Editing Ancient university (section)

==Universities (Scotland) Acts==
{{Main|Ancient university governance in Scotland}}
The Universities (Scotland) Acts created a distinctive system of governance for the ancient universities in [[Scotland]], the process beginning with the 1858 Act and ending with the 1966 Act. Despite not being founded until after the first in these series of Acts, the [[University of Dundee]] shares all the features contained therein.

As a result of these Acts, each of these universities is [[governance|governed]] by a tripartite system of [[General Council (Scottish university)|General Council]], [[University Court]], and [[Academic Senate]].

The [[chief executive]] and [[academic|chief academic]] is the [[University Principal]] who also holds the title of [[Vice-Chancellor]] as an [[honorific]].  The [[Chancellor (education)|Chancellor]] is a [[Titular ruler|titular]] non-resident head to each university and is elected for life by the respective General Council, although in actuality a good number of Chancellors resign before the end of their 'term of office'.

Each also has a [[students' representative council]] as required by [[statute]], although at the University of Aberdeen this has recently been renamed the ''Students' Association Council''.<ref>{{cite web|title=University of Aberdeen Students' Association Constitution| url=http://www.ausa.org.uk/about/constitution| access-date=2007-04-21| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070408093630/http://www.ausa.org.uk/about/constitution| archive-date= 8 April 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>