Quality system introduced to research education

    2 February 2017

    The Vice-Chancellor has decided that a quality system for doctoral education should be introduced at Umeå University from 1 February 2017. No such system has previously existed.

    The objective of the quality system is to contribute for the education to reach its targets, and to improve and develop the quality of the education.

    The quality system focuses on these parts:

    • the environment for the doctoral education
    • recruitment and admission
    • instruction and supervision
    • study plans
    • dissertation
    • the public defence of the dissertation
    • courses
    • internationalisation
    • equal opportunities
    • influence

    The quality system is based upon a proposal by a working team with researchers and one doctoral student representative. The Umeå University Vision 2020 and recommendations from the European Higher Education Area (ESG) and the European University Association (EUA) have formed the basis for the work of the group, also complemented by regulations and qualitative targets, and Umeå University's own rules and regulations.

    The proposal has been under consideration by the organisation and has since been revised. A plan for the implementation will be drawn up and the quality system will be translated into English.

    Contact:

    Lena Holm, the Planning Office

    Further reading (in Swedish):

    Read the decision on the collaboration site Beslut från rektorsmöte och universitetsstyrelsen (requires access and log in) (In Swedish)

    Read about doctoral studies support for doctoral studies (in English)

     

    The Planning Office will shortly revise the general information about quality in first and second-cycle education (bachelor and master's level) at umu.se to also include third-cycle education (doctoral level education). You will find the page here:

    Read about Quality in education at Umeå University (in Swedish)

     

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