Composition

Maximum number of voting members allowed by Senate By-law = 51

Ex-officio Members (voting)

• Chancellor               
• President and Vice-Chancellor
• Provost and Vice-President Academic
• Vice-President, Research and International
• Deans and any Associate Dean who chairs one of the Academic Planning and Policy Committee, the Cyclical Program Review Committee, the Graduate Studies Committee, or the Undergraduate Studies Committee
• University Librarian
• Associate Vice-President, Students

Elected Members (voting)

• 12 members of Faculty Council (4 per division)
• 12 chairs of departments and programs (normally 4 per division)
• 5 undergraduate students from residential colleges (1 per college)
• 2 undergraduate students from Trent Central Student Association             
• 2 undergraduate students from Trent Durham Student Association
• 2 graduate students from the Trent Graduate Student Association

Official Visitors of Senate (non-voting)

• University Registrar 
• 1 TUFA representative
• 1 CUPE 1 representative (part-time faculty)
• 1 CUPE 2 representative (student employees)         
• 1 OPSEU staff representative
• 1 exempt staff representative
• 1 member of the alumni
• Up to 2 representatives from the Board of Governors

Senate Executive Composition

• 17 members, including one non-voting (chosen by and from among the members of Senate)
• President and Vice-Chancellor
• Provost and Vice-President Academic
• Chair, Academic Planning and Budget Committee
• Chair, Graduate Studies Committee
• Chair, Undergraduate Studies Committee & Teaching and Learning Support Committee
• Chair, Research Policy Committee
• Chair, Undergraduate Academic Policy Committee
• University Registrar (non-voting)
• 6 members of Faculty Council (2 per division)
• 3 students