BYLAWS OF THE UNIVERSITY SENATE*
ARTICLE I. PURPOSE AND POWERS
1.00 Powers of the University Senate. The University Senate was established by adoption of Executive
Council Document 63-3 (Final Revision, February 17, 1964) by a mail ballot of the University faculty,
and approval in principle by the Board of Trustees of Purdue University. Sections A. and C. of the
University Code, Part II, show the delegation of powers to the faculty and the designation of the
University Senate as the legislative body of the faculty. These bylaws are designed to implement those
documents but not to replace them.
The University Senate is the governing body of the University faculty. It exercises the legislative and
policy-making powers assigned to the University faculty, subject only to review and check by the
University faculty through established procedures (Article V). Therefore, subject to the authority of
the Board of Trustees and in consultation with the president, it has the power and responsibility to
propose or to adopt policies, regulations, and procedures intended to achieve the educational
objectives of Purdue University and the general welfare of those involved in these educational
processes.
ARTICLE II. MEMBERSHIP OF THE SENATE
2.00 Composition. The senate shall be composed of eighty-seven members, as follows:
(a) The President of the University.
(b) Eight members from the University administrative staff, as designated by the president. One of
these shall be the secretary of the faculty. At least three shall be from the several administrative
units which are directly involved in the activities concerned with the administration and welfare
of the student body.
(c) The head of the University Libraries.
(d) One member from each University center or regional campus operating off the main West
Lafayette campus, to be elected by the faculty of that center.
(e) The remaining members shall be apportioned among the school faculty units of the University,
according to the number of faculty members attached to each school or assigned to it by the
president of the University for the purpose of participating in faculty government procedures,
with the provision that no school shall have fewer than three members.
(0     In addition to the eighty-seven senators there will also be one student representative. (See 4.05).
2.01 Reapportionment. The senate shall determine the apportionmemt of elected senators to the several
schools in January of each academic year, on the basis of the current assignment of faculty to schools.
This apportionment shall become effective on the following July 1.
The senate may reapportion itself at any other time, upon a two-thirds affirmative vote of all members
of the senate.
2.02 Eligibility. Only members of the voting faculty with professorial rank shall be eligible for election to the
senate.
2.03 Election of Senators. The normal term of an elected senator shall be three years, beginning on the July
1 following his election. After reapportionment of the senate in January, the individual school faculties
will complete the election of senators who are to assume office on the coming July I, and report the
results to the secretary of the senate by March 1. The individual school faculties will set up their own
methods for nomination and election of senators, with the provision that no elected senator shall serve
more than four consecutive years. They may provide alternates to serve if an elected senator is unable
to serve, or to replace a senator recalled on request of the senate. The dean of each school shall maintain
in the hands of the secretary of the senate an up-to-date list of the senators from his school.
♦Revised. 19 March 1973