Internal governing documents are documents adopted by the SLU Board, the vice-chancellor, the head of university administration, a faculty board or a dean.
All valid governing documents must be published here.
Only a selection of governing documents are available in English. The Swedish version is always the official version.
Agreements, decisions to recruit and appointments of members to boards and committees are not published as governing documents.
All governing documents are classified by subject field. A document can belong to more than one subject field, but is only published on the page corresponding to the subject field listed first in the document header.
Click on a subject in the list below to show all related documents.
Within each subject field, documents are classified by type. There are six types. Below is a summary description of each type.
Visions and overall operational objectives, as well as measures needed to achieve the objectives.
A declaration of intent from a faculty or the university as a whole. Policies, together with objectives and strategies, are used to guide decisions and actions in the desired direction.
Delegations of authority describe the responsibilities and powers delegated to different bodies and officials. They are binding documents.
Guidelines are often based on laws and regulations, more detailed and adapted to SLU. They can also be a more detailed clarification of a policy. They are binding documents.
Annual planning and governing documents are budget instructions, operational plans with financial allocations, budgets and operational assignments. They are sometimes binding documents.
An instruction describes how to perform a task or action. They are often used to specify further details for guidelines.
A governing document can be binding or indicative.
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