Undergraduate and Master's level education

When students have fulfilled the requirements for a degree, they should request a degree certificate from the university at their own initiative. A degree certificate is the only official document that shows that a student has fulfilled the requirements for a degree.

This rule is intended to promote fair exams. The rules are to be applied in both regularly scheduled exams and retakes of exams and they consist of two parts: Rules for on-campus written exams (Section 2) is intended for students. Procedures for on-campus written exams (Section 3) is intended for organisations that hold exams.

This regulation aims to clarify and legally secure grading and examination at Umeå University. The document includes rules and procedures for examiners, grades, compulsory educational modules, adapted examination form and retakes.

This rule describes how Umeå University administers placements and study visits. Additional information can be found in each faculty’s (and the Umeå School of Education’s) procedures for placements and study visits.

The purpose of these Administrative Procedures is to clarify the rules for, and the handling of, disciplinary cases within the educational programme at the Bachelor’s and Master’s levels at the University. This is to ensure a legally secure and transparent process in disciplinary matters, provide support with the application and administration of the disciplinary rules, and so as to be able to proactively work within the field.

This regulation specifies how Umeå University administers schedules, registration, leave from studies, non-completion, giving out exams, registering of grades, publication of examination results, and fees for students.

The procedures describe the process for applying for and receiving a decision on support, the support measures available and the University’s internal distribution of responsibility for support and adaptation measures for students with disabilities.

This document describes the practical application of regulations at Umeå University relating to student influence as prescribed by laws and ordinances. This policy document is primarily for university staff, students and student unions. The document describes the right of students to have influence and representation, the responsibility of student unions for appointing students to represent student interests and the University’s responsibility and measures for enabling student influence.

This document contains rules and guidelines concerning the content of course syllabi and literature lists. It also describes how to work with course syllabi and course literature in Umeå University’s education database, Selma.

This document contains rules regarding programme syllabi drawn up at Umeå University. The purpose is to ensure a legally certain and institution-wide process for the drawing up and revision of programme syllabi. The rule applies to new or revised programme syllabi established after 1 January 2020.

Internationalisation policy for Umeå University.

Umeå University has a coherent quality system for education that is integrated into the University’s operating cycle. The quality system is based on nine activities that support, develop and highlight our systematic quality work. These activities together encompass all of the University’s organisational levels and are implemented in different time cycles. This document describes these activities and how they contribute to both quality development and quality assurance.

Per the Swedish Code of Statutes, SFS 2010:543, all non-EU/EEA citizens are required to pay tuition for studies at the level of higher education.

This document clarifies the procedures concerning the roles and division of responsibility for degree project courses. These procedures apply throughout Umeå University. Both faculties and departments should use these procedures as a basis for more precise course-specific instructions.