(1)The University shall have such Facidties as are prescribed by the Statutes.(2)No Faculty shall be constituted, divided, combined or abolished, except after consulting the Academic Council and as prescribed by the Statutes.(3)The Faculty shall comprise such subjects as are prescribed by the Statutes.(4)The Faculty shall consist of -(i)the members of the Senate and the Academic Council who are not already members of any Faculties and are assigned to the respective Faculties by the Academic Council, as prescribed by the Statutes;(ii)the Chairman and four members of each of the Boards of Studies for the subjects comprised in the Faculty, elected as prescribed by the Statutes, and(iii)two students from each Faculty who have shown academic merit in the preceding Degree Examination in the Faculty and are engaged in full-time studies in the University, to be appointed as prescribed by the Statutes.(5)The terms of office of other members of the Faculty except the student members shall be three years. [The term of office of the student members shall be co-terminus with the term of office of the student members of the Students' Council.] [These words were substituted for the words 'the term of office of the student members shall be one year' by Maharashtra 60 of 1975, section 3.](6)The powers and duties of every Faculty shall be -(i)to elect its Dean;(ii)to consider and report on any matter referred to it by the Executive or Academic Council, or the Board of University Teaching and Research;(iii)to remit any matter to a Board of Studies comprised within the Faculty for consideration and report;(iv)to consider any report or recommendation referred to it by a Board of Studies;(v)to appoint a committee of the Faculty for any purpose within its purview;(vi)to hold meetings of the Faculty, or of a committee of the Faculty jointly with any other Faculty or a committee thereof, for the discussion of any matter of common concern; and(vii)to make recommendations relating to the functions of the Faculty to the Executive or Academic Council, or the Board of University Teaching and Research.
