Faculty Abbreviations

A faculty is a department within an educational institution in higher education. At a faculty one often finds programs that are somewhat related or have some overlap.

Universities and colleges are usually large institutions where thousands of students are educated. In order to introduce a structure here, a distinction is often made between different faculties. A faculty is a department where more or less related courses are offered. There are, for example, the faculties of Arts, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences and Law. For example, a Faculty of Arts houses all language studies. At a Faculty of Natural Sciences you will find the exact sciences, such as physics, mathematics, but often also computer science. For some universities or colleges, the separation between the various faculties is not very large.

A faculty at an educational institution is always headed by a dean. He is responsible for the management of the entire faculty. The dean is not only supported by a Faculty Board, but also by a Faculty Council. The difference between a Faculty Board and a Faculty Council is that students can also participate in the latter.

A faculty is a scientific department of a university. One distinguishes between the faculties of theology, of letters, of medicine, of veterinary medicine, of law, of economics, of mathematics and natural sciences, of social sciences.

A faculty can be subdivided into subfaculties, eg of chemistry or psychology. There are also interfaculties, in which more faculties work together.

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