Regent House

{{Short description|Governing body of the University of Cambridge}} {{For|the listed building in Nantwich|Regent and Warwick House}}{{More citations needed|date=August 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

The '''Regent House''' is the governing body of the [[University of Cambridge]]. It consists of academics, senior researchers, heads of colleges, librarians, curators, and administrators.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shepherd |first=Jessica |date=17 January 2011 |title=Cambridge dons hold silent protest |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2011/jan/17/cambridge-university-dons-protest |access-date=2024-08-21 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> It currently has more than 7,200 members.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Regent House |url=https://www.governance.cam.ac.uk/governance/key-bodies/RH-Senate/Pages/default.aspx |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=[[University of Cambridge]]}}</ref>

Meetings of the Regent House are known as [[congregation (university)|congregations]], and are chaired by the [[Proctor#Cambridge_University|Proctors]], the [[Chancellor (education)|chancellor]], the [[Vice-Chancellor|vice-chancellor]], or the [[List of heads of the colleges of the University of Cambridge|master of one of the colleges]].

In recent times relatively few Congregations have actually been held. Instead most important business, including elections for members of the Council, the Board of Scrutiny and the Senate of the university, is conducted by postal ballots of its members. The main exceptions are the Congregations held to award degrees, the largest of which is at the end of [[Easter]] term, when undergraduates receive their degrees in sessions spread over three days known as [[graduation|General Admission]]. These Congregations are held in the university's [[Senate House (University of Cambridge)|Senate House]].

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==External links== *[http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2006-07/weekly/6080/20.html] Congregation of the Regent House on 25 June 2007 (called August 1, 2008)

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