 Neither staff members at Dundee nor students matriculated at any university are eligible to stand The election is always held in January or February if the election is not precipitated by a resignation during the Rector's term of office, on a day appointed by the Senatus Academicus in consultation with the Students' Association.The installation is held usually two or three months following the election.In the past, the ceremony was held in the Caird Hall in the City Centre, but recent ceremonies have been held in the University's own Bonar Hall, the last ceremony was expected to take place in the smaller Ustinov Room of the Bonar Hall, but it had to be moved at the last minute to a lecture theatre in the new teaching block as a result of unexpected demand.