including nine independent members and a representative of the student body. Its chair is CEO of the Midcounties Co-operative group Ben Reid.
The Offices of the Vice-Chancellor has responsibility for the overall management of the university. The Offices of the Vice-Chancellor are led by the vice-chancellor assisted by three deputy vice-chancellors, the university registrar and secretary, and finance director. The Offices of the Vice-Chancellor are also responsible for implementing corporate strategy and operational policy decisions from the Academic Board and the Board of Governors.
Each academic school/faculty is managed by a dean aided by associate deans. The academic provision in the schools is supported by support departments each managed by a head or director.
Wolverhampton's former chancellor is Lord Paul of Marylebone, and its current vice-chancellor is Ebrahim Adia who took up the position in 2023.
== Academic profile ==
=== Research ===
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) announced a 1,290% increase in funding allocation for Wolverhampton's Quality Research (QR). The QR allocation of £1.905 million for Wolverhampton was the highest amount for a new university in the West Midlands.
The university achieved its best ever results in the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF) in 2014, with all Research Centres that submitted rated as having 'world-leading' elements.
The mathematicians and information scientists in the Statistical Cybermetrics Research Group were rated world number 1 for research quality in the 2017 Shanghai Rankings for Library and Information Science.
=== Reputation ===
The university is noted for its success in encouraging wider participation in higher education. The university draws two-thirds of its students from the West Midlands, and has about 2500 international students.
Between 2005 and 2009 five staff were awarded National Teaching Fellowships.
In May 2008 the university was awarded seven Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, securing its top position …
