The University draws on the knowledge and resources of faculty, students, and staff through their service on a number of committees dedicated to furthering the mission of the institution. University committees serve a variety of functions and vary in terms of their charges and memberships. Their charges, committee structures, and current memberships may be explored through each committee’s website, available through the website of the sponsoring official, listed in parentheses after each committee below with a link, where available, to the committee’s website:

• Athletics Advisory Council (vice president for intercollegiate athletics)
• Academic Calendar Committee (executive vice president and provost)
• Committee on Financial Aid (executive vice president and chief operating officer)
• Information Technology Advisory Committee (vice president and chief information officer)
• Libraries Committee (executive vice president and provost)
• Master Planning Council (executive vice president and chief operating officer)
• Committee on Public Art (executive vice president and provost)
• Radiation Safety Committee (vice president for research)
• Committee on Sustainability (executive vice president and chief operating officer)
• Committee on Barrier Free Access (executive vice president and chief operating officer)
• Thomas Jefferson Awards Committee (executive vice president and provost)
• Committee on Undergraduate Admission (executive vice president and provost)
• University of Virginia Press Board of Directors (executive vice president and provost)
• Virginia Status of University Students Committee (executive vice president and provost)
• Women’s Leadership Council (vice president for diversity, equity, inclusion and community partnerships)
• Diversity Council (vice president for diversity, equity, inclusion and community partnerships)
• Naming and Memorials Committee (president)
• University Teaching and Learning Technology Committee (executive vice president and provost)
• Policy Review Committee (executive vice president and chief operating officer)
• Undergraduate Policy Committee (executive vice president and provost)
• Graduate Policy Committee (executive vice president and provost)
• Provost Promotion and Tenure Committee (executive vice president and provost)

The Faculty Senate (described in section 2.4) supports a broad range of standing committees and task forces, offering faculty members the opportunity to contribute to the governance of the University.