Councils, Boards, and Committees
At The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences there are established a series of councils, boards, and committees which help ensure that we conduct the best possible research, offer the best possible study programmes, and constitute the best possible workplace for the faculty staff.
These faculty-level councils, boards, and committees advise the Dean’s Office and the Faculty Management. In addition, advisory committees can be found at department level and at Faculty Services.
Management team, Councils and Committees
The Faculty Management Team (FLT) at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences consists of the Dean's Office (Dean, Associate Deans, and Faculty Director), the department heads, and the directors of centres which function as departments.
The Dean has the overall decision-making authority. FLT is responsible for deciding matters of a common nature, including strategic efforts for the faculty, principles for budget models and the allocation of funds between the faculty units, to ensure the coherent management of the faculty.
Contact the FLT secretary at FLTmoede@sund.ku.dk
The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences' Advisory Board is an advisory panel and important forum for dialogue between the faculty's senior management and the faculty's external stakeholders. The purpose of SUND's Advisory Board is to provide sparring, criticism and advice.
SUND Advisory Board consists of leading players in the healthcare sector and other government agencies and institutions, business and industry, organisations, educational institutions etc.
In accordance with the Articles of Association of the University of Copenhagen, each faculty has its own academic council.
The academic council focuses on research, education, knowledge exchange strategies and advises the dean on the distribution of faculty funding. In addition, the council is responsible for appointing assessment committees for assessing applications for permanent academic positions, and it awards PhD and doctoral degrees and comments on other important academic matters.
Information about the Academic Council at The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences is available on KUnet (intranet for staff and students at UCPH). Persons outside the university requiring information about the council, may contact the council secretary, Rose Friis, at (+45) 93 50 99 15 or rose.friis@sund.ku.dk.
The Faculty Collaboration Committee (FSU) is appointed in accordance with the Agreement on Cooperation and Joint Consultation Committees in State Sector Enterprises and Institutions.
The committee must contribute to ensuring the development of the collaboration between management and staff, which among other things means that it is involved in work with the faculty goals, strategy, personnel policy, skills development, budget and the psychological working environment.
Information about FSU at The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences is available on KUnet (intranet for staff and students at UCPH). Persons outside the university requiring information about the committee may contact the committee secretary Charlotte Etzerodt at charlotte.etzerodt@sund.ku.dk.
The faculty's Occupational Health and Safety Committee, FAMU, coordinates the work of the departmental occupational health and safety committees.
Information about FAMU at The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences is available on KUnet (intranet for staff and students at UCPH). Persons outside the university requiring information about the council, may contact the council secretary, Peter Rønberg Hansen, at phone (+45) 93 50 91 28 or e-mail peter.ronberg@sund.ku.dk
In connection with the merger 2012 between the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and the veterinary parts of the Faculty of Life Sciences, on 15 December 2011 the University Board decided to establish a series of educational councils at the new The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences.
The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences has five educational councils:
- Educational Council for the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Educational Council for Medical Sciences
- Educational Council for Public Health
- Educational Council for the School of Oral Health Sciences
- The VETSCHOOL Educational Council
Boards and other fora
The Study Boards are responsible for ensuring the organisation, completion and development of study programmes and teaching. The Faculty has three English-speaking study boards.
Collaboration between the students is based in the Student Forum, which is the students’ forum for dialogue with and guidance of the dean and vice-deans.