The Faculty Council (FC) consists of the President, all the faculty members and the librarian of CCU. The Faculty Council is to prescribe curricula, study courses, text books, oversee the academic and extracurricular activities of the University both inside and outside the University, and control and manage the University’s library. It also coordinates the working of all the academic departments and oversees matters of internal management such as arrangement of timetables, granting of permission to the special course of study, determination of vacation of the University, promotion, awarding of scholarships and granting of loans.
It is required that all lecturers teaching theology must acquire at least BD or MDiv degree from one of the academic institutions accredited by the Association for Theological Education in South East Asia (ATESEA), Serampore Senate of India and other theological universities recognized by CCU, and that any teaching staff who teaches the subject other than theological field shall be one who is acknowledged as skilled or expert in that subject; and he or she shall be at least a university graduate.