Organisation
The university is governed in accordance with the Higher Education Act, and the constitution of the university is specified in the Statute of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, as approved by the South African Minister of Education and the Parliament of South Africa.
In terms of the statute, the university consists of:
- the chancellor (the titular head). The first chancellor of the merged university was Dr Frene Ginwala. It is currently Dr Zweli Mkhize.
- the vice chancellor (the executive head)
- two or more deputy vice chancellors (currently there are five full and one acting)
- the registrar (responsible for registering students)
- the council (responsible for governance of the institution as a whole)
- the senate (responsible for governance of academic activities)
- the students representative council (responsible for students representation)
- the institutional forum (responsible for advising the council on matters of human rights and equality)
- the colleges (currently there are four)
- the academic and support staff
- the students
- the convocation (all the alumni and some others)
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