Doctoral education

The Admission Regulations for Doctoral Education describes both national regulations and Umeå University provisions for the advertisement, application and admission to a study place aimed towards a Doctoral degree or Licentiate degree. The Admission Regulations also describe what entry requirements are applicable to applicants and how selection and transfer of credits for admission should take place prior to admission. Finally, the Admission Regulations also describe the prerequisites for funding, individual study plans and supervision in the case of admission.

The aim of educational collaboration at doctoral level resulting in a joint degree is to create greater opportunities for further international collaborations which are also broader in scope. Educational collaboration shall benefit the work of the relevant higher education institutions and add value which could not be achieved without such collaboration. The aim is to bring about long-term educational collaboration with strategically important partner universities. The aim of the Administrative Procedure is to facilitate the preparatory work and to create the conditions for the participation of the University and the doctoral students to be in accordance with the rule of law.

The aim of collaborations at doctoral level resulting in the awarding of a double degree is to create further international collaboration for Umeå University and for individual doctoral students. The aim of the Administrative Procedure is to facilitate the preparatory work and to create the conditions for Umeå University to participate in these collaborations in accordance with the rule of law.

Internationalisation policy for Umeå University.

The procedures for documenting information in Ladok for third-cycle studies at Umeå University aim to create a uniform and functioning method for managing information about all of the University’s doctoral students. These procedures guarantee high quality information management that is efficient, legally secure, and equal. This will enable the creation of more relevant data for both internal and external parties. These procedures will provide support to administrative staff and teachers who process, take decisions, and document doctoral students’ activities and other details in Ladok. The procedures apply to all faculties, units and equivalent at Umeå University.

This procedure describes the process to establish, discontinue and change the name of a third-cycle subject area or specialisation at Umeå University. The purpose of the procedure is to contribute to quality assurance of the University’s range of third-cycle (doctoral) education.

This document regulates the administrative procedure for the withdrawal of supervision and other resources at Umeå University. It also describes the handling of appeals concerning a doctoral student’s application to regain his or her entitlement to resources. This administrative procedure applies to studies with a Doctoral degree as the intended degree or a Licentiate as the intending degree.

These rules describe both national provisions and local Umeå University provisions for general syllabi and individual study plans, qualitative targets and intended learning outcomes. Furthermore, supervision, examiner, defence of the doctoral theses, licentiate seminars, degree certificates, joint and double degrees and credit transfers are also regulated through this document. Included in this rule is also the documentation in Ladok for third-cycle studies, extended doctoral studentship, teaching and learning in higher education for doctoral students, the role of the doctoral student coordinator, and conflict of interest.

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.

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.