Setting of salary

If you are employed until further notice and graduate as a licentiate from SLU in a subject relevant to your post, you will receive a monthly salary increase of SEK 1,500 after submitting your degree certificate.  

If you are employed until further notice and graduate as a doctor from SLU in a subject relevant to your post, you will receive a monthly salary increase of SEK 3,000 after submitting your degree certificate.

The increase will be paid the first month after the month the degree certificate was issued.

If you are employed as a doctoral student, your salary will be determined by the local salary-setting agreement and the doctoral student salary agreement. See the doctoral student salary agreement.

If you are appointed docent in a subject relevant to your post, you will receive a monthly salary increase of SEK 2,500 after submitting proof of appointment.

If you are appointed distinguished university teacher or senior environmental assessment specialist, you will receive a monthly salary increase of SEK 2,500.

The increase will be paid the first month after the month the proof of appointment was issued. The department must ensure that salary records are updated to reflect the increase.

The dean, after a proposal from the head of department and in consultation with the director of human resources, will perform a salary review for a senior lecturer or researcher who, under SLU’s appointments procedure, is promoted to professor.

The head of department, in consultation with the HR specialist, will perform a salary review for an associate senior lecturer who, under SLU’s appointments procedure, is promoted to senior lecturer.

If the review results in an increase, it will take effect as of the date of promotion.

Veterinary surgeons who have completed step I of specialist training (small animals, equine, bovine, pig or food safety) will, after submitting a certificate, receive a monthly salary increase of 3,000 as of the month after the month the certificate was issued.

Veterinary surgeons who have completed step II of specialist training (image diagnostics, dermatology, internal medicine, surgery, cardiology, odontology ophthalmology or reproduction) will, after submitting a certificate, receive a monthly salary increase of 1,500 as of the month after the month the certificate was issued.

For veterinary surgeons who already have a European or North-American specialist qualification (diplomate), completing specialist training step II will not lead to a salary increase.

Veterinary surgeons who graduate as diplomates from a European or North-American college permanently authorised by the EBVS or the ABVS will, after submitting a certificate, receive a monthly salary increase of 4,000 starting the month after the month the certificate was issued.

The increase will be paid the first month after the date the certificate was issued.

In between reviews, an employee’s salary can only be changed in exceptional cases. Exceptional cases include a substantial change in tasks, getting a qualification relevant to the post or completing longer, relevant professional training.

If an employee has skills in shortage or key skills the university risks losing to other employers, the salary may be adjusted to encourage the employee to stay. This can only be done in exceptional cases and in consultation with the HR specialist.

When an employee returns to work after a leave of absence of more than 6 months, a pay review should take place.  This will not always involve a salary increase; if the result of the review is that the salary is deemed appropriate given the tasks there will be no increase.

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