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Internal governing documents
Last changed: 04 February 2025
Internal governing documents are documents adopted by, primarily, the SLU Board, the vice-chancellor, the chief operating officer, a faculty board or a dean.
On this page, a selection of internal governing documents are published, primarily those with a large target group. Please note that not all governing documents are available in English.
If you are looking for a document and cannot find it here, search for it in Public 360. Make sure you have the Public 360 client installed (can be downloaded from the software centre).
Document types
In addition to SLU's own internal governing documents, our activities are also governed by EU legislation and by laws and regulations.
There are six types of governing documents:
- regulation - based on an authorisation in an ordinance, may only be drawn up by the Legal Affairs Unit
- strategy - overarching goals and how to achieve them
- policy - principles and SLU's intentions within a defined field
- plan - concrete measures needed to implement strategies and policies
- rule - external/internal requirements, actions needed to implement strategy/policy, shall requirements, delegations of authority
- procedure - how to perform a task/handle a case.
Subject fields
A governing document is classified as belonging to one of 11 subject areas:
1. Operational management/Organisation
Strategies
- LTV Faculty's strategy 2021-2025, 20/12/2020
- VH Faculty's strategy 2021-2025, 16/12/2020
- NJ Faculty's strategy 2021-2025, 9/12/2020
- SLU's strategy 2021-2025, 24/9/2020
- Framework for the quality assurance of courses and
study programmes at SLU, 21/12/2016
(revised 23/10/2020)
Policies
- Language policy, 21/6/2016
2. Budgets/Allocations/Missions
No documents available in English.
3. First-/second-/third-cycle education
Strategies
- Strategic direction document for internationalisation
of first- and second-cycle education at SLU (2019-2023), 21/12/2018
Policies
Rules
- Guidelines for third-cycle (doctoral) education, 18/12/2018, updated May 2024
Procedures
- Instructions for course syllabuses, 12/8/2022
4. Research
Rules
Policies
- Policy on the management of and open access to research and
environmental monitoring and assessment data at SLU, 10/1/2024 - Policy for scientific publishing, 14/12/2022
- Policy on the use of animals in research and education at SLU, 25/3/2020
- Intellectual property rights policy, 28/9/2017
Procedures
5. Environmental monitoring and assessment
6. External collaboration/Commissioned activities
7. Human resources/Working environment/Equal opportunities
Rules
- 2023 Appointment procedures for teachers at SLU, 15/12/2022
- Guidelines for hazardous use and heavy consumption, 14/12/2022
- Guidelines for remote working, 18/5/2022
- Guidelines for secondary employment, 26/2/2020
- Guidelines for the appointment of docents at SLU, 18/12/2018
Strategies
- SLU’s gender equality work 2022-2025, 13/12/2021
Policies
- Working at SLU - staff policy, 8/1/2025
- Work environment policy, 17/4/2018
- Wellness policy, 7/6/2017
- SLU values, 20/6/2013
Procedures
8. Information governance/Communications
Rules
- Language guidelines, 21/6/2016
Strategies
- Strategy for preservering electronic records, 24/5/2016
Policies
- Communications policy, 16/6/2014
9. Financial administration, procurement, foundations, companies
Rules
- Policy and guidelines for entertainment and gifts at SLU, including boundaries, 16/11/2022
- Policy and guidelines for purchases at SLU, 16/4/2019
Procedures
- Directions for purchases at SLU, 16/4/2019
10. Facilities/Real estate
Rules
11. IT/Service/Security/Environment
For environmental management system procedures other than the environmental policy, please see the Environmental Handbook.
Rules
- Rules for the acceptable use of IT resources, 28/1/2025
- Guidelines for reporting IT incidents, 14/10/2022
- Guidelines for the use of phones at SLU, 7/9/2016
Policies
- Information security policy, 14/6/2023
- Environmental policy, 18/11/2020