The Sound Environment Centre is managed by a board. The board has, within the framework of the department's organization, the overall responsibility for the operation, specifies detailed guidelines for this, determines the annual operational plan and presents the budget and operational report. The Sound Environment Centre's budget is approved annually by the board of the Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences.

The board must be interdisciplinary and meet at least twice per semester. It must consist of a maximum of eleven members (incl. chairman), come from at least three different faculties and be composed as follows:

• six members representing Lund University, of which at least one is from the HT faculties
• two members who represent external organizations 
• the students have the right to be represented by three members.

The dean of the Joint Haculties of Humanities and Theology appoints the chairman, deputy chairman and other members on the proposal of the head of department. The student representatives are appointed in the order stipulated in section 7 of the student union regulation (2009:769). The term of office for the members of the board, with the exception of the student representatives, is three years. The Head at the Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences has the right to attend, comment and make proposals in the board. Representatives of the staff organizations have the right to attend, comment and make proposals on the board and are appointed in the manner specified in the staff representative ordinance.