Vice-Chancellor's Office

The Archives, Information Governance and Records Unit

• is responsible for rational and efficient information governance and records management at SLU;
• gives support and advice on the management of public documents, registration, preservation and appraisal;
• manages the central university archive;
• registers university documents.

Donations and partnerships

The primary tasks of this unit are to

• help donors/partners to find the right contacts and projects within SLU
• build relationships between SLU and external parties who want to support the research
• help SLU (researchers, departments, faculties or management) to find possible donors/partners
• coordinate contacts with external parties related to donations/partnerships
• administer donations and gifts to SLU.

The Legal Affairs Unit

• is responsible for legal issues at SLU;
• provides legal support to the university management and the operation;
• decides on secrecy and distribution of public documents;
• advises on administrative law, higher education legislation, contract law and copyright law; 
• functions as secretary on the university’s disciplinary board and the staff disciplinary board;
• ensures that SLU complies with all legal provisions on data protection;
• performs risk analyses and impact assessments when personal data needs to be processed;
• manages the register of personal data processing at SLU;
• offers support and advice on matters relating to integrity, personal data and data protection.

The secretariat is tasked with supporting the university management and the board by, for example:

• Giving secretarial support to vice-chancellors, pro vice-chancellors and the head of university administration.
• Functioning as a secretariat for the vice-chancellor’s decision meetings (Reb) and the board.
• Establishing management’s delegations of authority.

There are also other functions:

• Academy stewards: coordinates, plans and carries out academic ceremonies.
• Language coordinator: provides language support for the divisions and units that make up the university administration.

The Security Unit handles all security-related matters at SLU. The unit is based in Uppsala but covers all SLU sites.