The SNU Senate is composed of fifty members who represent the faculty and staff. The Chair, the Vice Chair, and the Secretary will be the members of the Steering Committee with a few Senators appointed by the Chair. It also has four Standing Committees: the Committee of Education; the Committee of Research; the Committee of Planning and Finance; and the Committee of Environment, Culture, and Welfare. A faculty Senator is elected by the direct voting of the faculty of each college, and a staff Senator is elected by the election committee of the staff. The term of office of a Senator is two years, and a Senator can be reelected. A graduate student representative and an undergraduate student representative are entitled to attend the Senate as observers.
| Method of Election | Classification | Apportioned Number |
|---|---|---|
| Elected by the faculty council | Faculty | 44 |
| Appointed by the chair | Faculty and/or Staff | 2 |
| Elected by the staff council | Staff | 4 |
| Total | 50 |
The number of Senators to apportioned according to the following rules: one Senate member for 15 to 35 tenure-track position professors; two Senate members for 36 to 99; three Senate members for 100 to 199; four Senate members for more than 200.
| Colleges and Schools | Criterion for apportion | The number of Senators (as of Dec., 2015) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current number of professors (Aug. 2011) | Apportioned number of Senators | ||
| College of Humanities | 179 | 3 | 3 |
| College of Social Sciences | 131 | 3 | 3 |
| College of Natural Sciences | 227 | 4 | 4 |
| College of Nursing | 22 | 1 | 1 |
| College of Business Administration | 47 | 2 | 2 |
| College of Engineering | 309 | 4 | 4 |
| College of Agriculture & Life Sciences | 124 | 3 | 3 |
| College of Fine Arts | 33 | 1 | 1 |
| College of Education | 116 | 3 | 3 |
| College of Human Ecology | 29 | 1 | 1 |
| College of Veterinary Medicine | 38 | 2 | 2 |
| College of Pharmacy | 37 | 2 | 2 |
| College of Music | 42 | 2 | 2 |
| College of Medicine | 273 | 4 | 4 |
| College of Liberal Studies | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Graduate School of Public Health | 24 | 1 | 1 |
| Graduate School of Public Administration | 27 | 1 | 1 |
| Graduate School of Environmental Studies | 23 | 1 | 1 |
| Graduate School of International Studies | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| School of Dentistry | 94 | 2 | 2 |
| College of Law | 54 | 2 | 2 |
| Graduate School of Convergence Science &Technology | 26 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 1,881 | 45 | 45 |
