The Faculty Board is the supreme body of the Faculty.

The Faculty Board is responsible for establishing the paramount objectives, priorities and strategies of the unit within the frames of the current regulations and the resolutions of the superior level.

Thus the Faculty board ensures this by determining:

• the strategy of the unit and its superior priorities regarding the disciplines
• budget and the distribution frame
• matters of great strategic or principal importance
• reports on goal achievement relative to strategy and budget

Notices of meeting and minutes

Composition:

The Faculty Board consists of 11 members:

• Chairman of the Board (external)
• 4 members of the scientific staff, of which 1 representative for the temporarily employed
• 2 student representatives
• 1 members of the technical- and administrative staff
• 3 external representatives in addition to the Chairman of the Board

For each member group a corresponding number of deputies is to be elected/appointed.
Secretary of the Faculty Board is the Dean. The Dean also attends the board meetings and holds the right to speak. 

The Faculty board at AD 01.08.2025–31.07.2029

External representatives

• Chairman of the board Elin Børrud, Professor in Urban and Regional Planning and head of the SITRAP Center, NMBU 
• Synne Tollerud Bull, Professor and Pro-Dean of Research at the School of Arts, Design, and Media at Kristiania University of Applied Sciences.  
• Olav Bolland, Professor, Faculty of Engineering, NTNU
• Ole Petter Bjørseth, CEO, R. Kjeldsberg AS 

Deputies:

1. Ingrid Lunnan, Museum Director, MIST, Trondheim kunstmuseum, and Nordenfjeldske kunstindustrimuseum 
2. Judith Thomsen, Senior Research Scientist, SINTEF
3. Tonje Frydenlund, Director of operations, Snøhetta Oslo AS

Internal representatives

Permanently employed in teaching/research positions:

• Casper Boks, Professor, Department of Design
• Carmel Margaret Lindkvist, Professor, Department of Architecture and Planning
• Ole Edward Wattne, Assistant professor, Department of Design

Deputies:

• Carl Fredrik Lutken Shetelig, Professor, Department of Architecture and Planning
• Anne-Karin Furunes, Professor, Trondheim Academy of Fine Art

Employed in technical and administrative positions:

• Per Andre Munkeby Fenne, Senior Executive Officer, Department of Design

Deputy:

• Astrid Steine Lyngby, HR Advisor, AD Faculty Administration

Elected for the period 1 August 2025 – 30 June 2026

Temporarily employed in teaching/research positions:

• Hilde Stiegler Rubecksen, PhD Candidate, Trondheim Academy of Fine Art

Deputy:

• June Kyong Trondsen, PhD Candidate, Department of Design

Elected for the period 1 August 2025 – 30 June 2026

Students (2 participate in the meeting):

• Frida Haugdal Jore
• Jonas Bratlund-Mæland
• Hanna Cruys Sagen Høyvik (deputy)
• Nhatphong Nguyen (deputy)