | 2024 |
| Dr J M Evans | Director of Taught Postgraduate Education | 2024 |
| Professor J Gog | Deputy HoD DAMTP, Subject Convenor | 2024 |
| Class e: Representatives of cognate bodies for one year at a time | ||
| No members | ||
| Class f: 3 student members elected by the students for one year at a time | ||
| Elsa Lin (T) | Undergraduate | 27/10/2025 |
| Zicheng Tang (HO) | Undergraduate | 27/10/2025 |
| vacancy | Graduate | 27/10/2025 |
| Observers: | ||
| Professor T Sauerwald | Faculty Board of Computer Science & Technology | 2024 |
| Dr A Mashayek | Faculty Board of Earth Sciences & Geography | 2024 |
| vacant | Faculty Board of Engineering | |
| vacant | Faculty Board of Physics & Chemistry | |
| Dr J Bellingham | Secretary of the School of Physical Sciences | Permanent |