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The Principal of the University of Aberdeen is the working administrative head of the university, acting as its chief executive. He is responsible for the overall running of the university, presiding over the main academic body of the university, the Senatus Academicus.[1] The principal is normally also created Vice-Chancellor of the university, enabling him to perform the functions reserved to the Chancellor in the latter's absence, such as the awarding of degrees.

Professor George Boyne succeeded Sir Ian Diamond as principal on 1 August 2018.[2]

  1. ^ "Statement of Primary Responsibilities of Court" (PDF). University of Aberdeen. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Duchess of Cornwall congratulates new principal of University of Aberdeen". HeraldScotland. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 2019-01-16.

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