Section 4Sec./Art. 4

The governing body of the University shall be the Board of Regents, hereinafter referred to as the Board, which shall be composed of the following:

(1) Chairman of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), chairman;

(2) President of the University, vice-chairman;

(3) Chairman of the Committee on Education, Arts and Culture of the Senate, member;

(4) Chairman of the Committee on Education and Culture of the House of Representatives, member;

(5) Regional Director of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), member;

(6) President of the federation of faculty associations of the university, member;

(7) President of the federation of supreme student councils of the University, member;

(8) President of the federation of alumni associations of the University, member; and

(9) Two (2) prominent citizens who have distinguished themselves in their professions or fields of specialization of the University, chosen from among a list of at least five (5) persons qualified in the city or the province where the University is located, as recommended by the search committee of the University constituted by the University president, in consultation with the Chairman of the CHED, based on the normal standards and qualifications for the position, members.

The presidents of the federations of faculty and alumni associations and the student regents shall sit in the Board until the expiration of their term of office in such capacities.

The two (2) prominent citizens shall serve for a term of two (2) years.

In case of vacancy by reason of death, resignation, removal for cause or incapacity of the president to perform the functions of his office, the Board shall have the authority to designate an officer-in-charge pending the appointment of a new president.