The Charter for Islamic University of Kenya
2. Interpretation
2. Interpretation
In this Charter, unless the context otherwise requires—“academic year” means a continuous period of teaching, examination and study organized in a full year mode, semester mode, trimester mode and quarter mode and extending over not less than thirty weeks in a calendar year;“alumni” means a person who is a former student of the University who completed an approved programme of study and qualified for the award of the degree, diploma or certificate and staff of the University;“alumni association” means the alumni association of the University established under paragraph 22;“Board of Trustees” means the Board of Trustees of the University appointed in accordance with paragraph 16;“Cabinet Secretary” means the Cabinet Secretary for the time being responsible for University education;“Campus” means a campus established in the University pursuant to paragraph 9;“Chairperson of Department” means a person appointed by the Vice Chancellor to be the chairperson of a teaching department or the head of any unit of the University;“Chancellor” means the Chancellor of the University appointed under paragraph 17;“college” means a college of the University established under paragraph 9 but does not include a constituent college;“Commission” means the Commission for University Education established under section 4 of the Act;“Constituent College” means a college established under paragraph 10;“Council” means the Council of the University established under paragraph 18;“Dean” means dean of a faculty, school or centre as appointed by the Vice Chancellor in accordance with the Statutes;“Dean of students” means the person appointed as the Dean of students of the University in accordance with the Statutes;“Deputy Vice-Chancellor” means the Deputy Vice-Chancellor appointed under paragraph 24;“Director” means a person appointed by the Vice-Chancellor as a head of a Directorate, institute or center in the University;“graduate” means a person upon whom a degree of the University has been conferred or to whom a qualification of the University has been a warded as determined by the Senate;“Institute” means an institute of the University established by the Statutes;“lecturer” means a scholar or academic expert with qualifications in the relevant discipline, hired to teach and engage in research in a University;“Principal” means a person appointed under paragraphs 25 or 26, to be the Principal of a college within the University or a constituent college;“Professor” means a Professor of the University;“student” means a person for the time being admitted and registered by the University for the purpose of obtaining a qualification of the University as determined by the Senate in accordance with the Statutes;“Senate” means the Senate of the University established under paragraph 19;“University” means the Islamic University of Kenya established under paragraph 3;“University Management Board” means the University Management Board of the University established under paragraph 20; and“Vice-Chancellor” means the Vice-Chancellor of the University appointed under paragraph 23.Source: Kenya Law