The Colleges of which UBT is comprised of are governed by its Charter which was approved by the Supreme Council of Higher Education.

In light of Article 7 of the Charter, the UBT’s governing body consists of:

· The Board of Trustees (BOT)
· The University Council (Senate)
· The Scientific Council.
· The College Council/s.
· The Departmental Council/s .

The key governing positions include the Rector, Vice Rector, Deans, Vice Deans and Head of Academic Departments (HODs), whom represent the Academic Structure of the University (UBT). BOT membership has been Approved by the Ministry of Education (MOE). (BOT members click here). BOT’s responsibilities and tasks are specified in Article 11 of the Charter. The BOT meets at least twice a year to discuss and decide broad issues related to strategies, policies, objectives and long range planning. The University Council (UC) alternatively is the Operation Supervisor of the University that meets monthly to discuss and decide short and intermediate term academic issues. (UC members click here). UC’s responsibilities and tasks are delineated in Article 15 of the Charter.

The College Council of CBA is a Joint College Council (JCC) that combines the College Council of CBA Male and College Council of CBA Female. The JCC is headed by the two Deans alternately almost every month and combines the HODs and Departmental Supervisors of the two Campuses. Both the College of Engineering (CE) and Jeddah College of Advertising (JCA) have their own College Council whose decisions are subject to the Rector’s approval. The College of Law which has been established recently (Fall 2017) has no College Council yet.

When formed, the CL's College Council will follow the same rules and regulations of CBA, CE and JCA.

All University, Boards Councils and Colleges operate in light of the UBT's Vision, Mission and Strategic Objectives.

UBT’s Governance Structure complements its Academic Structure and has been through several evolutionary stages and is still subject to change. This is natural for a growing University, however, it should be emphasized that UBT’s strategy is neither to be a duplicate of a public university, nor does it intend continuous growth. The capacity that UBT decided upon is to stay as a private small to medium size university of 5 to 6 thousand students. The existing organizational structure (Click here) is depicted in the following chart whereby it can be seen that the Rector (CEO) is in charge of all academic, as well as administrative functions of the University. Along with the help of the Vice Rector for Academic Affairs (VRAA) and Vice Rector of Quality and Development (VRQD), they run the university operations.

The Rector, VR's and Deans implement strategies, policies, procedures and by-laws mandated by the BOT and UC. The Decision Making (DM) process actually flows from the bottom upwards starting at the Departmental Level (Department Council), College Level (College Council) and University Level (University Council). With this framework, the Span of Control of Senior postions are as follows:

· Scientific Council.
· Dean of Scientific Research
· Dean of Student Affairs
· General Director of Human Resource.
· General Director of Information Affairs
· Director of IT and Infrastructure Department
· Director of Shared Services.
· Director of Media and PR.
· Director of Safety and Security

· Deans' Council
· Dean of CBA Dahban.
· Dean of CBA Sari.
· Dean of CE – Dahban.
· Dean of JCA – Dahban.
· Dean of CL - Dahban.
· Dean of Graduate Studies
· Deanship of Library Affairs.
· Deanship of Admission & Registration.
· English Language Academy (ELA).

· Dean of Quality and Development.
· Director of Faculty Development Center
· Director of Strategic Planning Department